This week was our first Time to Read Tuesday of the summer, and I have been waiting to do this activity for a long time. We read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, which is a favorite of Buddy’s. I first saw the idea of doing a counting game with this book on Mommy Needs Cookies’s Blog. Since Buddy loves this book and he loves games, I knew this cookie game would be a great activity for him.
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I started by cutting out a circle for each of us from paper. I also got a large handful of black beans and a die. After we read the book, Buddy and I counted out 20 beans for each of us. This was great practice for him, because he has trouble counting after 12. Then we took turns rolling the dice. We put that amount of beans on the cookie. Whoever finished getting all of the “chocolate chips” in the “cookie” first won. 
Buddy had a lot of fun with this activity. He enjoyed the counting and it was good practice looking at a die and determining numbers. In the original activity, she used a uno deck to practice reading the numbers. I can see that being a fun way to extend this game for Buddy when he is a little older. 
Buddy had so much fun that we ended up playing this game 3 times! It was a lot of fun for both of us. I’m sure we’ll play it again soon.
