GRUMPY MONKEY UP ALL NIGHT TEACHER PUPPET STICKS

Grumpy Monkey Up All Night

Story Retelling Puppets

TEACHER & CHARACTER SET

Unit Objectives: These puppets are designed for kinesthetic retelling and auditory recognition. By physically moving the characters the story is read, students develop narrative recall, language fluency, and social-emotional engagement.

Puppet Set Includes:

1. Easy Version: Character circles in black and white for students to color.

2. 1 Teacher Example: A full color set to serve as a visual guide for the finished product.

Directions:

1. First: Color the character circles. Encourage students to use colors that match the characters found in the book to build visual association skills.

2. Second: Carefully cut out teacher character circle. For younger toddlers, the teacher may want to pre-cut these to focus entirely on the retelling aspect.

3. Third: Apply a small amount of glue to the top of a large stick (popsicle stick) student, (paint stirrer) used for teacher sticks.

4. Fourth: Press the character circle onto the glue and let it dry completely before use.

5. Teacher’s Idea: I highly recommend printing these puppets on card-stock. It is much sturdier for little hands and ensures the puppets will last through many story-time sessions!

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THE SUN THIEF SEQUENCING

The Sun Thief

by Alice Hemming

Theme: Natural Curiosity, Misunderstandings, and Simple Science

(Reflection & Light).

Focus: This unit follows a very curious Squirrel who wakes up one morning and can’t find the big yellow sun! His misunderstandings lead him on a funny adventure where he learns that the “stolen sun” is just a beautiful reflection. It’s a fantastic story for normalizing a child’s questions about how the world works and introducing very basic “physical science” concepts like light and water.

Key Teaching Points

•The concept of a Reflection: The core science lesson! What does light do when it hits a smooth surface like water or a mirror?

•Simple Science: A mirror bounces the sun’s light back to our eyes, so we see a picture of the sun, not the sun itself.

•Validating Natural Curiosity: It’s okay to have big questions about the world, like where the sun goes at night! This unit celebrates Squirrel’s desire to understand.

•Expectation vs. Reality: Just because we think we know what is happening (like someone “stole” the sun) doesn’t mean we are right. This unit teaches kids to observe and look for clues before guessing.

•Keats-esque Text & Art: Discussing the detailed illustrations and simple, iterative text (like “ I found a sun!”… “But it was just a _________”) that helps build reading comprehension and prediction skills.

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DOGGER BOOK UNIT Theme: Empathy, Sibling Bonds, and Selfless Giving

DOGGER

by Shirley Huges'

Unit Theme: Empathy, Sibling Bonds, and Selfless Giving

I. Story and Vocabulary Focus

Book Information: Title, Author, and a summary of the story’s theme Siblings Relationship 

Comprehension Questions (4 main questions provided in the packet).

Vocabulary/Coloring Pages (Trace and Color activities for key characters and emotions):

II. Literacy Skills (Tracing and Matching)

Trace the Lines Pencil control, pre-writing skills(2 pages).

Trace the Alphabet (Pages for tracing letter formation A-Z).

Match the Shapes (Color-Cut-Glue activity).

Letter Focus/Matching:

D is for Dave

B is for bear

S is for sad

III. Math Skills (Numbers and Counting)

Numbers 1-6 Count and write the number

Trace Numbers 1-15.

Numbers 1-5 (Paste pictures under correct number activity).

Numbers 6-10 (Paste pictures under correct numbers activity).

IV. Fine Motor and Sequencing

Scissor Practice  Hand-eye coordination, cutting skills(2 pages).

Trace the Dd

Dot Dauber the letter D

Trace and color the dog

Matching/Sequencing:

Matching-Color-Cut-Glue (2 pages).

"What comes next?" (Color-Cut-Paste activity, 2 page).

Circle and Color what is different  Visual discrimination, observation skills(1 page).

Puzzles (3 puzzles).

