Sheep & goats

SHEEP:

DISCUSS & LEARN:

*Difference in a lamb, ewe, and ram.

*Who do we get wool?

ACTIVITIES:

*Shave sheep: print out a coloring picture of a sheep and laminate it. Put shaving cream on the sheep (like wool). Using a popsicle stick shave the laminated sheep.

*Go to a petting zoo.

*Cotton ball sheep: print out coloring pages of sheep and glue on cotton balls for their wool. OR you can make a 3-D sheep using cotton balls for the body, googly eyes, and pipe cleaner for the legs.

*Popcorn sheep: same directions as cotton ball sheep but with popcorn instead of cotton balls.

MAKE:

*Sheep mask using paper plate, cotton balls glue, string, etc.

BOOKS:

Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

Russell the Sheep by Rob Scotton

SONGS:

LITTLE BOY BLUE (nursery rhyme)

Little boy blue

Come blow your horn!

The sheep's in the meadow,

The cow's in the corn.

Where is the boy

Who looks after the sheep?

He's under they haystack fast asleep.

Will you wake him?

No, not I.

For if I do,

He's sure to cry.

BA BA BLACK SHEEP

Baa, baa, black sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full.

One for the master,

One for the dame,

And one for the little boy

Who lives down the lane.

Baa, baa, black sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full.

One to mend the jerseys

one to mend the socks

and one to mend the holes in

the little girls' frocks.

Baa, baa, black sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full.

MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB

Mary had a little lamb,

Little lamb, little lamb,

Mary had a little lamb,

Its fleece was white as snow

And everywhere that Mary went,

Mary went, Mary went,

Everywhere that Mary went

The lamb was sure to go

It followed her to school one day

School one day, school one day

It followed her to school one day

Which was against the rules.

It made the children laugh and play,

Laugh and play, laugh and play,

It made the children laugh and play

To see a lamb at school

And so the teacher turned it out,

Turned it out, turned it out,

And so the teacher turned it out,

But still it lingered near

And waited patiently about,

Patiently about, patiently about,

And waited patiently about

Till Mary did appear

"Why does the lamb love Mary so?"

Love Mary so? Love Mary so?

"Why does the lamb love Mary so?"

The eager children cry

"Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know."

Loves the lamb, you know, loves the lamb, you know

"Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know."

The teacher did reply

LITTLE BO-PEEP

Little Bo-Peep

Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep,

And doesn't know where to find them.

Leave them alone, and they'll come home,

Bringing their tails behind them.

Little Bo-peep fell fast asleep,

And dreamed she heard them bleating,

But when she awoke, she found it a joke,

For they were still a-fleeting.

Then up she took her little crook,

Determined for to find them;

She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,

For they'd left their tails behind them.

It happened on day, as Bo-peep did stray

Into a meadow hard by;

There she espied their tails side by side,

All hung to a tree to dry.

She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye,

And over the hillocks went rambling;

And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should,

To tack again each to its lamb kin.

RECIPES:

*Eat lamb chops for dinner.

GOATS:

DISCUSS & LEARN:

*What do they eat? Do goats really eat trash?

*Differences in a billy, nanny and a kid.

ACTIVITIES:

*Put on a play of the 3 Billy Goats Gruff. Don't forget to make puppets and set up the stage.

*Go to a petting zoo.

MAKE:

*Goat toilet paper roll craft: go here for instructions. And my I suggest using a paper towel roll that is cut in half. Using a toilet paper roll is gross.

*Goat mask: instructions here.

BOOKS:

3 Billy Goats Gruff: has many authors so pick your favorite.

The Goat Lady by Jean Bregoli

Beatrice's Goat by Page McBrier

SONGS:

BILL GROGAN'S GOAT (song found here)

There was a man

(There was a man)

Now please take note

(Now please take note)

There was a man

(There was a man)

Who had a goat

(Who had a goat)

He loved that goat

(He loved that goat)

Indeed he did

(Indeed he did)

He loved that goat

(He loved that goat)

Just like a kid

(Just like a kid)

One day that goat

(One day that goat)

Felt frisk and fine

(Felt frisk and fine)

Ate three red shirts

(Ate three red shirts)

Right off the line

(Right off the line)

The man, he grabbed

(The man, he grabbed)

Him by the back

(Him by the back)

And tied him to

(And tied him to)

A railroad track

(A railroad track)

Now, when that train

(Now, when that train)

Hove into sight

(Hove into sight)

That goat grew pale

(That goat grew pale)

And green with fright

(And green with fright)

He heaved a sigh

(He heaved a sigh)

As if in pain

(As if in pain)

Coughed up those shirts

(Coughed up those shirts)

And flagged the train!

(And flagged the train!)

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