Things I Did Not Knock Over
Free counting activities for storytime and the classroom.
A counting book for ages 3 to 7. The narrator is a cat who denies everything. These sheets turn the read aloud into a counting game.
Why purple?
I was a kid in the 1980s. Back then, you did not print things out on a printer. You copied them on a mimeograph machine. The copies came out in a distinctive purple ink, with a wonderful warm mimeograph smell. I never forgot it. These sheets and this page are made to look like they just came off the ditto machine.
Pick an activity
Count the things
Five rows of things the cat did not knock over. Count each row. Write the number in the box.
1 page | 10 minutes | Ages 4 to 7Download PDFThings that fell
A coloring page. Color in or circle the things that fell in the book. A beach ball and a glass of milk are hiding in the mix.
1 page | 10 minutes | Ages 4 to 7Download PDFCalico collage cat
Tear magazines and patterned paper into small pieces. Glue them into a calico cat. A short art lesson inspired by the book.
1 page | 20 minutes | Ages 4 to 7Download PDFHow to use it
Read the book aloud. Let children count along on each page.
Hand out the counting sheet. Children count each row and write the number.
Color Things That Fell. Children color or circle what fell in the book.
Make a calico cat. End with patterned paper and a glue stick.
For teachers and librarians
Order the book
Things I Did Not Knock Over
By Emily Krill
Matchy Matchy Press
Paperback and Kindle, ages 3 to 7
Available on Amazon.