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Monkey Counting

February 7, 2012

A couple weeks ago Reading Confetti posted a really neat idea on her blog. She and her son had been reading a book about counting called Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: Lyle Walks the Dogs which inspired a homemade counting game complete with crocodile decorated clothespins and matching of numbers. It looked so cute and yet educational that I have been dying to make my own version of the game since I laid eyes on it!

We don’t own the Lyle the Crocodile book, but we do have Eight Silly Monkeys!

My idea for a corresponding counting game isn’t as genius as Reading Confetti’s, but I think it worked well. Here it goes…

I made 8 clothespins into 8 silly monkeys. Then I designed 8 printable cards, each with a bed and pillows on each bed ranging from 1-8.

The idea is that each monkey needs to have a pillow to jump on the bed.  I mixed up the cards and as we read each page of the book starting with  “8 silly monkey’s jumping on the bed…”, I asked my son to find the card with 8 pillows. I quickly realized that since I numbered the beds, this was going to be too easy for him. So I decided to cover them up with a little flap.

He can now count the pillows (marking each one off with a monkey clothespin as he goes) and then check to see if he is correct by lifting the flap. This worked great! Especially since he frequently tends to re-count items he has already counted (i.e. the bed with 4 pillows he counts 1, 2, 3, 4, and then goes back to pillow one and counts it as 5).

If anyone is interested in the 8 printable bed cards HERE is the downloadable link!

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  1. Lorie says

    February 7, 2012 at 7:52 pm

    How adorable!!!!!!! I love it! Those monkeys put my crocs to shame!

    Thanks for the link! 🙂

    Reply
    • Repeat Crafter Me says

      February 7, 2012 at 8:28 pm

      Thanks Lorie, but this seriously doesn't even compare to your awesome crocodile counting game! At one point I thought about throwing away the whole project because it just wasn't living up to what I wanted it to be LOL! But thanks for the inspiration. I love your blog! -Sarah

      Reply
  2. chelle says

    February 7, 2012 at 8:10 pm

    Great idea! Those are very cute monkeys!

    I could like the PDF if you don't mind

    [email protected] add the dot com 😉

    Reply
    • Repeat Crafter Me says

      February 7, 2012 at 8:29 pm

      Thanks! And yes, I would love to send you the PDF! I will get it to you soon 🙂

      Reply
  3. chelle says

    February 7, 2012 at 8:11 pm

    *would* like….ooops

    Reply
  4. maggy, red ted art says

    February 9, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    Those are adorable! We made peg animals AGES ago for our art washing line… but I love the way you use them in this game. And the monkeys are sooo cute!

    Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy

    Reply
    • Repeat Crafter Me says

      February 9, 2012 at 9:40 pm

      Thank You for giving me the opportunity to share! I enjoy your blog 🙂

      Reply
  5. MiaB says

    February 9, 2012 at 5:13 pm

    Cute, cute, cute.. I'm doing an activity like this for my next book theme activity – hungry caterpillar.. can't wait 🙂

    ~MiaB

    Reply
    • Repeat Crafter Me says

      February 9, 2012 at 9:40 pm

      Thanks Mia! Looking forward to seeing your version :o)

      Reply
  6. Tutus & Tea Parties says

    February 11, 2012 at 3:57 am

    This is super cute! My daughter would love this. We have a similar book which is my daughters current FAVE! Thank you for linking up to A Pinteresting Party!

    Reply
    • Repeat Crafter Me says

      February 12, 2012 at 6:45 pm

      Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share!

      Reply
  7. Carrie says

    February 13, 2012 at 6:12 pm

    What a great idea! Your monkeys are wonderful! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday! Have a great week!!

    Reply
    • Repeat Crafter Me says

      February 13, 2012 at 11:48 pm

      Thanks for letting me link up! I look forward to your Sharing Saturday every week!

      Reply
  8. raising4princesses says

    February 14, 2012 at 2:04 am

    these are so adorable! You did a great job! Maria

    Reply
  9. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says

    February 14, 2012 at 10:48 pm

    Brilliant idea – we have 10 lady birds book with them all on leaves – this would be such a cool way to count with them as J has a similar problem recounting the first one again each time.

    Thank you for sharing on Tuesday Tots

    Reply
  10. Amber @ Quilted Euphoria says

    February 17, 2012 at 5:15 am

    What a cute simple fun idea! Thanks for coming to link upt his week at my party! Hope to see you again next week! 🙂

    BTW wanted to let you know that you're featured this week! 🙂 It's all about the bragging rights, right?

    Reply
  11. niki says

    May 2, 2012 at 9:29 am

    Love this idea but when I try to download, it comes up with a subscription price for scrbd. I hate to bother you but can I get the file worldsapart2 at juno.com. Thank you.

    Reply
    • Repeat Crafter Me says

      May 2, 2012 at 3:36 pm

      Hi Niki, sorry for the troubles. I just tried to e-mail you but I got this message:

      "Technical details of permanent failure:
      Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain."

      E-mail me at [email protected] and I will reply with the attachment! Thanks!

      Reply
  12. Michelle says

    May 26, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    Thanks for the great game idea. I am making summer book boxes to trade out with my son's friends. This will go perfectly with our monkey books. I had the same problem downloading. I was able to copy the screen though.

    Reply
  13. Ms. C says

    September 3, 2012 at 11:44 pm

    Hi, this is super cute and great for my students is there any way you could send me the file in PDF format? If so my email is [email protected]

    Reply
  14. Anonymous says

    September 18, 2012 at 2:26 am

    Hi! I LOVE THESE MONKEYS! I already downloaded the beds, but is it possible to send me the monkeys as well in a pdf format? I would really appreciate it and I'm sure my students will as well. My e-mail is [email protected]
    Thanks!

    Reply
  15. creativeprincess says

    October 6, 2012 at 2:15 am

    I would like the PDF of the monkeys

    Reply
  16. Repeat Crafter Me says

    October 6, 2012 at 4:06 am

    To those who are interested in the monkey's: I unfortunately don't have a PDF of them. I googled "monkey clip art" and printed out a face that I liked. The clothespins are hand painted with acrylic and the monkey tail was also printed out from a google search, cut out and glued on. So sorry I couldn't provide more. I hope you are all still able to enjoy this game with your kids or in the classroom!

    Reply
  17. keru0316 says

    July 23, 2017 at 6:54 am

    Item just as described. Smooth transaction. Thanks

    Reply
  18. f4gg0tb1tch says

    July 28, 2017 at 8:47 pm

    …or what’s during the ashtray.
    f4gg0tb1tch https://f4gg0tb1tch.tumblr.com/

    Reply
  19. stephanie woodson says

    November 24, 2017 at 11:37 am

    i would like to have the pdf [email protected]

    Reply
  20. rita thompson says

    April 2, 2019 at 6:24 pm

    I love this! Do you have a PDF of this that you are willing to share? Thank you and have a blessed day,
    Rita

    By the way, Love the name of your site

    Reply
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    May 12, 2021 at 9:51 pm

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    Reply
  22. water secure says

    June 28, 2021 at 7:31 am

    i like this beautiful idea

    Reply
  23. جوراب واریس برای عمل اسلیو معده says

    July 16, 2021 at 1:22 am

    Great line up. We will be linking to this great article on our site. Keep up the good writing.

    Reply
  24. mamung112 says

    December 21, 2022 at 7:03 pm

    That’s nice. It was a fine article.
    Fa Chai

    Reply

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