Animal Pyramids

Materials

black permanent marker

pictures of animals

tape

large building block set

Instructions

1. Have the children sit in a circle.
2. Choose one child to be the zookeeper and ask her to stand in the middle of
the circle.
3. Choose a few children to be different animals using the animals on the
vocabulary list, or make up a list of different animals.
4. Have the children who will be the animals sit inside the circle with the
zookeeper. The rest of the children form a circle around the zookeeper and
the animals.
5. Once the children who will be the animals know which animal they will be,
have the zookeeper begin checking on the animals by walking up to each
"animal" and asking, "And what animal is in this cage today?"
6. The child should announce "I am a (name of the animal)!"
7. All the children in the circle should make the sound of the animal, along with
the child in the middle of the circle who is playing the animal.
8. The zookeeper goes around to all the animals and repeats steps 6 and 7.
9. Once the zookeeper finishes tending to all the animals, repeat the activity,
giving each child a turn as the zookeeper.
Assessment
Consider the following:
* Are the children able to make the correct animal sounds by listening and
following directions?
* Are the children able to remember which animals they are throughout
the game?