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 Mice Are Nice

 

 

Stories we shared:

One Dark Night / Lisa Wheeler                Look out, Patrick! / Paul Geraghty                      

Mouse Mess / Linnea Riley                     Busy Busy Mouse / Virginia Kroll

 

Other books you may enjoy sharing:

Mouse Count / Ellen Walsh                                            You’re too small!  / Shen Roddie

Seven Blind Mice / Ed young                                          A Beautiful Feast for a Big King Cat / John Archambault   

Mouse Paint / Ellen Walsh                                             Lunch / Denise Fleming

If you give a mouse a cookie / Laura Numeroff                  How Joe the bear and Sam the mouse … / B. de Regniers

Bravo, Livingstone Mouse! / P.Edwards                            Busy little mouse / Eugenie

The boat / Monique Felix                                                Completed Hickory Dickory Dock / Jim Ayelsworth

Mouse in the House / Henrietta                                       Mice are nice / by Charles Ghigna

Wemberly worried / Kevin Henkes                                   Chrysanthemum / Kevin Henkes

Angelina ballerina / Katharine Holabird                             Tom Mouse / Ursula K. Le Guin

Mr. McMouse / Leo Lionni                                              Mouse soup / Arnold Lobel

Mouse views / Bruce McMillan                                        Alexander and the wind up mouse / Leo Lionni

The completed hickory dickory dock / J. Ayelsworth         Gentle Rosie / Mary Morgan

Watch where you go / Sally Noll                                      Mouse TV / by Matt Novak

Kat Kong / Dav Pilkey                                                    Mouse cleaning / R.Provencher

Uh-oh, Leonardo! / Robert Sabuda                                   Mouse around / Pat Schories

Toby's new brother / by Cyndy Szekeres                          Mouse's first day of school / Lauren Thompson

Small / Clara Vulliamy                                                    Drip, drop / Sarah Weeks

Little Mouse and the big red apple / A. Benjamin              Mouse Bride / Joy Cowley

Brambly Hedge Series / Jill Barklem                                Whose mouse are you / Robert Kraus

The town mouse and the country mouse / L. Cauley         Cathedral mouse / Kay Chorao

Do you want to be my friend / Eric Carle                          Mice who lived in a shoe / Rodney Peppe

                                               

Songs and rhymes to share:

 

Hickory Dickory Dock                                                                           Crawly Creepy Little Mouse

Hickory dickory dock      (run fingers up legs)                                            Crawly creepy little mouse,

The mouse ran up the clock        (run fingers up body)                               From the barn into the house.

The clock struck one      (clap hands once over head)                                In the pantry under the shelf!

The mouse ran down      (run fingers down body)                                       Found some cheese and helped himself.

Hickory dickory dock      (run fingers down legs)                                        Nibble nibble nibble nibble!

…the clock struck two (clap twice)  - the mouse said boo!                                                

…the clock struck three (clap3 times)   - the mouse said whee!                 Baby Mice        (Hide your hand behind your back)           

…the clock struck four   (clap4 times)   - there is no more                         Where are the baby mice?
                                                                                                                     Squeak, squeak, squeak

A House for a Mouse                                                                               I cannot see them peek, peek, peek
A house for a mouse is a hole in the wall                                                    Here they come out of their hole

(Form hole with thumbs and forefinger)                                                                (Bring your fist forward)

She's quiet and timid and meek.                                                                     One, two, three, four, five and that is all!

She hides in her hole and she rarely comes out.                                                   (Open your fingers one at a time)

(Cover thumb with remaining 4 fingers)
But the smell of fresh cheese makes her peek!       (Sniff air and poke thumb between fingers)                 

                                                                                            Five Little Mice             (hold up 5 fingers)
                                                                                                         
  Five little mice on the pantry floor
                                                                                                         
This little mouse peeked behind the door

 Little Mice
       (count on fingers)                                                  This little mouse nibbled at the cake
This little mousie peeked in the door,                                                 This little mouse not a sound did make
This little mousie jumped to the floor                                                  This little mouse took a bit of cheese
This little mousie came out to play,                                                     This little mouse heard the kitten sneeze
This little mousie ran away!                                                                Achoo sneezed the kitten            (pretend to sneeze)
This little mousie cried, “Dear me!                                                       And SQUEAK!  they cried           (throw hands in the air)
Dinner is over, and it’s time for tea.”                                                   As they found a hole and ran inside  (hide hands)


Round and Round the Garden
                                                 Tiny Mouse

Round and round the garden                                                       There is such a tiny mouse

Goes the teddy bear       (circle baby's tummy)                             Living quietly inside my house

One step, two steps       (walk fingers up chest)                            Out at night he starts to creep     (creep fingers)

Tickle under there!          (tickle baby under chin)                          When everyone is fast asleep      (pretend to sleep)

Round and round the garden                                                       But always by the light of day     (arms circle over head)

Goes the little mouse     (circle baby's tummy)                             The tiny mouse creeps away       (creep fingers)

Up, up, up he creeps      (walk fingers up arm)     

Up into his house           (tickle baby under arm)

 

Cat and mice  (count on fingers)                                                Peek to the Left Peek to the Right

Five little mice came out to play                                                       Here’s a little mousie peeking through a hole

Gathering crumbs up on their way  (pick up crumbs)                                 (poke finger through fist of other hand)

Out came a pussy cat sleek and black   (tip toe)                            Peek to the left   (wiggle finger to the left)

Five little mice went scampering back  (run fingers)                       Peek to the right   (wiggle finger to the right)

Four little mice came out…..                                                            Pull your head back in  (pull finger into fist)

No little mice came out…   (shake head “no”)                                   There’s a cat in sight!

Out came the pussy cat sleek and black   (tip toe)

He saw no mice so he took a nap  (pretend to sleep)                    A Little Mouse

                                                                                                         A little mouse ran up the clock   (hold up 1 finger)

Here Comes a Little Mouse                                                      He thought that it was fun

Here comes a little mouse squeak, squeak, squeak                           But when he reached the very top

He’s tiny and soft and has pink little feet  (tickle toes)                   The clock struck one      (clap once)

He runs up your leg,   (tickle leg)                                                   Another mouse ran up the clock   (hold up 2 fingers)

Then under your arm,  (tickle under arm)                                      In tiny shoes of blue

Ticklety, ticklety   (tickle all over)                                                   And when she reached the very top

But he means you no harm                                                         The clock struck two      (clap twice)

                                                                                                        Another mouse ran up the clock   (hold up 3 fingers)

Creepy Crawly    (creep fingers up from toes)                             To see what he could see

Creepy crawly little mouse                                                          And when he reached the very top

From the barn                                                                            The clock struck three    (clap 3 times)

Up to the house                                                                         Another mouse ran up the clock   (hold up 4 fingers)

Watch out little mouse!                                                               And found a little door

Don’t fall in that hole!   (tickle under arm)                                     And when se reached the very top

                                                                                                The clock struck four (clap 4 times)

 

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