The book of the month for March is "May I Please Have a Cookie?" written by Jennifer E. Morris. This is a fun story about Alfie who loves his mommy's cookies. He wants one more than anything!
But grabbing for one, fishing for one, and dressing up as a cookie
inspector don't seem to work. His mommy says there is a better way. What
is it? Saying PLEASE!
This story is a fun way to talk about using the word please with children! We played a game with cookies that went along with the story. Older children asked for different letter cookies and younger children asked for different color cookies.
Below are the directions.
Sort the cookies so each
player has one of each color or one of each letter, depending on which game you are playing. Take turns asking for a cookie from the other player. “May I have a red
cookie please?” "May I have a letter A cookie?" This is a simple game to practice taking turns and to help
young children learn colors or letters, while being
polite. The cards can also be used to play memory or as
a matching game.