6 Puppet Sticks Story retelling, dramatic play, coloring(For retelling the story—color, cut out, and glue on sticks).

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THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE TEACHER PUPPET STICKS Theme: Courage & Exploration

The Snail and the Whale

by Julia Donaldson

Theme: Exploration, Courage, and the Power of Smallness.

Focus: This unit uses the imaginative journey of a tiny snail and a huge whale to teach children about curiosity, bravery, and the importance of helping others. It validates that size doesn't determine worth, and that even the smallest action-like a snail using its silver slime to "save" a whale-can have a massive impact.

Unit Objectives For Teacher Puppet Sticks)

• Objective 1 (SEL): Students will understand the concept of reciprocal help. They will see that the whale helps the snail see the world, and the snail uses its unique "small skill" (slime tracing) to save the whale.
• Objective 2 (Language Arts): Students will identify and proactive movement verbs and contrasting descriptors. Using the puppets, students will describe how the characters move (tiny snail slithers, huge whale glides) and how the environments feel (ice/fire, deep/shallow).
• Objective 3 (Social Studies/Geography): Students will define journey and map and conceptualize that the world is a large place full of different landforms and climates that the whale and snail visit together.
  Objective 4 (Pre-STEM/Persistence): Students will describe the persistence of the snail. When the whale is beached, the snail doesn't give up. It finds a creative solution and keeps trying until it finds help.

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THE VERY GREEDY BEE SEQUENCING CRAFT Theme: Sharing and Self-control

THE VERY GREEDY BEE

by Steve Smallman

Unit Overview: The Very Greedy Bee

Theme: Sharing, Self-Control, and the Benefits of Community.

Focus: This unit focuses on a bee who is very greedy and wants all the honey for himself. Through a challenging adventure where he gets "stuck" in a flower, he learns that being greedy doesn’t feel good and that sharing with friends is much more rewarding. It’s a gentle lesson in social-emotional learning (SEL) and the value of putting others before yourself.

Key Teaching Points

• Self-Control & Moderation: Learning that “too much” of a good thing (like honey!) isn’t always healthy or happy. The bee gets in trouble because he doesn’t know when to stop.

• The “Greedy” Feeling vs. The “Sharing” Feeling:

Exploring the physical and emotional difference between wanting everything (tight, hungry) and sharing (happy, relaxed, and making friends).

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THE VERY GREEDY BEE BOOK UNIT Theme: Sharing, Self-Control, and the Benefits of Community

THE VERY GREEDY BEE

by Steve Smallman

Unit Theme: Sharing, Self-Control, and the Benefits of Community

I. Story and Vocabulary Focus

Book Information: Title, Author, and a summary of the story's theme “Fostering an ‘Observer Mindset’ 

Comprehension Questions (4 main questions provided in the packet). 

Vocabulary/Coloring Pages (Trace and Color activities for key characters and emotions):

II. Literacy Skills (Tracing and Matching)

Trace the Lines Pencil control, pre-writing skills(2 pages). 

Trace the Alphabet (Pages for tracing letter formation A-Z). 

Match the Shapes (Color-Cut-Glue activity).

Letter Focus/Matching:

S is for sad 

B is for bee 

B is for blue flower

III. Math Skills (Numbers and Counting)

Numbers 1-6 Count and write the number 

Trace Numbers 1-15.

Numbers 1-5 (Paste pictures under correct number activity). 

Numbers 6-10 (Paste pictures under correct numbers activity).

IV. Fine Motor and Sequencing

Scissor Practice Hand-eye coordination, cutting skills(2 pages).

Dot Dauber Fun Bee

Dot Dauber Capital B 

Color, trace, and cutout the bee 

Matching/Sequencing

Matching-Color-Cut-Glue (2 pages).

"What comes next?" (Color-Cut-Paste activity, 2 page).

Circle and Color what is different Visual discrimination, observation skills(1 page). 

Puzzles (3 puzzles).

6 Puppet Sticks Story retelling, dramatic play, coloring(For retelling the story—color, cut out, and glue on sticks).

The Very Greedy Bee: Play dough Mat (Emotions)

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