COOKIE MONSTER

All children line up along a wall, fence, or demarcation line. They are cookies. One child is the Cookie Monster who stands some distance away. The children chant, "Cookie Monster, Cookie Monster, what time is it?" The cookie monster responds with a clock time, choosing any number he or she wishes, e.g., "Eight o'clock." The 'cookies' then count out loud together as they take large steps toward the Cookie Monster, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight." The 'cookies' repeat their 'what time' call. The cookie monster continues to respond with time numbers until he or she decides to answer, "Cookie time!" whereupon the Cookie Monster chases the cookies back to the wall.