10 Literacy Activities About Monsters

There are lots of great monster-themed activities for young children. Today I'm sharing ten of my favorites, all of which have a literacy focus.

• Sing Horns and Fangs, a monster-inspired version of Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes found on this handout from Perry Public Library. 
• Share my original flannel board rhyme Knock Knock! Trick or Treat?, in which each of several doors conceals a different monstrous creature. 
• Imagine what you'd do if you were a monster with a short and sweet action rhyme called If I Were a Monster. 
• Count and roar along with One Little Monster, a piggyback song I wrote based on One Little Finger.
• Tap into your monstrous side with the Monster Stomp, an action rhyme modeled after this dinosaur-themed activity.
• Read Where the Wild Things Are, then play my Catch a Wild Thing rhyming game. 
• Play shaker eggs or other musical instruments along to the Raffi song Les Zombies et les Loups-Garous, which translates to The Zombies and the Werewolves! 
• Retell Peter McCarty's picture book, Jeremy Draws a Monster, using the flannel board.
• Prove that you're a monster and you know it by singing this piggyback song based on If You're Happy and You Know It. 
• Read The Monster, a poem about imagining monsters in different rooms around the house, which can be seen here at Just 4 Teachers.

For more monster ideas, check out my monster-themed story time plans.