Here you will find
fun Mice activities
to do with your preschool child(ren).
Have Fun!
Large Motor
Skills
Scampering Mice
Have your
children stand in an open area and pretend to be little mice.
Encourage them to wiggle their noses
and twitch their pretend whiskers. Then play appropriate music and
let the mice scamper around the room.
Fine Motor Skills
Mouse
Puzzle
Draw a
large mouse on tag board. Cut the mouse shape out. Have
the children
color the mouse. Cut mouse up into several pieces to create the
puzzle.
Arts & Crafts
Ideas
Heart Mouse
Out of gray
construction paper cut a large heart. The pointed part will be
the head of the mouse. Draw facial features, add a piece of yard for the
tail. Cut out pink ears and glue to the side of the head.
Mouse Ears
Make
mouse ears headband.
Thumbprint
Mouse
Dip
thumb in inkpad and add tiny gray yarn tail and draw tiny ears.
Math Ideas
Feed the Mouse
Game
Cut
20 simple mouse shape out of gray construction paper. Use a permanent
marker to number the mice from 1-20.
Cut small cheese-wedge shapes out of yellow construction paper. Place the
mouse shapes in the math Center.
Have students identify the numerals on the mice and give each mouse the
matching number of cheese wedges.
Mouse Matching
Laminate mouse shapes of different colors and have the children match the
colors.
Songs, Poems, & Fingerplays
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This Little Mousie
This little mousie
(Point to thumb)
Peeked in the door.
This little mousie
(Point to the index finger)
Jumped to the floor.
This little mousie
(Point to middle finger)
Came out to play.
This little mousie
(Point to ring finger)
Ran away.
This little mousie
(Point to little finger)
Said, "Dear me,
Dinner is over,
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Mouse, Mouse
(Sung to the tune
of: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat")
Mouse,
mouse,
Come out of
Your house.
Come out of
Your house
Today.
I'll give you
Some cheese,
If you
Say, "Please."
Then we can
Dance and play!
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A Little Mouse
A little mouse
hid softly in a hole,
(hold up right thumb)
A little mouse hid softly in a hole,
(make a
fist with left hand and insert right thumb)
When all was quiet as quiet as can be,
Shhh! Shhh! Shhh!
Out popped he!
(pull out right thumb)
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Mouse
Here is a mouse with ears so funny,
(place index an dmiddle finger on thumb to represent a
mouse)
And here is a hole in the ground.
(make a hole with the other fist)
a noise he hears, he pricks up his ears
And runs to his hole in the ground.
(jump mouse into hole in other fist) |
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Little
Mice
Softly,
softy
At he close of day
Little mice come creeping
From their homes to play.
{Creep fingers around}
No one hears their padded feet
As they pitter-pat.
Mother mouse has warned them
About the family cat.
{put finger to lips and say ,"Shh"}
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Three Gray Mice
(Sung to the tune of: "Three Blind Mice" )
Three
gray mice, three gray mice,
See how they run. See how they run.
They all were chased by the farmer's cat.
They ran and hid in an old straw hat.
Did you ever see such a sight as that?
Three gray mice, three gray mice.
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Five Little
Mice
Five little
mice came out to play
Gathering crumbs along the way
Out came pussycat sleek and fat
Four little mice go scampering back.
Four little mice came out to play
Gathering crumbs along the way
Out came pussycat sleek and fat
Three little mice go scampering back.
Three little mice came out to play
Gathering crumbs along the way
Out came pussycat sleek and fat
Two little mice go scampering back.
Two little mice came out to play
Gathering crumbs along the way
Out came pussycat sleek and fat
One little mouse goes scampering back
One little mouse came out to play
Gathering crumbs along the way
Out came pussycat sleek and fat
No little mice
go scampering back
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I Think Mice
Are Nice
I
think mice
Are rather nice.
Their tails are long
Their faces small,
They haven't any
Chins at all.
Their ears are pink,
Their teeth are white,
They run about
The house at night.
They nibble things
They shouldn't touch
And no one seems
To like them much.
But *I* think mice
Are nice.
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Little Mousie
Here's a little mousie.
