Educational Preschool Activity: M is for Monkey

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed is a book that has been getting a lot of play time around this house. When it finally reached the renewal limit at the library, it was a sad day for all. Thankfully, my son got the book Eight Silly Monkeys the very next day at his birthday party! So the monkey jumping fun continues!

Cover of the childrens book Eight Silly Monkeys, featuring eight playful monkeys jumping and smiling on a colorful background, perfect for inspiring a fun printable craft activity.

My two year old daughter loves everything about these crazy monkeys — she loves reading the books, loves singing the song, and she even managed to download the Five Little Monkeys app on our kindle all by herself (apparently, we need better parental controls on that thing!) So of course, she went bananas when Kelli created this Monkey Printable to go along with the book! (Download yours for free by clicking on the link below!)

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There’s all kinds of preschool alphabet printables you can do with this one. Counting is an obvious choice. You can also talk about same and different. My little chipmunk is a big fan of coloring everything in a monochrome palette, but you could encourage your little one to use two colors and then match monkeys of the same color.

A child with light-colored hair draws a blue M is for Monkey on white paper at a wooden table. Cheese crackers are nearby as the little artist uses one hand to color this printable craft and the other to stabilize the paper.

Once glued onto the bed worksheet, you could talk about “up and down” or “high and low”. There are more monkey-themed activity links found at the bottom of this post. But for now, let’s get started!

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What You Need:

Free Monkey Printable
Coloring tools (crayons, markers, etc)
Scissors
Glue

What You Do:

Have your child color the monkeys and the picture of the bed.

A child is focused on coloring a partial drawing of a building facade at a wooden table. Nearby, crayons sit in a glass cup. To the left lies another paper featuring outlines of figures, including a cheeky monkey from a printable craft collection.

Once they are finished, you could practice scissor skills by drawing a dotted line circle around each monkey. If your child is too young, simply cut out the monkeys yourself.

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A simple outline drawing of a monkey with an open mouth and raised hand. Perfect for a printable craft, the image is printed on white paper with a dashed blue line outlining the main figure on the left.

I opted for roughly cutting around the monkeys instead of in every nook and cranny. You could also make two copies of the monkey page and glue the little fellas on Popsicle sticks for some puppet fun! Using the puppets, your child could retell the story to work on reading comprehension or you could sing the song together.

Five popsicle sticks with irregularly shaped white paper on top, colored with blue scribbles like a playful monkeys art, are placed on a wooden table. Perfect for a printable craft project that brings creativity to life.

Finally, glue the monkeys onto the bed! My daughter loves the glue stick, so this was her favorite part. If you want to get really fancy, you could add those Velcro Dots to the back of the monkeys and onto the bed worksheet so you can retell the story over and over again.

Childs drawing with abstract, irregular blue scribbles and a small yellow shape on white paper, resembling a playful monkey. This printable craft is placed on a wooden surface, showcasing the childs creativity.

Finished!!

What About You?

What book did you turn into an afternoon of fun? Leave me a comment and tell me all about it!

More Monkey Fun:

Clothesline Monkey Alphabet Activity from Making Learning Fun
Barrels of Monkeys Coloring Matching Game from Making Learning Fun
Five Little Monkeys in a Tree Song and Printable from Scholastic Printables
Five Little Monkeys in a Tree Puppet Fun from Ramblings of a Crazy Woman

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About the Author

Lindsey Whitney is a mom of two, home day care provider, and blogger over at Growing Kids Ministry. Growing Kids Ministry is a blog designed to help parents, teachers, and Children’s Ministry workers who want to help the kids they love grow in their faith. You can connect with her via twitter or on facebook!