WeeSingandPlayIV.doc

Contents

Choosing Rhyems
Eeny, Meeny, Miny Mo -------------------------------------------------------------------------3
Icky Bicky ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
Hot Potato ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
I caught a fish ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
Apples, Peaches ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
Fireman, Fireman --------------------------------------------------------------------------------4
One Two ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4
Entry, Kentry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4
A, B, C, D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4
Mary at the Kitchen Door ----------------------------------------------------------------------4
Bubble Gum --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5
Engine Number 9 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------5

Circle and Singing Games
The Farmer in the Dell --------------------------------------------------------------------------5
The Seed Cycle ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------5
The Noble Duke of York -----------------------------------------------------------------------6
A- Hunting We Will Go ------------------------------------------------------------------------6
Punchinello ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6
The Hokey-Pocky -------------------------------------------------------------------------------6
The Muffin Man ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------7
Sally Go ’Round the Sun -----------------------------------------------------------------------7
Drop the Handkerchief -------------------------------------------------------------------------7
’Round the Village ------------------------------------------------------------------------------7
London Bridge -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------8
Blue Bird -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8
The Merry-Go-Round ---------------------------------------------------------------------------8
Did You Ever See a Lassie? --------------------------------------------------------------------8
Jimmy Crack Corn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------8
A- Tiscket, A-Tasket ----------------------------------------------------------------------------9
Skip to my Lou ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------9
Oats, Peas, Beans --------------------------------------------------------------------------------9
Old Brass Wagon --------------------------------------------------------------------------------9

Jump Rope Rhymes
All in Together, Girls --------------------------------------------------------------------------10
Cinderella ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10
Two Little Sausages ---------------------------------------------------------------------------10
Mabel, Mabel -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------11
Dutch Girl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11
Little Spanish Dancer --------------------------------------------------------------------------11
I Love Coffee -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------11
Down in the Valley -----------------------------------------------------------------------------11
Teddy Bear --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12
I Like Coffee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12
Bluebells, Cockle Shells ----------------------------------------------------------------------12
Miss Lucy Had a Baby ------------------------------------------------------------------------13
Ice Cream Soda --------------------------------------------------------------------------------13
Polly Put the Kettle on ------------------------------------------------------------------------13
Keep the Kettle Boiling -----------------------------------------------------------------------14
Bread and Butter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------14
Down by the Ocean ----------------------------------------------------------------------------14
Miss, Miss --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14
Engine Number Nine --------------------------------------------------------------------------14
Little Jumping Joan ----------------------------------------------------------------------------15

Ball Bouncing Rhymes
Number One, Touch Your Tongue -----------------------------------------------------------15
My Mother Gave Me Fifty Cents ------------------------------------------------------------15
Pop! Goes the Weasel -------------------------------------------------------------------------15
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe ------------------------------------------------------------------16
One, Two, Three O’Leary ---------------------------------------------------------------------16
Jack, Jack ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16
Alphabet Bounce -------------------------------------------------------------------------------16
One, Two, Three A-Twirlsy -------------------------------------------------------------------16
Roll That Ball -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------17
Concentration -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------17
Categories ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17

Clapping Rhymes
Head and Shoulders ---------------------------------------------------------------------------17
Pretty Little Dutch Girl ------------------------------------------------------------------------18
Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? ----------------------------------------------18
Long Legged Sailor ----------------------------------------------------------------------------18
Miss Lucy Had a Baby ------------------------------------------------------------------------19
A Sailor Went to Sea ---------------------------------------------------------------------------19
Pease Porridge Hot ----------------------------------------------------------------------------19
Playmate ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19
Hambone ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20
Miss Mary Mac --------------------------------------------------------------------------------20

Me first! Me first!……There must be a better way.
(Choosing rhymes)
EENY, MEENY, MINY, MO
Eeny, meeny, miny, mo,
Catch a tiger by the toe.
If he hollers, make him pay
Fifty dollars every day.
My mother told me to
Choose the very best one.

