This is a variation of the traditional game called Duck, Duck, Goose. Children sit around in a circle on the floor or ground. One child is the mouse, and he walks around the outside of the circle with a handkerchief or bandanna in his hand. He drops the handkerchief behind one child, who is now the cat. The cat must pick up the handkerchief and chase the mouse. If he manages to tag the mouse, the mouse is still the mouse for the next round. If the mouse can sit in the seat that has been left vacant from the cat before getting tagged, the cat becomes the mouse for the next round.
Place hula hoops around the room with one less hoop than there are children. Then, tell the students that you are a cat and the children are mice. Close yourr eyes and either sing a song,or play one on a music player. When the song ends, each mouse has to go into a hoop so the cat can't get them. The one child left standing outside a hoop gets caught by the cat and is out for the next round of the game.
This is an adaptation of the TV game show, "Concentration." The teacher can make small cards from cardboard or by cutting note cards in half. Draw and color pictures of cats and kittens, making two identical cards for each cat. Mix the cards up and place them on a table upside down. The children turn two cards over on their turn in an attempt to find two that are the same. When they find a match, they get another turn. The child with the most cards in the end is the winner.
Pretend play is probably the most enjoyable game of all for preschoolers. Paint their faces to look like cats. Show them how cats move on the tips of their toes. Unlike other animals, cats walk by moving the two legs on one side of their body, then the other two legs on the other side. This is called pacing. Have the children practice trying to crawl like this. Show them a short movie of cats and have them mimic cat movements, such as purring, playing with balls and chasing tails.