We’re excited that the  Virtual Book Club for Kids is featuring Author Ellen Stoll Walsh in January.  Our Virtual Book Club Participants have come up creative ideas for 3 of her books that will keep your kids active and having fun all month long.  Take a peek below at our 12 activities inspired by some very special mice that Ellen Stoll Walsh created. Click on the links to discover each activity and the directions to follow.

Mouse Activities Inspired by Author Ellen Stoll Walsh

• Playdough to Plato – Free Color Book
• Toddler Approved – Surprise Color Mixing Heart Craft for Preschoolers
• Colour mixing painting from 3 Dinosaurs

Mouse Shapes Activities 

• 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
• Crystal and Co.- Shape Activities for Kids 

 Mouse Count Activities 

• Lalymom – Mouse Count Ping Pong Ball Game
• Rainy Day Mum – Mouse Count Number Lines and Ordering
• Still Playing School- Mouse Count Sensory Bin
• The Educators’ Spin On It – Mouse Count Activities with Lids

Which book are you going to read First?  

Mouse Paint

One day three white mice discover three jars of paint–red, blue, and yellow.  This lighthearted presentation of a lesson in color is fun for all ages.  Plus Walsh’s cut-paper collage illustrations have bold colors and yet quite simple for all to enjoy.

Mouse Paint Activities

Our 12 Virtual Book Club Contributors have created quite a few playful and bright activities to go with books by Ellen Stoll Walsh.  Click on the images below to see how to create with your child or class.

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Color Book by Playdough to Playto

Surprise Color Mixing Heart Craft by Toddler Approved

Color Mixing with Mouse Paint by 3 Dinosaurs

Mouse Shapes

What can you make with one oval, two circles, and eight triangles? Just ask three clever mice–who even find a funny way to trick a sneaky cat.

Mouse Shapes Activities

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

Shape Collages Inspired by Mouse Shape by Inspiration Laboratories

Mouse Shape Puppets by The Pleasantest Thing

Shape Activities for Kids by Crystal and Co.

Mouse Count

Ellen Stoll Walsh introduces the concept of counting forward and backward in a suspenseful story that will keep young readers guessing what’s next. 

 

Mouse Count Activities

Mouse Count Relay Game by Lalymom

Mouse Count Numbers and Number LInes by Rainy Day Mum

Mouse Count Sensory Bin by Still Playing School

Mouse Count Activity with Lids by The Educators’ Spin On It

Share your Ideas with the Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook Community

Come stop by and tell us what you did over on our Virtual Book Club for Kids Facebook page OR here in the comments.  We’d love for you to share your photos too!

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