Materials
Magazine pictures of both young and mature animals
Oaktag cards, 6" x 8" (15 cm x 20 cm)Scissors
Glue
Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman
Instructions
1. Cut out the pictures of young and mature animals. Glue them on to oak tag cards.
2. The children sit in a circle on the floor; give each child a card.
3. The teacher holds a card first and asks either "Who has my baby?" or "Who has my mother/father?". The child with the correct card brings it up to the teacher to make a match.
4. The game proceeds round-robin fashion with each initiating child asking either "Who has my baby?" or "Who has my mother/father?".
5. Read Are You My Mother?.More to doMore science: Set out the cards on a table. Children may work at matching the cards during center time.
