If You Give A Moose A Muffin-how does it go? HELP?

Question

I was given a homework assignment this evening (night courses). I have to vreate activities to go along with this book. It had to be at different centers. Well, I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BOOK! I called the local libraries and they do not have it. How am I supposed to think of activities when I do not know what it's about? I can't do 10 activities about a moose and a muffin. If possible... can someone PLEASE writ out how it goesPLEASE PLEASE -- how else can I do it??!

Thanks

Answer 1

This book is Fantastic and part of a series there is also If You Give a Pig a Pancake and If you Give a Mouse a Cookie.  My first recommendation would be to get the book, as a early childhood education major I have done lesson plans on this book and I had centers on making a moose sock puppet, in the dramatic play area I added bowls  and a apron and chiefs hat and muffin pans as well as muffin liners and giant pom poms to look like muffins and with the help of a teacher in SMALL groups the children can make a healthy snack of muffins, you can also do the book as a felt board story and later have the pieces out in the book center so the children can read it by using the felt board pieces, we also made moose antler hats for the children to wear around for the day.  

This can also be studied further and you can study the moose and talk about their size and habits and where they live, the possibilities are endless.... Just think outside of the box and if you need some more help feel free to email me and I will see what I can do to come up with more ideas!!

on the last last link below there is a math activity called candy corn math I would adapt this math game and change it to muffin math and use it as a graphing game for of my activities!!! hope all of this helps  and finally this link is just a great informational link to all things in early childhood education if that's what you are looking for !!!!!!!!!!

http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/defaul...

Answer 2

If a big hungry moose comes to visit, you might give him a muffin to make him feel at home. If you give him a muffin, he'll want some jam to go with it. When he's eaten all your muffins, he'll want to go to the store to get some more muffin mix.

Answer 3

I'm not 100% sure how it goes myself.  I know it has the whole cause and effect thing going on, but I'm not nearly as familiar with it as I am with 'If You Give a Mouse a Cookie'.

These websites however have activities to go along with the book:

http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/moose...

http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/ifyougi...

http://home.earthlink.net/~wtsprek/if_yo...

Answer 4

Have the kids trace their hands and then have a grown up staple it to a strip to make antlers for them.

You could also have the kids try to make jam.  or just give them muffins and blackberry jam for snack.

Have them make a sock puppet and  put on puppet show.  You could also punch four holes in a round lid.  for a button to allow the kids to try to make an x with yarn a knot tied in one end and taped on the other end to make the yarn stiff.

You could have each kid make up their own tasty muffin recipe. Help them write it out and then glue it to a muffin cut out to hang up in the room.   Or use a chart for each child to mark their favorite kind of muffin let them taste test little peices of muffins and then ask them their favorite one.  you could also do the same with jams.

You could have them trace thier hands and feet to let them make a moose. Hang it next to their muffin with their favorite recipe wrote on it.   You could make up a bean bags shaped like muffins and let the kids try to toss one into each cup in a muffin pan.

You could have them make a grocery list of the products they think they would need to buy from the store in ordor to make muffins.

paint  a picture.  all of these activities will go with the book.

You could cut a potato in half cut one half  into wedges give them some brown paint and let them make moost tracks

take a cardboard box, draw a moose head on it cut out a hole for the mouth, and let the kids try to throw bean bags shaped like muffins into its mouth.  

You could make name tags that look like paint blotches for the kids to wear on their shirts.  

You could put out a moose call and let them blow it so they can hear what a moose sounds like.  Find some picture of moose and put them out for the kids to look at.  

You could also make up a short song using words that ryhm with moose and adding some simple movements to it.

Just some ideas for activities you could use.

Good luck

Answer 5

By Laura Numeroff Illustrated by Felicia Bond

If you give a moose a muffin, he'll want some jam to go with it. So you'll bring him some of your mother's homemade blackberry jam. When he's finished eating the muffin, he'll want another. And another. And another. When they're all gone, He'll ask you to make more. You'll have to go to the store to get some muffin mix. He'll want to go with you. When he opens the door and feels how chilly it is, he'll ask to borrow a sweater.When he puts the sweater on, he'll notice one of the buttons is loose. He'll ask for a needle and thread. He'll start sewing. The button will remind him of the puppetrs his grandmother used to nake. So he'll ask for some old socks. He'll make sock puppets. When they're done, he'll want to put on a puppet show. He'll need some cardboard and paints. The he'll ask you to help make scenery.When the scenery is finished, he'll get behind the couch. But his antlers will stick out. So he'll ask for something to cover them up. You'll bring him a sheet from your bed. When he sees the sheet, he'll remembe he wants to be a ghost for Halloween. He'll try it and shout, Boo! It'll scare him so much, he'll knock over the paints. So he'll use the sheet to clean up the mess. Then he;ll ask for some soap to wash it out. He'll probably want to hang the sheet up to dry. He'll go outside to put it on the clotheslie. When he's out in the yard, he'll see your mother's blackbery bushes. Seeing the blackberries will remind him of her jam. He'll probably ask you for some. And chances are... if you give him the jam, He'll want a muffin to go with it. (through the entire story the moose is with a kid who is the person talking in the story. The house gets messier and messier as the story goes on! It's a cute book. My kids love it! Good luck!)

Answer 6

Check on Amazon.com or google the title.  You might find a summary of the book.  At least that would be a start.