Print out the "If You Give a Mouse a
Cookie" template of the mouse for each
child.
Flip through the pages of "If You Give a Mouse a
Cookie" before reading
them the story. This allows the kids to "read" the
pictures and guess what's happening. It's amazing how much more they
remember is you do this
Read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" aloud
Hand out the template and have the children write
down all the things the mouse asked for
(Younger
children: ask the children to draw pictures of all the things they
remember the mouse asking for).