I Need My Monster

It’s an age old quandary: is the monster under the bed friend or foe?

In I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll, a monster is okay, even necessary, but it has to be a special monster.  What happens if your monster takes the night off to go fishing? 

We highly recommend following along while this story is read by Rita Moreno,

then reading it again to explore the types and number of monsters that come to visit.

Do some more monster counting with these number cards, and a little bit of alphabet work. 

Allow your child to draw and describe the monster under their own bed.  What makes it scary? What makes it nice?  What makes it just right for your child?

Use the free printables found on Somewhat Simple, a handful of paper clips, magnet, string and poll to create your own fishing time.  Go fishing for monster parts and assemble silly monsters with the items you catch.

What does the boy in the book use to protect himself from the monster?  What items does your own child use?

Perhaps it might be nice to add some monster be gone spray to the bedtime routine.

Or, maybe you can create a tiny model of your child’s monster and offer them their own bed.

How about lunch?

We’re hungry for monster tails, claws and drool (hot dogs, Bugles corn snacks, and applesauce)

Is there time to make some monster cookies for dessert?

Or, check out the many creative monster crafts found on our pinterest board.

Ready for more monster books?

Goodnight, Little Monster by Helen Ketteman

There’s a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer

Jeremy Draws a Monster by Peter McCarty

Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters by Jane Yolen

Leonardo, the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems

Go to Bed, Monster by Natasha Wing

Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody by Michael Rex

Monster Math by Anne Miranda

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

If You’re a Monster and You Know It by Rebecca and Ed Emberly