Place the puppets aside to dry. The following day invite the children to bring their little monsters to the meeting area. Ask the children to show their monster creations to the group. Now invite everyone to use their monsters to dramatize and count out the characters in the story. Children can use the monsters as counters, as weights for a pan scale, for patterning, and for sorting.
Children can compare the monsters in the story, or the monsters they made.
Children can also use their monsters to retell the story without the book or create a new story. Keep the art materials available for children to create more monsters. Ask the children to show the class what they have constructed for their monsters. Photograph the children's monsters and constructions and create a class book to document the activity. Read our Privacy Policy Statement .