(Cup hands and stick finger out)
Peeking through a hole.
(Peek to left/right)
Peek to the left. Peek to the right.
Pull your head back in,
(Pull head in)
There's a cat in sight !
(Meow as if cat)
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Five Merry Mice
Five merry
mice were born in May.
(Show five fingers.)
The first one said, "In the Mud, let's play."
(Touch thumb.)
The second one said, "No way, Jose!"
(Touch index.)
The third one said, "In the middle I must stay."
(Touch middle.)
The fourth one said, " I am mad today."
(Touch ring finger.)
The fifth one said, "Our Mom we must obey."
(Touch little finger.)
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Hickory Dickory
Dock
Hickory,
dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory, dickory, dock
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Three Blind Mice
Three blind mice, Three blind mice,
See how they run! See how they run!
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a sight in your life,
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Language Ideas
Mouse
House
Ask
your children to tell where in the room they could make their homes
if they were tiny little mice.
If You Give A
Mouse...
Make a silly
story. On separate large construction paper circles write each child's
completion
to this sentence: "If you give a mouse a ________________, he will
_______________________."
Allow child to illustrate the page. Bind the pages between tan
construction paper
cut slightly larger than the pages. Add whiskers, facial features and
paper ears.
Make mouse
puppets. Glue a paper nose and paper eyes to the flap of a brown lunch
bag.
Use a black crayon to add whiskers. Glue two brown paper (cut from a brown
bag) circles to
opposite side of the back for ears. Tape a brown yarn tail to the back of
the bag. The children
may use these for free play or when you reread the story have the puppet
politely ask for what
is next in the story. When you read "....he's going to ask for a glass of
milk," students
(mouse) should respond..."May I please have a glass of milk."
Misc. Activities
Mouse
House Box
Make a
mouse house by cutting a "mouse hole" in the side of a shoe box.
(Be sure that the hole is large enough for a child's hand to pass
through.) Place a toy mouse inside
the box and tape the lid closed. Let your children take turns moving
the mouse
in and out of its house through the hold in the side of the box.
Mouse Day
To
celebrate Mickey's birthday read the book, If You Give a Mouse a
Cookie
by Laura Numeroff. Sing Happy Birthday and celebrate w/ mouse cookie
snacks.
Classroom Pets
Purchase or
borrow mice from a pet store to keep as classrooms pets. Allow the
children to assist in caring to the animals
Mousercise
Sing and do "Mousercise" from the
record Mousercise
Snack Ideas
CHEEEEESE!
Serve
cubes of cheese for your children to nibble on at snack time.
Mouse Cookies
With the
children, prepare a batch of drop cookie dough. Demonstrate how to drop
three spoonfuls of dough onto a
cookie sheet so that it will resemble a mouses head with two ears when
baked. The mouse cookies can be frosted or
details can be added with raisins, chocolate chips, and string licorice.
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Sugar
cookie dough and the kids shaped the cookie dough into little mice
shapes we used those little silver balls for their eyes. Then we added
almonds for the ears and licorice shoe lace for the tails.
Pear
Mouse
Canned
pear halves
Raisins
Sliced Almonds
Maraschino Cherries
Red string licorice
The children put these mice together using the ingredients above,
then gobble them up!
Crumb Food
Collect some snack foods that mice might eat. (It might be neat to have
some crumbs .
I think oatmeal cookies might be the best. They generally crumble in big
enough pieces.)
Munchy Mouse
Put
one scoop of ice cream in a muffin liner Add two vanilla wafer ears
(standing up towards the front) Add two raisin eyes Add one candy for nose
(
m&m or cinnamon candy or raisin) Add one piece of string licorice for the
tail
Cheese Popcorn
Buy
and serve already made cheese popcorn or pop some in the
classroom and add grated cheddar cheese or parmesan cheese to it.
Mouse in a Hole
Let
children poke a hole or tear a piece out of a slice of bread as
a mouse might. Lay a slice of cheese over the hole and melt it.
Cheese Tasting
Bring
in several different types of cheese. Give the children the
opportunity to taste them. Take a poll and see which type they like
best.
