Preschool kids love creating their own arts and crafts projects to take home and share with the family. Involve the children in creating a fuzzy sheep by gluing cotton balls onto construction paper and drawing a head and legs to complete the picture.
Alternatively, allow children to glue cotton balls onto a paper plate to create a sheep's face. Have them attach a nose, mouth, ears and eyes made of construction paper to add the finishing touches.
Arrange a trip to a local petting zoo to allow the children to pet and feed the sheep and lambs. Ask the caretaker to speak to the children about the animals and explain how he takes care of them.
Another way to see live sheep is a visit to a local farm. Ask the farmer if he has a good-natured sheep that the children can pose with for a photo. Hang the photo in your classroom as a reminder of the day.
Preschool children always love a good story, so why not tie in a tale about sheep to round out your lesson plan? Ask your local librarian to recommend several age-appropriate stories involving sheep that you can choose from to read to the class. Teach your pupils the songs "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and "Baa, Baa Black Sheep," and the nursery rhyme "Little Boy Blue."
Ask your class to help you write a story about a sheep. Record your students' ideas and put together a beginning, middle and end to your tale. Assign parts to all the pupils and act out the story in class.
For a bigger production, locate or write your own play about sheep. Work with the children for several weeks, recruit parents to create costumes and host a dramatic event for the the students and their families.