Mouse Preschool Lesson Plan by Bascom Hogue
Enjoy this simple preschool lesson plan about mice. The activities below will introduce children to the mice through fun facts, activities, books, and a song. This lesson plan works well in conjunction with a daycare center unit theme about animals or pets.
Basic Facts about Mice
Here are some fast facts about mice for young children:
- A mouse is a rodent.
- There are at least 125 species of mice.
- Mice are herbivores but may eat almost anything.
- Mice like to eat about 15 to 20 times per day.
- Mice usually live in gardens, fields, and other places with vegetation and crops.
- Mice come in over 50 different colors and shades.
- Mice run very fast and live about 2 to 3 years.
Mouse Literacy Activity
Create a mouse booklet. Read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond to the students. Next, give each child a piece of construction paper with the words: ‘If you give a mouse_____, He will ______.’ Encourage the children to fill in (or dictate depending on the children’s development) the words and illustrate their choices. Together create a cover for the booklet. Bind all of the pages together to create a mouse booklet.
Mouse Cooking and Snack Activity
Pear Mouse
Ingredients: Pear halves, almonds (check for nut allergies!!!!), raisins, maraschino cherries, and red or black licorice strings.
Instructions: Place a pear half, flat side down. Decorate the “mouse” using almonds for the ears, raisins for the eyes, cherries for the nose, and licorice for the mouth.
Preschool Mouse Song
Teach the children the song “Merry Mice”*:
“Merry Mice”
“Five merry mice were born in May (Hold up five fingers.)
The first one said, In the Mud, let’s play (Grab thumb.)
The second one said, No way, Hosea (Grab index finger.)
The third one said, In the middle I must stay (Grab middle finger)
The fourth one said, I am mad today (Grab ring finger)
The fifth one said, Our Mom we must obey (Grab Last finger)”.
Recommended Preschool Books about Mice
Here are some great books about mice to share with students:
- Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh [Sandpiper, 1995]
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond [HarperCollins, 1985]
- Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk [Abrahms Books for Young Readers, 2007]
- Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett [Putnam Juvenile, 2003]
- Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young [Putnam Juvenile, 2003]
There are unlimited activity possibilities for a lesson plan about mice. Daycare providers and preschool teachers may add math or science activity, visit a pet store, or create a scene in the dramatic play area in order to extend the lesson plan.
*“Merry Mice” from Everything Preschool
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