Mouse Count Sensory Bin

We created a sensory bin for our kids to retell Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh. It also required a bit of fine motor work!

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If you aren't familiar with Mouse Count please check it out soon! A snake gathers mice for his dinner by putting them in a jar. He counts his collection as he works. We made our snake from construction paper and taped him to out favorite training chopsticks. Tan pom poms, brown pom poms, and cotton balls were our mice. We used green lentils for our bin filler.

Our preschooler E loved acting out the part where the mice distract the snake and knock over the jar to escape! Once the snake returns he finds an empty jar.

We retold the story over and over with our sensory bin. Our toddler D tried the chopstick snake but also loved gather the mice with his hands to put in the jar. Of course we were counting to ten and back down to one along with the text of the book!

More Children's Book Activities:

This post is part of our series with the Virtual Book Club for Kids. Several other amazing blogs are also bringing you ideas for activities based on Ellen Stoll Walsh's books this month including Mouse Paint, Mouse Shapes, and Mouse Count.

Mouse Paint

Playdough to Plato – Free Color Book

Toddler Approved – Surprise Color Mixing Heart Craft for Preschoolers

Colour mixing painting from 3 Dinosaurs

Mouse Shapes

Growing Book by Book – Mouse Shapes Learn to Spell Your Name Activity

Inspiration Laboratories – Shape Collages Inspired by Mouse Shapes

Mama Miss – Triangle Puzzle

The Pleasantest Thing- Mouse Shapes Puppets

Mouse Count

Lalymom – Mouse Count Ping Pong Ball Game

Rainy Day Mum – Mouse Count Number Lines and Ordering