If You Give a Mouse a Cookie tells the story of a boy who gives a mouse a cookie, which leads the mouse to ask for a glass of milk. Once he's had the milk, the mouse wants to look at a book. The story follows the chain of requests that result from the boy giving the mouse the initial cookie. The document provides examples of hands-on activities teachers can use to engage students with different learning styles, such as having children act out the story, draw pictures related to it, reading it out loud, and working in groups to recreate the story visually.

1. If You Give a Mouse a
Cookie
Hannah Rogers and Rosie Meyer-Haag

2. Bodily/Kinesthetic
Learn best with hands on activities
Ex. Hold the students hand to help them
concentrate better

3. Bodily-Kinesthetic
Have children act out the story
Have one kid play the mouse
Have one kid play the boy
The classroom can be the “house”

4. Visual/Spatial
Learn best by seeing the material
Ex. Using pictures, power points, or video/movies
to help the students visualize the lesson

5. Visual/Spatial
Have kids draw pictures of their families while
eating cookies
Another activity would be to hold up props while
reading the story to the kids
Ex. Hold up a cookie when you read about a
cookie

6. Verbal/Linguistic
These students learn best by hearing or listening
Ex. Reading stories out loud to students

7. Verbal/Linguistic
Have kids sit in a circle and read the story to
them
Use funny voices for the different characters and
show them the pictures in the book

8. Intrapersonal
Learning by discussing or working with others
Ex. Group Projects

9. Intrapersonal
Have kids got into groups and draw the book out
without using words