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FINDING MOTHER
For this activity you need a group of five or more children.
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Practice with the children how to make different barnyard
animal sounds, such as pigs, cows, horses, sheep, ducks
and chicks. |
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Choose one child to be a mother animal, such as a mother
cow, and go out of the room. |
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Have the remaining children pretend to be different
baby animals, each making different animal sounds. |
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Have the mother cow come back into the
room, saying “moo, moo”. |
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Have her go around the room listening
to the baby animals, trying to identify her baby by the
sound he is making. |
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Continue the game, choosing other mother
animals to look for their babies.
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CAT AND MOUSE
This game requires five to ten children to play.
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Have your children form a circle. |
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Choose one child to be a mouse and go out of the room. |
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Choose one of the children in the circle to be the
cat. |
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Have the mouse come back in and proceed to walk around
the back of the circle. |
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The mouse tries to get back to his hole (place in the
circle) before the cat catches him. |
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If the cat catches him, the cat gets to be the mouse
in the next game, and the mouse goes back to his place
in the circle. |
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Continue by having the new mouse go out of the room
while you choose a new cat. |
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MOTHER & BABY MATCH-UP CARDS
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Using small index cards, draw or glue on pictures
of mother and baby animals each on separate cards. |
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Mix up the cards and have your child match up baby
animals with their mothers. |
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Variation: You can often buy sets
of cards with Momma and Baby animals. |
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