a playspace
large enough for all children to sit in a circle
a feather
or something to represent a feather
a tambourine
What to do:
children sit
in a circle
one child
is Turkey Lurkey and sits in the middle with his/her eyes shut
the children
in the circle pass the feather around from one child to the next
either the
leader or the turkey, depending on the children's ages strikes the
tambourine
on this cue,
all children hide their hands behind their backs
Turkey Lurkey
must begin his search for his special feather by going up to each
child in the circle and asking, "Gobble,
gobble?"
if that child
has the feather, he produces it and then becomes Turkey Lurkey
if that child
does not have the feather he shows his hands to the turkey and says,
"Sorry"
Turkey Lurkey
must then choose another child to ask
the game continues
until all children have had a turn in the middle
Special Note:
when playing
with very young children who do not have much group game experience,
break the game down into manageable parts and focus on the parts rather
than the game to begin with
i.e. practise
passing an object from one person to the next in circle formation
(be
sure to go in both directions clockwise and counter-clockwise for
right-handed and left-handed children)
then practise
wiggling fingers in front and on the tambourine cut, quickly hiding
them behind backs
then introduce
the idea of someone trying to guess who has a certain object by getting
children to pass the object and while you are still looking, hit the
tambourine and encourage them all to quickly hide their hands behind
their backs
then proceed
to try and guess who has the object by asking everyone BUT the one
who has it (save
them for the last)
once the children
understand all the parts of the game, they will be ready to play the
real version