Questions to ask during and after reading: 

• Why is Grover scared?

• What kind of animal is Grover?

• What color is Grover? What color is his nose?

• Is Grover a nice monster or a mean monster?

• Why are some words in the story big and some words are little?

• Why doesn’t Grover want you to turn the page?

• How does he feel when we turn the page?

• How does Grover try to stop us from turning the page? 

• monster

• book

• brick wall

• end

• scared

• lovable

• embarrassed

• heavy, thick, solid, strong

Activity Ideas:

• Make a Grover Paper Craft (sample coming soon)

• Make a Grover Puppet: blue felt or an old blue sock, a pink puff ball and some googly eyes are all you need.

• Do Grover’s workout.

• Play an online Grover game.

• Watch more cute Grover videos. 

• Paint Grover on SesameStreet.org (use the drop down menu and choose Grover)

• Draw a picture of Grover doing something in the book.

• Use legos to build a brick wall like Grover did.

• Buy some Grover stickers, like these and use them in a picture.

• Print out several Grover coloring pages and make a book. It can be the same story or their own story. (see links for coloring pages below)

• Have a Grover fruit snack.

• Grover has several alter egos. Super Grover, Dr. Grover, Marshall Grover, etc. Play dress up and pretend like Grover does.

 











Video:

In this video Grover reads this story aloud is hilarious. It’s great for early readers too because the text is highlighted and they can follow along. **This a fabulous story for helping increase fluency as Grover’s emotions are all over the place. 

You can also down the app for $4.99 and if you have a subscription to Sesame Street ebooks it’s there too. 

Apps:

• The Monster at the End of This Book $4.99
• Another Monster at the End of This Book $3.99
• Grover’s Number Special $2.99
• Grover’s Farm $1.99

Coloring Pages:

• Sprout Online
• my-coloring-pages.com 
• PBS Kids (click on Elmo to go to the Sesame Street pages)

Text Connections:
What to read next? There are tons of cute Grover books. Here are a few favorites:

Video Games: