The elephant (zebra, lion, monkey, tiger, or bear) took the cookies from the cookie jar.”. You could also change the words “cookies” and “jar” to something like “doll” and “toy box” or “cheese” and “refrigerator.”. Math Counting Backwards. Draw and cut out a cookie jar and about 10 or 20 cookies. Place all cookies on the cookie jar cut out. Ask children: What is your favorite type of cookie? Play the who took the cookie from the cookie jar game and have one child at a time remove one cookie from the cookie jar. Let children count how many cookies are left in the jar.