Letter M: Monster Counting Book, Splat Monsters, Monster Lunch, Silly Faces Monsters, Play Dough Monsters (Day 3)
1) Monster Counting Book from The Measured Mom: We started by reading this little story about monsters. It comes with 10 clip art monsters. Each page we read, a monster disappears, making this booklet a very early introduction to subtraction. For more number activities, check out these Monster Counting Cards (The Measured Mom) and Monster Number Puzzle (A Teaching Mommy).
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| Monster Counting Book |
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| Monster Counting Cards |
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| Monster Number Puzzle |
2) Splat Monsters: We made monsters!
- Squirt paint onto a piece of paper and have your child use a paintbrush to make a monster shape. You could also use a dish brush to dip in paint and stamp on your paper.
- Have your child glue on googly eyes on the monsters - I loved watching Easton use his imagination while doing this craft.
3) Choose one of more of the activities below:
- Monster Lunch: Use your fine motor skills to feed the monster!
- Draw a monster face on an empty baby wipes container.
- Have your child use cups and tweezers to feed the monster lunch. Talk about colors and count the pom poms as you go.
- Silly Faces Monsters: I like this game, because it helps toddlers learn where different parts of the face go. For instance, the eyes are always above the nose and the ears go on the side of the head. The stickers are reusable, so we made all sorts of different "monsters" and can play this game over and over in the future.
- Play Dough Monsters: This was our very favorite activity!
- Use different colors of play dough and Mr. Potato Head pieces to make play dough monsters.
- Allow your child to be creative. Read books to your monsters, feed them and use a lot of imaginative play.
