Students can classify slippers into different categories, and create simple graphs. Design and create an advertisement for their slippers. After reading the book to the class, create a graph depicting the different styles of footwear in the classroom. This activity can be taken further by having the students do surveys or polls about footwear, and creating charts and graphs to display their findings. Students can design slipper key chains, using fun foam, and embellish with paint and accessories.
Students can write stories about the slippers, and their adventures with their owners.
For a language arts lesson, use post-its to cover the text, leaving only the illustrations visible. Have students create the text using adjectives and adverbs. Students can rewrite the text using synonyms for each adjective. A wonderful story about Maui Mouse's culinary adventure. A story about a little girl with long, beautiful curly hair, which turns out to be more trouble than it's worth.