Do You Know the Muffin Man (Girl)?

Oh, do you know the Muffin Man, the Muffin Man, the Muffin Man,
Oh, do you know the Muffin Man who lives on Bakery Lane?

This week in preschool has been Rhyme Week. Caroline's class has worked on rhyming worksheets and activities and the final part of Rhyme week is "Dress Up as a Nursery Rhyme Day." Caroline had a hard time deciding what or who she wanted to be so we went to one of our collections of nursery rhymes and old school stories. She immediately decided she wanted to be the Muffin Man but a "Girl Muffin Man." We looked at the illustrated picture and decided what she needed to wear - a baker's hat, white clothes, and an apron and bring, of course, some muffins. I remembered we had a nice large chef's hat from Steve's Cub Master days and the rest was easy. This morning we made blueberry muffins and filled a basket to share. We made sure a little dusting of flour made it to her face, because every good baker has a little flour here and there! What really made me laugh was when she wanted wiskers. "Wiskers?" I asked. She then reminded me that the Muffin Man in the book was a cat. Ahhhh.....animal theming in the story book! We ended up skipping the wiskers but chose everything else - the white shirt, some black pants, and a pink apron.

The Muffin Man Girl in action!

Thanks for making muffins with me - they are quite a tasty treat!