Book: Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed EmberleyThis is an all-time storytime favorite!! Adults and kids LOVE this one! This is a great one to remind kids that monsters are make-believe. They get to help 'create' the monster and also help make him go away! I also used this Go Away, Big Green Monster! Storytelling Puppet Kit from Lakeshore Learning Materials.
Book: Go To Bed, Monster! by Natasha Wing and Sylvie Kantrorovitz
In this story, Lucy can't go to sleep. She ends up drawing a monster to play with and then he is the one who doesn't want to go to sleep!
Book: Goodnight, Little Monster by Helen Ketteman and Bonnie Leick
A cute story about the bedtime rituals that preschoolers face each night, like bathtime/ brushing their teeth/bedtime stories/etc, but in this one it's a little monster. He's cute and the illustrations are very popular with kids due to the bugs/spiders/work juice!
Book: If You're a Monster and You Know It by Rebecca and Ed Emberley
This is a great monster version of "If You're Happy and You Know It!"
Song: Monster Boogie from The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band CD
A cute story about the bedtime rituals that preschoolers face each night, like bathtime/ brushing their teeth/bedtime stories/etc, but in this one it's a little monster. He's cute and the illustrations are very popular with kids due to the bugs/spiders/work juice!
This is a great monster version of "If You're Happy and You Know It!"
You can read my review of The Best of Laurie Berkner Band CD here. We absolutely love this CD at home and it's come in very handy at work also. Here are the lyrics to the song:
Monster Boogie
(L. Berkner)
Susie Lampert, piano
I'm the biggest monster that you've ever seen
My eyes are purple and my teeth are green
I'm big and I'm scary, you know what I mean
This is what I like to do
I do the monster boogie, the monster boogie
The monster boogie round the room
Everybody does the monster boogie
The monster boogie, the monster boogie
So can you
I'm the biggest monster that you've ever seen
My eyes are yellow and my teeth are green
I'm big and I'm hairy, you know what I mean
This is what I like to do
I do the monster wiggle . . .
Rraaaahhh!
(L. Berkner)
Susie Lampert, piano
I'm the biggest monster that you've ever seen
My eyes are purple and my teeth are green
I'm big and I'm scary, you know what I mean
This is what I like to do
I do the monster boogie, the monster boogie
The monster boogie round the room
Everybody does the monster boogie
The monster boogie, the monster boogie
So can you
I'm the biggest monster that you've ever seen
My eyes are yellow and my teeth are green
I'm big and I'm hairy, you know what I mean
This is what I like to do
I do the monster wiggle . . .
Rraaaahhh!
Monster Feet Craft: I found this great 'monster feet' craft from Storytime Crafts by Kathyrn Totten.
I copied the feet on cardstock, cut them out and let the kids color them. Then we taped them on their hands. It was a hit!
I copied the feet on cardstock, cut them out and let the kids color them. Then we taped them on their hands. It was a hit!
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