Set-up:

Place the baskets (Nest) in the corner of the activity area. Dump all of the fluff balls or bean bags into the center circle (that you create or use the lines on your basketball floor). Divide the class into 4 different teams. Choose 2-3 students to wear Red Pinnies – Hunters. Choose 2 students to wear the yellow pinnies – Farmers. Hunters and farmers start in the center of the gym. The rest of the students are the Turkeys. Turkeys start in the corner with their basket (Nest).

Game Play:

On the go signal, one Turkey from each team moves (prefer not to have them run so have them work on skipping, leaping, sliding, etc.) to the center to steal food and tries to bring it back to their turkey nest. Turkeys are allowed to get only 1 piece of "food".

When turkeys are trying to steal food, the hunters can gently tag a turkey. If the turkey is tagged, they freeze like a scarecrow with arms straight out and legs separated. Farmers see their scared turkeys and come to the rescue. Farmers crawl through the legs of the scarecrow/turkey from the front of the scarecrow. Once the farmer is through, the turkey can move back to their team. If a turkey becomes a scarecrow, the next turkey in line goes to try to gather food for their nest.

Play continues for a few minutes or until all of the food is gathered. Play another round with new hunters and farmers

Each time the roles change, have students tell you what the hunter does, what the farmer does, how many pieces of food a turkey can hunt, and what a turkey does when they are tagged.