Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom

Chicken Dance

Preparation: Secure a recording of song "Chicken Dance."

  1. Start the song Chicken Dance song.
  2. Chorus - Finger claps. This is the little beak.
  3. Wing beats. These are the little wings.
  4. Shake Shake. This is the little tail.
  5. Verse - Group walks in rhythm in a circle.

Goose and Gander

  1. All players but one are geese, forming a single line.
  2. Each goose places his or her hands on the waist of the goose in front of him or her.The other player is the gander.
  3. The object is for the gander to tag the last goose in line. To prevent this, the head goose moves around, swinging the line from side to side and using his or her arms to block the gander.
  4. The head goose may not hold the gander.
  5. When the gander finally succeeds in tagging the last goose, he or she then joins the line at the end, and the head goose becomes the new gander.

Gathering Eggs

  1. Set up 60-70 "nests" of straw or paper bags with tops rolled down.
  2. Place one egg (or substitue, such as ping pong balls) in each nest (5 dozen total).
  3. Group students into five groups, and provide one empty egg carton for each group.
  4. As a relay, students will collect eggs and place them in the egg cartons. One student from each group collects at a time. First group to fill their carton wins.

Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom is a program of the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and the Oklahoma State Department of Education

www.agclassroom.org/ok

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