Double, Double

 

            Start with your hands in a fist.                                   ‘Double Double’

 

Let your fingers loose                                                This This’

 

Bring your fingers back & make fists again            ‘Double Double’

 

Turn your hands around and fingers free                 That That’

 

then do just one of everything                                   ‘Double This Double That’

 

Two fists again                                                           ‘Double double

 

And one flat front and back                           This That… Double!’ .”

           

 


Concentration

 

            ‘This is a game’ (2 pat-a-cakes)

            2 claps

            of concentration’ (2 pat-a-cakes)

            2 claps

            ‘No repeats’  (2 pat-a-cakes)

            2 claps

            or hesitations’ (2 pat-a-cakes)

            2 claps

            ‘I’ll go first’  (2 pat-a-cakes)

            2 claps

            you’ll go second’  (2 pat-a-cakes)

            2 claps

            the topic is…’  (2 pat-a-cakes)

            2 claps

           

 

 


Down, Down Baby, Down By The Roller Coaster

 

‘Down down baby

Down by

The roller coaster’ (wavy hands)

‘Sweet sweet baby

I’ll never

Let you go’ (cross hands- shoulder to shoulder, hugging self)

‘Shimmy shimmy cocoa pop

shimmy shimmy

            pow! (with right thumb out, bring fist back beside ear)

shimmy shimmy cocoa pop

shimmy shimmy

            breakdown! (with thumbs out, bring fists back beside ears)

‘I like coffee

I like tea

I like my friends

And my friends like me.

To the front (jump forward)

To the back (jump backwards)

To the side, side, side (jump to the right, the left, and the right again)

To the front (jump forward)

To the back (jump backwards)

To the side, side, side (jump to the right, the left, and the right again)

My sick baby’s

Sittin’ in bed

called the doctor

And the doctor said

Let’s get the rhythm

Of the head

            Ding dong (index finger pointing to temples, tip head side to side)

Let’s get the rhythm

Of the head

            Ding dong (index finger pointing to temples, tip head side to side)

Let’s get the rhythm

Of the hands

            (clap, clap)

Let’s get the rhythm

Of the hands

            (clap, clap)

Let’s get the rhythm

Of the feet

            (stomp one foot, then the other)

Let’s get the rhythm

Of the feet

            (stomp one foot, then the other)

Let’s get the rhythm

Of the

            h-o-o-o-t stuff (put hands on hips, move hips in circle)

Let’s get the rhythm

Of the

            h-o-o-o-t stuff (put hands on hips, move hips in circle)

Put it all together

And what do you get

Ding dong (head motion), clap clap, stomp stomp, h-o-o-o-t stuff (move hips)

Put it all backwards

And what do you get

h-o-o-o-t stuff (move hips), stomp stomp, clap clap, ding dong (head motion)!

 

 


A Sailor Went To Sea, Sea, Sea

 

 

 ‘A      (clap)

sai-      (right hands reach across to clap)

lor       (clap)

went    (left hands reach across to clap)

to        (clap)

sea      (both hands backwards)

sea      (both hands frontwards)

sea      (clap)

 

repeat above motions for each column of words:

 

to                                            but                                           was the

see                                          all                                             bottom

what                                        that                                           of the

he                                            he                                             deep

could                                       could                                        blue

see                                          see                                           sea

see                                          see                                           sea

see                                          see                                           sea!”

 

 


Shame

 

 

I don’t                          (clap middle)

Want to                        (clap above)

Eat my                          (clap below)

Vegetables                   (clap middle)

No more, more, more   (3 claps above)

There are                      (middle)

Cakes                          (below)

And                              (middle)

Ice cream                     (above)

At the                           (middle)

Store, store, store         (3 below)

If you                           (middle)

Give                             (above)

Me                               (middle)

Celery                          (below) pause (middle)

I’ll trade                       (above)

It in for             (middle)

HersheysTM                  (below)

Cause-I-don’t              (middle)

Want to                        (above)

Eat my                          (below)

Vegetables                   (middle)

No more, more, more   (3 above)

Shame!             (point at each other)

 


Down By The Banks

 

 

Down               (legs)

By                    (legs)

The banks        (clap)

Of                    (clap)

The han-           (pat-a-cake)

Ky                   (pat-a-cake)

Panky               (clap)

Where              (clap)

The bull            (legs)

Frogs               (legs)

Jump                (clap)

From                (clap)

Bank                (pat-a-cake)

to                     (pat-a-cake)

banky               (clap)

singing              (clap)

eep                   (scissors)

opp                  (scissors)

eep                   (switched scissors)

opp                  (switched scissors)

opp                  (pat-a-cake)

skiddle             (clap)

diddle               (legs)

ker-plop!          (squat down)              

 


Miss Mary Mack

 

 

                                                                       

shoulders         legs                  clap                 right    clap    left       clap    right

 

Miss                 Ma-                 ry                     Mack               Mack               Mack

All                    dressed            in                      black                black                black

With                 sil-                    ver                   buttons             buttons             buttons

All                    down                her                   back                 back                 back

She                  asked               her                   mother              mother              mother

For                   fif-                    teen                  cents                cents                cents

To                    see                   the                    elephants          elephants          elephants

Jump                over                 the                    fence                fence                fence

They                 jumped             so                     high                  high                  high

They                 reached            the                    sky                   sky                   sky

And they          never                came                back                 back                 back

‘Till                  the                    fourth of           July                  July                  July

You lie!