Library on Wheels: Mice are Nice!

Books Shared or Recommended:

Cat and Mouse by Schoenherr

Hide and Squeak by Frederick
Maisy Goes to Pre-School by Cousins
Mouse Mess by Riley
Mouse’s First Fall by Thompson
Whose Mouse? By Kraus

We start by finding mice in the storytime apron. There's even a rather funny looking mouse. This one is for the teachers!

Maisy Mouse, the finger puppet, says that she wants to hear a story about herself. So we read Maisy Goes to Preschool. The children really love this one as it is the start of preschool. It's also short and pithy which is perfect for little ones who are just settling down after the long summer vacation. Half way through the book Maisy and her friends sing at preschool. I ask the children if they know what song and then we sing "The More We Get Together" along with Maisy.

Hickory Dickory Dock Action Rhyme

Hickory Dickory Dock. (Swing arms)

The mouse ran up the clock.
(Run fingers from toes up to head.)
The clock struck one. BOING! (Clap.)
And down he run.
(Run fingers back down to toes.)
Hickory Dickory Dock. (Swing arms.)
Repeat with:
Clock struck two…Mouse said BOO
Clock struck three… Mouse said Wee
Clock struck four…Mouse said no more!

Hide and Seek Mice

Can you find me? Where can I be?

I’m where Santa comes in with gifts all for me.

Can you find me? Where did I hide?

A squirrel lives here deep down inside.

Can you find me? Where, oh where?

Look close at my hiding place and
You’ll see yourself there.

Can you find me? Where have I been?
My favorite hiding place is soft and green.

Can you find me? What will you do?
I’m behind something you can walk through.

Can you find me? It’s very dark.
In this place I share with someone who says Bark!

Can you find me? I’m the last one,

Behind something that grows on a stem in the sun!

Five Little Mice

Five little mice came out to play,

Gathering crumbs along the way;
Out came a pussy cat sleek and black,
Four little mice went scampering back.
Four little mice came out to play…
(Until: No little mice go scampering back.)
But then they all come scampering back!

Then Maisy Mouse wants another story about herself so we tell the story of Lunch by Denise Fleming using the little finger puppet mouse.

Much like the Very Hungry Caterpiller, Maisy is still hungry after eating each thing, but at the end, she is so full that she takes a nap until dinner time. Then she wakes up and sees the fall leaves falling. This is the story of Mouse's first fall and it looks like this: