A Mouse Game

This one is always a favorite.

The children sit in a circle with some space between them.

One child (mouse) goes in the middle.
Sing the first verse to the tune of "Skip to My Lou".
The child in the middle crawls around "eating" cheese out of the outstretched hands of the other children. They love this.

Mouse in a hole looking for cheese. 
Mouse in a hole looking for cheese. 
Mouse in a hole looking for cheese. 
Watching for the tom cat. 

Now choose a child to be the cat.
Both children stand up and the mouse trots around the outside of the circle.
The cat follows behind, but for safety's sake I can't allow anyone to get tagged. (Our floor is a bit hard)

Cat after mouse, in and out. 
Cat after mouse, in and out, 
Cat after mouse, in and out. 
Mouse runs in the mouse hole.

At the last line, the mouse runs between two of the seated children and sits back down. Now the "cat" can take the center and have a turn as a mouse. Everyone gets a turn to be the mouse and the cat.


I would like to give credit to the source, but can't remember where I found this little game.