Materials

2-ply toilet paper

bar of Ivory soap

old cheese grater

plastic tub

6 cups warm water

Instructions

1. Place the plastic animals on a small table. Let the children explore them.2. Make the sound one of the animals makes. See if the children find theanimal. If they don't, ask them to hand you the animal that matches thesound you made.3. Encourage the children to imitate the sounds of the animals.4. Continue until they have matched all the animals to a sound.More to do Games: Play a variation of The Farmer in the Dell. Give each child in thegroup one plastic animal. Have the children walk in a circle around you asyou sing the following song:The Farmer in the DellThe farmer in the dell,The farmer in the dell,Hi-ho, the derry-o,The farmer in the dell.The farmer finds a dog.The farmer finds a dog,Bark, bark, bark, bark, bark, bark,The farmer finds a dog.The child holding the dog enters the circle and stands with you. As hedoes, he should imitate the sound a dog makes. Repeat the verse abovefor each animal until all the children are standing in the circle. Encourageeveryone to attempt to imitate the sound their animal makes. End withthe following verse:The sun is going down.The sun is going down.The animals are going to sleep.The sun is going down.All the children should drop slowly to the floor and pretend to sleep.

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