Cookies
December 2010
Greeting and Wiggle &/or Dance (Freeze)
Whole Body Movement: “Making Cookies” (here) & “When the Wind is Blowing” (here)
Song: “C is for Cookie” & Invitation to Listen
Book: No More Cookies! By Paeony Lewis or Christmas Cookies by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Magnet Board: Five Little Cookies (2 versions)
Book: Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? By Bonnie Lass & Philemon Sturges
Whole Body Movement: “Great Big Cookie” (here)
Book: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Magnet Board: Five Little Cookies (2 versions)
December 2012
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Larry Groce (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 4) [It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!]
Movement Song: “Can’t Sit Still” by Greg & Steve (Kids in Action)
Announce Theme: Cookies
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: No More Cookies! by Paeony Lewis
Counting Rhyme with Magnet Board: “Five Little Cookies”
Book: The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
Fingerplay: “Making Cookies”
Book: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home: Invent Your Own Cookie sheet from The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? Event Kit
December 2017
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Larry Groce (Disney Children’s Favorite Songs Volume 4) [It’s time to get on the bus and go to story time!]
Movement Song: “Can’t Sit Still” by Greg & Steve (Kids in Action)
Announce Theme: Cookies
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
Counting Rhymes with Magnet Board: Five Little Cookies
Book: The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems
Fingerplay: Making Cookies
Book: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
December 2023
Opening Song: “The Wheels on the Bus” by Eric Litwin
Announce Theme: Cookies
Listening Song: “If You Want to Hear a Story”
Book: The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems
Rhyme with Cookie props: Five Little Cookies
Book: Cookiesaurus Rex by Amy Fellner Dominy & Nate Evans
Movement Rhymes: Making Cookies & Great Big Cookie
Book: The Best Mouse Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye by Rob Reid
Take Home:
The Pigeon Wants a Cookie activity page from The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
Invent Your Own Cookie activity page from The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
Create Your Own Cookie Costume activity page from Cookiesaurus Rex
Coloring sheet from If You Take a Mouse to School
Sweet Stories activity page from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie