Cowboy Line-Up

Materials

clipboard

Instructions

1. Explain to the children that cowboys had to keep track of cattle for many
reasons (which ones to brand, which ones were going to market, and so on).
Explain that they counted the cattle using tally marks.
2. Show them what a tally mark looks like and how they are used.
3. Pick a child to be the tally person.
4. When the children are lining up to go outside, the tally person makes a tally
mark on a clipboard as each child walks by.
5. Have the tally person do the same when the children are lining up to come
back into the building to make sure everyone is accounted for.