- 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.