Variation:
Eeny, meeny, miny, mo,
Catch a rabbit by the toe.
If he hollers, let him go,
Eeny, meeny, miny, mo.

ICKY BICKY
Icky, bicky soda cracker,
Icky, bicky boo,
Icky, bicky soda cracker,
Out goes you!

HOT POTATO
One potato, two potato,
Three potato, four,
Five potato, six potato,
Seven potato, MORE.

I CAUGHT A FISH
One, two, three, four, five,
I caught a fish alive.
Six, seven, right, nine, ten,
I let him go again.
Why did you let him go?
Because he bit my finger so.

APPLES, PEACHES
Apples, peaches, pears, and pulms,
Tell me when your birthday comes.

“March” M-A-R-C-H

FIREMAN, FIREMAN
Fireman, fireman, number eight,
Hit his head against the gate.
The gate flew in, the gate flew out,
That’s how he put the fire out.
O-U-T spells OUT
And out you go.

ONE TWO
One, two
Sky blue
All out (in)
But you!

ENTRY, KENTRY
Entry, Kentry, cutry, corn,
Apple seed and apple thorn.
Wire, brier, limber lock,
Three geese in a flock.
One flew east, one flew west,
One flew over the cuckoo’s nest.
O-U-T spells out goes she (he).

A, B, C, D
A, b, c, d, e, f, g,
h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p,
q, r, s, t,
U are out!

MARY AT THE KITCHEN DOOR
One, two, three, four,
Mary at the kitchen door.
Five, six, seven, eight,
Mary at the garden gate.
O-U-T spells out!

BUBBLE GUM
Bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish,
How many pieces do you wish?

“Five” 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and out you go.

ENGINE NUMBER 9
Engine, engine, Number Nine,
Going down Chicago Line.
If the train goes off the track,
Do you want you money back?

“No” N-O spells no, and out you go!
or
“Yes” Y-E-S spells yes and out you go!

It’s party time……Now what?
(Circle and singing games)
THE FARMER IN THE DELL
1. The farmer in the dell,
The farmer in the dell,
High Ho! The Derry O!
The farmer in the dell.
2. The farmer takes the wife.
3. The wife takes the child.
4. The child takes the nurse.
5. The nurse takes the dog.
6. The dog takes the cat.
7. The cat takes the rat.
8. The rat takes the cheese.
9. The cheese stands alone.

THE SEED CYCLE
(Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)
1. The farmer sows his seeds…Heigh Ho!
The Derry O! The farmer sows his seeds.
(Seeds curl up on the ground)
2. The wind begins to blow…
(Wind players run about waving arms)
3. The rain begins to fall…
(Rain players run about, fingers hanging
down to indicate rain drops)
4. The sun begins to shine…
(Sun players walk slowly, arms in circle
above head)
5. The seeds begin to grow…
(Seeds players slowly rise, becoming grain)
6. The farmer cuts his grain…
(Action as with scythe; grain falls to ground)
7. The farmer binds his sheaves…
(Farmer touches three at a time, who
stand back to back)
8. And now the harvest’s in…
(All skip around sheaves, hands joined)

THE NOBLE DUKE OF YORK
1. Oh, the noble duke of York,
He had ten thousand men;
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And marched them down again.
2. And when you’re up, you’re up,
And when you’re down, you’re down,
And when you’re only half way up,
You’re neither up nor down.
3. Oh, a-hunting we will go,
A-hunting we will go;
We’ll catch a little fox and put him in a box
And then we’ll let him go.

PUNCHINELLO
1. What can you do, Punchinello funny fellow?
What can you do, Punchinello funny you?
2. We can do it, too…
3. You choose one of us…

THE HOKEY-POKEY
You put your right hand in, you put your right hand out,
You put your right hand in and you shake it all about,
You do the hokey-pokey, and you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about! (clap in rhythm)
2. You put your left hand in…
3. Right foot in
4. Left foot in
5. Right shoulder in
6. Left shoulder in
7. Right hip in
8. Left hip in
9. Head in
10. Whole self in

THE MUFFIN MAN ( P20 )
Oh, do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man,
Oh, do you know the muffin man, who lives on Drury Lane?
2. Oh, yes, I know the muffin man.
3. Now four of us know the muffin man.
4. Now we all know the muffin man.

