Oklahoma Ag in the Classroom

Have You Seen My Sheep?

  1. Players stand in a circle, with one, the shepherd, standing outside the circle.
  2. The shepherd walks around the outside of the ring, stops anywhere, and taps a player on the shoulder.
  3. The shepherd asks, "Have you seen my sheep?"
  4. The shepherd describes the clothing of another player, and when the player being questioned recognizes the player described, he or she answers: "Your missing sheep is Johnny [or Jane or Mary]."
  5. On being indentified, the sheep bolts from the circle and races around the outside, pursued by the player who made the identification.
  6. If the sheep can get back in place before being tagged, he or she becomes the shepherd for the next round. If he or she is tagged, the pursuer is the new shepherd.

Moo Cow Moo

Preparation: Secure small stuffed (tossable) farm animal.

  1. Teach rhyme: Moo cow, moo cow, moo moo moo, Moo cow, moo cow, where are you?
  2. Teacher tells students how farmers care for their animals.
  3. Blindfold one seeker, and have another student hide the stuffed farm animal somewhere in the room.
  4. As the seeker looks for the animal, students recite the rhyme, getting louder when the seeker gets close to the animals and softer when he/she gets farther away.
  5. Next blind fold two seekers and repeat step 4.
  6. Third time all who have not been seekers yet become the seekers, and the stuffed farm animal is hidden somewhere in the teacher's clothing.

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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