When things go bump in the night and the monster give us a fright you can guarantee that we are ahead of the game. We turn those scary monsters into a week of fun activities inspired by the book Monster Trouble by Lane Fredrickson.
Scroll down to find the simple fun activities for preschoolers and our FREE weekly plan plus extra teacher recommended books based on this theme.
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Monster Trouble by Lane Fredrickson Featured Book for the Virtual Book Club for Kids
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Monster Trouble by Lane Fredrickson is our featured book for Monster Week this year and we absolutely love this not so scary monster tale for leading up to Halloween.
Winfred Schnitzel is not afraid of monster or anything, but the monsters in her neighbourhood are determined to scare her and keep her up all night.
Don’t worry though, she solves her sleep problems and deals with the monsters in the kindest and friendliest way possible.
If you haven’t got the book don’t worry check out the video to watch together with your preschooler of the book being read aloud.
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Monster Songs and Rhymes For Preschoolers
Each week we are sharing 3 fun songs for you and your preschooler to sing and move around to check them out here.
Monsters Stomp Around The House
Five Little Monsters Jumping on the Bed
Monster Shuffle
Monster Trouble and Monster Themed Activities for Preschoolers this week
We have picked 5 easy activities based on this theme. Pick the one that appeals to you the most, try a few or if you are looking for more structure for your days then check out our weekly suggested schedule and plan to try all 5.
Monster Trouble Activity Plan for Preschoolers
A fun week of simple planned activities for preschoolers inspired by the book Monster Trouble all themed around some not so scary monster activities.
For our Sensory Activity for Monster week we have a simple Googly Eye Sensory Bag which in the case of this one is filled with edible materials.
Check out the top of the post as there is an alternative method to produce the same bag which although is not edible works just as well.
Preschoolers love to post things and this Feed the Monster Alphabet Game is quick to make.
You can use either wooden letters, magnetic letters or even make your own Monster Food.
With a little craft that you preschooler can help you create this Monster Munch Counting Activity is fun.
Working on counting and subitising (where children learn to recognize objects in a specific pattern as being of a certain number e.g. 3 dots in a diagonal on a die).
We're making Edible Monsters which if you pick the right apples to create them with will also match the monsters in the book.
This week's Art Activity is a Super Squished Monster Creation.
Be prepared to have lots of paper to hand as preschoolers love creating this style of art. Choose monster colors and you could also cut out some mouth shapes for your child to add on some Monster Parts to their creations.
More Monster Books That We Recommend
If you wish to add a few more books to your reading this week with your child then check out our 3 other book suggestions around the Monster Theme this week.
If You’re a Monster and You Know It by Rebecca and Ed Emberley
Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley
Monsters Love Underpants by Claire Freedman
The Color Monster: A Story About Emotions by Anna Llenas
Monsters Love Colour by Mike Austin
There’s a Monster in Your Book by Tom Fletcher
More Monster Themed Activity Plans
Love Monsters why not check out these other Monster Themed Books for some not too scary Halloween Fun.
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