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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How adorable!!!!!!! I love it! Those monkeys put my crocs to shame!
Thanks for the link! 🙂
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
Great idea! Those are very cute monkeys!
I could like the PDF if you don't mind
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Thanks! And yes, I would love to send you the PDF! I will get it to you soon 🙂
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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
Thank You for giving me the opportunity to share! I enjoy your blog 🙂
Cute, cute, cute.. I'm doing an activity like this for my next book theme activity – hungry caterpillar.. can't wait 🙂
~MiaB
Thanks Mia! Looking forward to seeing your version :o)
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!
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share!
What a great idea! Your monkeys are wonderful! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday! Have a great week!!
Thanks for letting me link up! I look forward to your Sharing Saturday every week!
these are so adorable! You did a great job! Maria
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
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?
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.
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!
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.
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]
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!
I would like the PDF of the monkeys
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!
Item just as described. Smooth transaction. Thanks
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i would like to have the pdf [email protected]
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