I remember this book vividly from my childhood and whoever would read it to us would replace the monkey with our names and it'd be so cute. My mentor teacher now does/sing the same thing to the students in my placement classroom. ( )

A classic rhyme about the little monkeys falling off the bed one by one and bumping their heads.

Just not really my favorite, or Lily's, so we passed it along. ( )

My husband and I read this to the baby. Cute especially the ending. ( )

Independent reading level: PK- 3

Independent Reading Level: Level E
Awards: N/A ( )

Genre
Concept books
Counting books
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Tone
Funny
Illustration
Cartoony
Subject
Five Little Monkeys (Fictitious characters)
Jumping
Misbehavior
Monkeys

Monkeys keep jumping on the bed and hitting their heads.

Repetitive. At the end (in the illustrations, not the text) the mom herself jumps on the bed! Not a great cautionary tale. ( )

One,Two,Three,Four,Five little monkeys! Jump up and down with joy as they all start to slowly fall asleep one by one.

This retelling of the nursery rhyme “5 little monkeys jumping on the bed” was made into a book where the 5 mischievous monkeys jump on the bed at home. One by one each of the monkeys fall off the bed after their mama told them no more jumping on the bed. I have some of the best memories in elementary school with this book. It was a class favorite and it always connected us together. So many memories of my classmates and I gathering at the carpet, ready to read. We all participated and love singing this song as it was read aloud to us. It kept us all engaged and we never seemed to get tired of it. This book has a special place in my heart and I hope to show this to students someday.

This is one of my favorite story-time books for younger readers. They love bouncing and counting along with the silly monkeys. Although there are many versions of this story, I always come back to this one. It’s also a great concept book for young readers who are learning to count. ( )

I love reading this book it’s a humorous poetry and song book. There is of course the hidden meaning of listening to your mother and the doctor. The book also can help children count. It’s rhyming and repetition helps the readers predict what’s going to happen next. ( )

I have listened to this in song form with my sister and her two babies. They really love listening to it I think because they know what is going to happen next.

Used in Storytime 3/30/17 - The Letter J ( )

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Fun counting book. Only complaint is that it is stereotypically gendered -- the doctor is a man, of course. The parent is a mom. The monkeys are more boys than girls. The girls are all wearing little girlie outfits. Admittedly there's probably not a lot of scope for gender subversion in this little rhyming book, so there's not too much that can go wrong. But I like to be pleasantly surprised. [return][return]All that said, I loved the last page -- 'Thank goodness!' said the mama. 'Now I can go to bed!' and then she's dancing on the bed. ( )

I gave this book a 5/5 because of how cute it is. I read this book when i was a kid and always laughed at how silly the monkey are. This is a classic book and is very good for children to listen to or even to learn to read. I might have this book in my school library if my students need it. ( )

This book is a classic for me. It is a book where the reader can predict and repeat the scenario of the monkeys over and over again. While this book has the lesson of listening to your parents and not jumping on a bed, it takes a turn at the end. When the monkey children go to sleep, the mother monkey is pictured to jump on her own bed. This can portray to children that "rules do not matter to grown-ups." ( )

The sequence in this book follows a pattern. Mama Monkey is trying to put the five kid monkeys to bed but they start jumping on the bed whenever she leaves the room. One monkey falls off of the bed each time. The sequence helps students memorize the patterns, making the words easier to identify. The book would be a good guided reading book for kindergarten.

This board book is much fun to read to my son and students. They all love enjoying listening to the words of how the monkeys are jumping on the bed.

This book is just a book to be read, I wouldn't really use for any type of lesson plans but it's a fun topic. It will help work on learning new Spanish vocabulary. ( )

Five little monkeys have fun going to bed.....Finally they all go to sleep....

When opening the book to the first page it shows you how books can make you feel so many different emotions. Sometimes kids love to get read to by their parents and beg for more stories, just like the monkeys in this book. They are so excited to keep reading they don't want to go to sleep. Their mother has to come in the room multiple times to tell them to go to sleep until finally she takes the books away, and she reads them. She wanted to see what all the hype was about. Reading made the monkeys tired, and after reading so many meaningful stories they went to bed. This book reminds me of Five Little Monkeys Jumping in the Bed, but there is a twist on the story plot. This is a great funny story to read to younger readers. ( )

Christelow, E. (1989). 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

This book is about five monkey siblings who get ready for bed and once their mother leaves, start jumping on the bed. After the first one falls and hurts himself, the doctor tells them not to do it again, but none of the monkeys listen until every single one of them falls and hurts themselves.

This book is cute and I remember reading this or hearing the story/song many times as a child. It was a good story to share about listening to what grownups say because otherwise you'll regret it.

The text is simple and full of repetition. It is predictable but that allows the reader to follow along and even read it for themselves if they know what is going to happen. The story is humorous but has a good lesson. It is also a good way to introduce children to math as they can start counting backwards as each monkey falls off the bed and can no longer jump on the bed.

The illustrations are colored pencil scribble and are fun and colorful.

This is a cute book for young readers to teach them basic subtraction. ( )

There are a couple reasons why I did not like this book. First, the language and writing are too repetitive. I understand that repetition helps young children to be able to read a little better, but I feel that this book wasn't even interesting. For example, each page has a monkey fall of the bed and bump their head then the next page has their mother calling the doctor. I don't think that this book helps children think about what they are reading.
Another reason I didn't like the book is because of the predictable plot. Every time a monkey jumps on the bed the reader knows one of them is going to fall off and bump their head. I think that this takes away from the reader trying to predict what will happen next, since this book is over predictable.
There is not really a big message a reader can take away from the story other than to not jump on the bed because you will fall off and bump your head. ( )

iconic story of the 5 little monkeys on the bed.
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