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I have been trying to remember and teach Girlie some playground games. Specifically clapping games and ring games. If you have any, I’d love to see them in the comments. Oh, and I want this book. So far, I remember:

eeny-meeny siscileeney
ooh-bop-tumbleeny
achy-kachy liberace i love you
(I remember complicated hand movements)

take a peach, take a plum
take a stick of bubblegum
no peach, no plum
no stick of bubblegum

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down down baby
down by the rollercoaster
sweet sweet baby
I’ll never let you go

shimmy shimmy coco pop
shimmy shimmy pow
shimmy shimmy coco pop
shimmy shimmy pow

Uno, dos, y tres-a
I said an east, a west
i met my boyfriend at the candy store
he bought me ice cream
he bought me cake
he brought me home with
a belly ache

mama, mama
I feel sick
call the doctor
quick, quick, quick

doctor, doctor
while I die
count to five and I’ll be alive
1,2,3,4,5
I’m alive!
6,7,8,9,10
I’m dead again

or

Grandma, grandma sick in bed-
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said
Let’s get the rhythm of the head- ding dong! (shake head side to side)
Let’s get the rhythm of the hands- clap clap! (clap hands)
Let’s get the rhythm of the feet- stomp stomp! (stomp feet)
Let’s get the rhythm of the hot dog! (swivel hips)
Let’s get the rhythm of the hot dog!

Put ‘em all together and what do you get?
Ding dong, clap clap, stomp stomp, hot dog!

Put ‘em all backwards and what do you get?
Hot dog, stomp stomp, clap clap, ding dong.

–

Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack

All dressed in black, black, black

With silver buttons, buttons, buttons

All down her back, back, back

She asked her mother, mother, mother

For 50 cents, cents, cents

To watch the elephants, elephants, elephants

Jump over the fence, fence, fence

They jumped so high, high, high

They touched the sky, sky, sky

They never came down, down, down

Until the fourth of July, ly, ly, ly, ly, ly

Also remember “We’re going to Kentucky”, “Brown girl in the ring”, “Bluebird, Bluebird through my window”, “Oranges and Lemons”, “Concentration”. There are also some nameless word games I remember a bit. The more I find online, the more I remember!

Links:

http://www.mothering.com/discussions/archive/index.php/t-83013.html

http://www.beachnet.com/~jeanettem/chants.html

http://hubpages.com/hub/Recess-is-BACK-Hand-Clapping-Games

http://www.gokidprod.com/cti.htm