If a Goat Can Do It...

This game gets students moving their bodies like goats as a way of understanding how goats' bodies work! Stand up in front of your class and say, 'If a goat can climb, I can too!' If students believe goats can climb, they should simulate a climbing motion with their body. If they believe goats cannot climb, they should stay still. Students who are correct- in this case, those who believe goats climb- should remain standing, while others sit down.

Add other sentences, including some that are true about goats and others that are not. Other things goats do include eating a lot, butting their heads, trying to escape from fences, getting close to other goats. If children understand that goats do these things, they should act out the actions or pretend to do the behaviors with their bodies; if they believe goats do not do these things, they should hold still. Things goats do not do include standing on just two legs, washing themselves, and refusing to eat. Continue playing the game until only a few students are left standing! You can make the game more of a challenge by letting your students come up with the sentences you will call.

Have kids draw goats. Cut out the goats and glue them to craft sticks to create goat puppets. Place the craft sticks into clothespins to allow the goats to stand up. To spend less time cutting, just cut a circle around the goats instead of following the outline.

Use this worksheet to unscramble goat vocabulary. Answer sheet provided.