Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
My little girls love Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed!
My 2 yr. old loves to quote, “No more monkeys jumping on the bed!” in her best parent voice. It makes me smile when she says this. :)
With a little help from a Barrel of Monkeys
and Dora Dollhouse Furniture,
we recreated the story and practiced counting. 
This activity was a hit with the girls!
Guided Questions:
How many monkeys are jumping on the bed? (Count together)
How many fell off? (We put all the hurt monkeys in a pile aka “Dr. office)
How many monkeys are left on the bed? (Count together)
How many monkeys have bumped their heads? (ie. 3 left in the bed and 2 have already hurt their heads)
Extensions:
Check out Mm is for Monkey printables from Confessions of a Homeschooler.
Carisa from 1+1+1=1 has a Five Little Monkeys Tot Pack available too.
Labels: Letter M, Read and Do
posted by Mozer at
8:00 AM
7 Comments:
Great extension to the book. My son loves t play with the monkeys from barrel of monkeys we will have to act out the story with them next time!
What a great way for hands on math!
Love this :)
Great idea! I have a bed, a barrel of monkeys and this book, I may have to do this today.
Excellent guided questions and a great hands-on math lesson!
This is a great way to retell the story. Glad Dora was willing to share her bed. The questions you asked were wonderful.
Thanks for linking to Read.Explore.Learn. I will Stumble this post.
What fun!
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