Today at our large group we played a game called, "The Old Grey Cat Is Sleeping," where half of the children are sleeping cats and half are creeping mice. It is a game that teaches children to work in teams and also to wait for their cue to sleep, creep, nibble, stretch or run. Teams switch to experience life inside and outside of the mouse hole.

At circle we used our thumbs to chant "Two Little Blackbirds," and "Jack and Jill." There is a twist to Jack and Jill so that after they fall down, Jill gets up, helps Jack brush off the dirt, go back up the hill, retrieve the water and present it to Mom or Dad. We learned a new song, "Elevator," where, as elevators, we count the floors as we use our bodies, starting with a squat and ending with arms stretched high; then we reverse. It's a good muscle strengthening activity.