SALLY GO ’ROUND THE SUN ( P21 )
Sally go ’round the sun,
Sally go ’round the moon,
Sally go ’round the chimney top,
Every afternoon. BOOM!

DROP THE HANDKERCHIEF ( P22 )
(Tune: Yankee Doodle)
I wrote a letter to my love and on the way I dropped it,
A little doggie picked it up and put it in his pocket,
And he won’t bite you,
And he but he will bite you! (spoken)

’ROUND THE VILLAGE ( P23 )
Go ’round and ’round the village,
Go ’round and ’round the village,
Go ’round and ’round the village,
As we have done before.
2. Go in and out the window…
3. Now com and face your partner…
4. Now follow me to London…

LONDON BRIDGE (P24 )
London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down,
London bridge is falling down,
My fair lady.
Chorus: (sung after each verse)
Take the key and lock her up…
2. Build it up with iron bars.
3. Iron bars will bend and break.
4. Build it up with silver and gold.

BLUE BIRD ( P26 )
Blue bird, blue bird, through my window,
Blue bird, blue bird, through my window,
Blue bird, blue bird, through my window,
Oh, Johnny, I am tired.

THE MERRY-GO-ROUND ( P27 )
(Tune: Mulberry Bush)
The merry-go-round goes round and round,
The children laughed and laughed and laughed,
So many were going round and round
That the merry-go-round collapsed.

DID YOU EVER SEE A LASSIE? ( P28 )
Did you ever see a lassie, a lassie, a lassie,
Did you ever see a lassie go this way and that?
Go this way and that way,
Go this way and that way,
Did you ever see a lassie go this way and that?

JIMMY CRACK CORN ( P29 )
Chorus: Jimmy crack corn and I don’t care,
Jimmy crack corn and I don’t care,
Jimmy crack corn and I don’t care,
My master’s gone away.
1. Right hand up…
2. Left hand up…
3. Both hands up…

A-TISKET, A-TISKET ( P30 )
A-tisket, a-tisket, a green and yellow basket,
I wrote a letter to my love and on the way I dropped it
I dropped it, I dropped it and on the way I dropped it,
A little boy/girl picked it up and put it in his/her pocket.

SKIP TO MY LOU ( P31 )
Lost my partner, what’ll I do?
Lost my partner, what’ll I do?
Lost my partner, what’ll I do?
Skip to my Lou, my daring.
Chorus (to be sung after each verse):
Lou, Lou, skip to my Lou…
Skip to my Lou, my daring.
2. I’ll get another, a better one too.
3. Can’t get a redbird, a bluebird’ll do.
4. Cat’s in the buttermilk, skip to my Lou.
5. Flies in the sugar bowl, shoo, fly, shoo.

OATS, PEAS, BEANS ( P32 )
Oats, peas, beans and barley grow;
Oats, peas, beans and barley grow;
Do you or I or anyone know
How Oats, peas, beans and barley grow?
2. First the farmer sows his seed,
Then he stands and takes his ease:
(fold arms)
Stamps his foot and claps his hand,
And turns around to view the land,
(shade eyes)
3. Waiting for a partner,
Waiting for a partner,
Open the ring and take one in,
And then we’ll gaily dance and sing.
4. Tra la la la la la la.

OLD BRASS WAGON ( P34 )
Circle to the left, the old brass wagon;
Circle to the left, the old brass wagon;
Circle to the left, the old brass wagon;
You’re the one my daring.
2. Circle to the right…
3. Everybody in…
4. Everybody out…

I can jump in… but how do I get out?
(Jump rope rhymes)
ALL IN TOGETHER, GIRLS ( P36 )
All in together, girls