In this Mother's Day game idea, Children or Youth will look at mothers in the animal kingdom as an illustration of the caring relationships between mother and child.

1. Mothers day ideas - Baby Animals
In this Mother's Day game idea, Children or Youth
will look at mothers in the animal kingdom as an
illustration of the caring relationships between
mother and child.
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2. Introduction
As we celebrate mother’s day we are reminded
that God created us through mothers and that
mothers are all around us in creation.
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3. Every mother knows her baby—but do you? Take the quiz!
• A mother horse gallops with her ______________.
• The mother cow gives milk for her _______________.
• A baby tiger hunts food for her _________.
• The mother hen looks for worms for her _____________.
• The mother dog plays with her ______________.
• The mother duck swims with her ______________.
• The mother cat catches a mouse for her ______________.
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4. • The mother goat nibbles grass with her __________.
• The mother pig is busy caring for her ____________.
• The mother sheep calls her ______________.
• The mother fox hunts for her _______________.
• The mother kangaroo keeps her ____________ in her pouch.
• The mother deer lies with her _______.
• A mother frog takes swims with her _________.
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5. • The mother bear takes care of her ________.
• The mother donkey runs with its _________.
• A mother eagle brings back a worm for it ________.
• A mother Ferret takes care of it’s _______.
• A mother goose swims with its _______.
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6. Answers
pony, calf, cub, chick, puppy, duckling, kitten, kid, piglet, lamb, pup,
joey, fawn, tadpole, cub, colt, eaglet, kit, gosling
Variation
Write the names of the animals and baby animals on cards and
place them on the backs of the children. Then they must ask “yes”
or “no” questions and try to find the baby that matches with the
mother.
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7. Variation
You can place the cards on a table and play a concentration style
card game. Kids turn over two cards. If a mother is matched with
the baby animal they can go again. If not they turn the cards back
over and the next child turns over two cards. The child with the
most cards at the end wins. As a variation you can get photos of
parents and children and paste them to cards or photocopy them
on cards. Then they must also match mother and child.
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8. Variation
“Battle” also known as “slap”– Add animal cards (see website below
for more animals and babies) as well as duplicates. Shuffle and deal
the cards into two equal piles. Divide the class into two teams. Each
team chooses a person to turn over cards. Each team turns over a card
at the same time as the other team. When the two cards go together
the first person to slap the top of the discards in the center gets all
those cards.
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9. If they slap the stack and the cards do not match, the other
team gets all the cards. The team can shout directions for its
player and help them to determine when to slap the deck.
Once the deck has been slapped, the next person from each
team turns over the cards. The game is over when one team
obtains all the cards in this manner.
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10. Variation
Have each child bring a stuffed animal. Put them all put in a pile.
Then one by one mothers are blindfolded and they have to find
their child’s stuffed animal without looking!
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11. Variation
“Name That Animal”- This is a fun game for small children just
beginning to learn their animals. Pass out animal stickers or small
stuffed animals, and have the kids imitate the animal they receive.
You might write the names of a baby and a mother. Then by
imitating the animal they have been given they most find the
mother of that animal.
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12. Application
Each animal has a special name for its baby. Your mother gave
each of you a special name as well. And God knows each one of
you by name. Just as mother animals take care of their babies,
your mother takes care of you. Take some time to thank your mom
for taking care of you.
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