Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll!
Leanna and I have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting on Monday, October 18th (today), the kits will be available to pick up for our online storytime.
Enjoy a borrowed copy of the book, and have fun doing the activities. Please return the book after you are done; everything else is yours to keep!
"I Need My Monster" by Amanda Noll
“A unique monster-under-the-bed story with the perfect balance of giggles and shivers, this picture book relies on the power of humor over fear, appeals to a child’s love for creatures both alarming and absurd, and glorifies the scope of a child’s imagination. One night, when Ethan checks under his bed for his monster, Gabe, he finds a note from him instead: "Gone fishing. Back in a week." Ethan knows that without Gabe’s familiar nightly scares he doesn't stand a chance of getting to sleep, so Ethan interviews potential substitutes to see if they've got the right equipment for the job — pointy teeth, sharp claws, and a long tail — but none of them proves scary enough for Ethan. When Gabe returns sooner than expected from his fishing trip, Ethan is thrilled. It turns out that Gabe didn't enjoy fishing because the fish scared too easily.”
You will have to return this book to the library; everything else is yours to keep!
You will have the book read to you by actress Rita Moreno. She did such a great job; we hope you enjoy her reading as much as we did!
Kits include:
a borrowed copy of I Need My Monster by Rita Moreno
information page
colors game (5 colored ghosts)
a flyer for this website
2 activity pages
2 coloring pages
rhymes/song pages with web links (instrument included)
Build Your Own Monster craft
3 magnets from the story
stickers
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included ghost handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the white ghost?
White ghost, white ghost?
Can you show me the white ghost?
And wave her in the air?
Black… green… orange… yellow
Hold It High – Choose one ghost from handouts
Hold your ghost high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your ghost below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your ghost against your nose
Now touch the ghost to your toes
Touch your ghost to the ground
Now wave that ghost all around!
Hold your ghost in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your ghost and jump up high!
Now let your ghost fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
Five Little Monsters Jumping on the Bed by Super Simple Songs
Monsters Stomp Around the House by The Kiboomers
Go Away! by Super Simple Songs
Halloween Stomp by The Singing Walrus
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
Monster Dance
If you want to be a monster, now’s your chance.
“Cause everybody’s doing the monster dance.
You bounce up and down
Wave your arms around
Bounce down and up
Stretch your arms up!
Bounce around and around
Then wave at the ground
Bounce up high then down low
Then let out a growl and bounce…real… slow!
ACTION RHYMES
If You’re a Monster
(Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a monster and you know it, wave your arms
If you’re a monster and you know it, wave your arms
If you’re a monster and you know it, then your arms will surely show it,
If you’re a monster and you know it, wave your arms
...show your claws
...gnash your teeth
...stomp your feet
...growl out loud
Monster, Monster, Turn Around
Monster, monster, turn around.
Monster, monster, touch the ground.
Monster, monster, reach up high.
Monster, monster squint your eye(s)
Monster, monster, show your teeth
Monster, monster, stamp your feet.
Monster, monster, show your claws
Monster, monster, now just pause
Monster, monster, time to growl
Monster, monster, now you howl!
There’s a Monster in My Closet
There’s a monster in my closet
And it’s green! (Rawwwr, rawwwr)
There’s a monster in my closet
And it’s green! (Rawwwr, rawwwr)
There’s a monster in my closert
And it’s really, really green
There’s a monster in my closet
And it’s green! (Rawwwr, rawwwr)
There’s a monster in my closet
And it smells! (Pew, pew!)…
There’s a monster in my closet
And it snorts! (Snort, snort!)…
There’s a monster in my closet
And it cries!! (Boo hoo!)…
There’s a monster in my closet
And it jumps! (Jump, jump)…
Monsters
We’ll all be great big monsters (Hold up one hand above head)
And everyone we’ll scare. (Show claws)
With two big horns, (Both index fingers up on head)
And bulging eyes. (Circle fingers around eyes)
And stringy dark brown hair. (Stroke hair)
He has two large scary heads, (Hold up 2 fingers and open eyes wide)
And an extra-long long nose. (Mime a Pinocchio nose)
With big enormous monster feet, (Lift up feet)
And crooked, squeaky, creaky toes (Point to toes)
Shhh! Let’s show him were not afraid (Finger to lips)
Or he might start to grow (Raise hand slowly)
Grab your broom, hit him, WHAM! (Mime these actions)
Oh look! Where did he go? (Shrug shoulders, look around)
EXTRA LINKS!
Amazon’s page on Amanda Noll: https://www.amazon.com/Amanda-Noll/e/B002NQX8MQ
Illustrator Howard McWilliam’s site:
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