Games
Quiet as
a Mouse
Shh! Do you
hear that sound? It's silence. And it is something
that parents of small children hear very little.
This
activity will help teach your youngsters that being quiet can be a
game. Begin this game by teaching your child this simple
poem:
Quiet Little Mouse
I am very
quiet. I am a quiet mouse.
You can hardly hear me, as I move around the house.
And as I walk on tippy toes, you'll have to look to see
that this quiet little mouse is really me!
Then ask your
child to practice walking like a mouse. Tiptoe
together in a room, making sure to whisper
quietly or not talk at
all. You may find that you need to practice this again and
again with your toddlers.
Now play the
game. One player sits in the room with her eyes closed and
places a small pillow
in front of her, which is the
"cheese." Then the "mouse" sneaks
in. If the player hears the
mouse, she opens her eyes and
says, "I got your, little mouse!" If the player
doesn't hear the
mouse, the mouse must grab the cheese and tiptoe
away. The mouse wins
if he/she gets the cheese before the
other player knows it is gone.
Move the Mouse Game (Nap time activity)
Make a game board
by writing the word "Start" at the top left hand corner
of a large pc. of paper and
drawing a picture of a nap mat at the
bottom right hand corner. Draw a winding pathway between
the
two. Divide the pathway into equal sections. (The
number of sections will depend on how
many children are in your
group and many days you want to play the game.) Hang the
game board
at the children's eye level. Cut a simple mouse
shape from some furry material. Add two eyes
with black felt
tip marker. Put a loop of tape on back of mouse.
Review with your
children what it means to rest quietly: you lie still, you do not
talk, books and
dolls stay on your mat or on the floor, you stay
on your mat or on the floor; you stay on your mat.
Then show the
children the game board and the mouse. Tell them that the
mouse is very tired and
would like to take a nap, but it has to
travel all the way to its nap mat. Explain that each child
who
rests quietly will be able to move the mouse one square
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When the mouse gets to its nap mat, there will be a
surprise for the group.
Then have the
children begin nap time. When nap time is over, let each
child who followed the nap rules
move the mouse ahead one
square. When the mouse reaches its mat, give the surprise to
the group.
Make the pathway
shorter or longer depending on the ages and abilities of your
children.
The path could have one, two, three, or four
squares for each child.
Mouse, Mouse,
Where's the Cheese
This game is
played in cicle formation. Arrange the chairs and place one in the center
of the circle.
Place a block to represent the cheese under the chair. Select one child,
the "mouse" to sit on the chair and close his or her eyes.
Then point to another child. This child must try to remove the cheese
without making a sound. After the child returns to his chair in the
circle,
instruct all of the children to place their hands behind their backs. Then
in unison the children say,"Mouse,
"Mouse, Where's the Cheese?" The "mouse" then opens his/her eyes and tries
to guess who is holding the cheese.
Mouse, May I?
Play
"Mouse, May I?" like "Mother, May I?" Encourage children to take
steps such as little mice steps or to run very quickly.
Find the Cheese
Using a patter, cut out
pieces of cheese onto yellow construction paper. Hide
them around the room. Have the children pretend they are little mice
and find the "cheese".
Science
Cheese
Tasting
Taste different kinds of cheese.
Flannel Board Ideas
Mouse
House Colors I
I took
a picture of a house and picture of a mouse. To make a flannel board
I printed the house in 8 different colors. To use I put the houses on the
flannel board and hide the mouse (gray construction paper) behind and each
child takes turn guessing which color house the mouse is in.
Mouse House
Colors II
Make
houses out of felt and then add doors and windows. Make a little
gray mouse. Put all the houses on the flannel board a then hide the mouse
behind one of the houses. Then say this: Little Mouse, little mouse Are
you
behind the _____ house.
Then have a child come up and turn that colored house over to see if the
mouse is behind it. The mouse will stay with the house when they turn it
over. The next turn have the mouse behind a different colored house.
Links to more MICE Activities...
Mice ideas at Everything Preschool
Learning with some four legged furry
friends
Mice Ideas at Kindergarten Treehouse
Ideas
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Shell, Kim, Carole, Julie, Sherry, Angela,
