What to do:
- mask out a circle
in the middle of the floor approx. 6’ in diameter
- choose two children
to be cats - the rest of the children are the mice
- the ‘cats’ stand
in the circle while the other children stand at one end of the room
- the ‘mice’ advance
towards the ‘cats’ chanting:
Big ‘A’, little ‘a’, Bouncing ‘B’
The cat’s in the cupboard and
can’t catch me!
- when the children
are close enough to the cirle, the cats run after them trying to catch
them while the mice run to their ‘home’ on the wall (emphasize
how to catch someone - don’t hurt them, just touch them!)
- anyone caught
becomes a cat and stands in the circle
- the game ends
when all children are cats
