Monkey Words

Designed by Elaine Haven

Friendly monkey faces welcome children to try their hand at sorting games. AccuCut's Cup Huggers™ dies make monkey shapes with arms long enough to reach around purchased paper cups. Hands lock with offset slots. Allow children to decorate the faces for fun!

Grades:

Pre-K to 3

Machines:

• MARK IV
  Roller Die Cutting Machine

AccuCut® Dies:

• Cup Huggers
  Monkey Jumbo
• Strip Maker
  1" Jumbo
  (6 strips, 10-inch blade length)

Other Materials:

• Wiggle Eyes, 2 for Each Monkey
• Purchased Paper Cups -- Assorted Colors
• Marker -- Black
• Glue
• Sticker Letters
• Construction Paper

Tips:

Use the Monkey Cup Huggers die cut to teach these concepts: rhyming words, syllables, nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, proper nouns/common nouns, singular/plural, compound words.

Instructions:

To make a game for a center with AccuCut's Monkey Cup Huggers™ die:

1. Cut one monkey for each sorting cup.
2. Wrap monkey around each cup.
3. Glue labels on fronts of cups (e.g, capital "A", small "a", "Long Vowels", "Short Vowels").
4. Create strips using 1" Strip Maker die. Write words or letters on strips.

To learn: Students take turns reading words and letters, then placing them into the correct cups. Write answers on backs of monkeys, so students can empty cups and check answers.