The Case of the Missing Shoe

What?

• Scrap pieces of felt (blue, brown, red, green, orange, yellow, white, black, purple, pink)
• Scissors
• Felt board
• Zip baggie

How?

1. Cut two shoes out of each color of felt using the pattern above.
2. Place one blue shoe on the felt board to begin the story.
3. Add shoes of different colors as indicated in the story.

   It's time for school. What will I do? (blue shoe)

   Please help me look for my missing shoe! (leave this shoe up on the board)

   Let's look by that box of Jell-O. (yellow shoe)

   Oh, it's only a shoe of ___. (children supply the missing word)

   Maybe it's in the washing machine. (green shoe)

   Oh, it's only a shoe of ___.

   I bet the shoe is under my bed. (red shoe)

   Oh, it's only a shoe of ___.

   I know. It's under the bathroom sink. (pink shoe)

   Oh, it's only a shoe of ___.

   Maybe it's by my bowl of porridge. (orange shoe)

   Oh, it's only a shoe of ___.

   Perhaps it's by the maple syrple. (purple shoe)

   Oh, it's only a shoe of ___.

   I'll look by my brand new light. (white shoe)

   Oh, it's only a shoe of ___.

   It might be by my stuffed clown. (brown shoe)

   Oh, it's only a shoe of ___.

   I know, it's in my back pack. (black shoe)

   Oh, it's only a shoe of ___.

   Where, oh where could my other shoe be? (blue shoe)

   Well, it's on my foot. Silly me! (put up matching blue shoe)

What else?

Use the shoes for a visual matching game. Hide one shoe of each color around the room in plain sight. Pass out the other shoes to the children. The children walk around the room and hunt for theirmatching shoe.