HAND CLAPPING GAMES:
My mother said, I never should, play with the fairies in the woods.
They dance with fire, they roll in hay, they’ll steal your heart and run away.
Up the airy mountain, down the rushing glen, we daren’t go a hunting for fear of little men.
Wee folk, good folk, trooping all together,
Green hat, red coat and white owl feather……….
CIRCLE GAMES create a sense of holding, a community of which one is part.
Here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush. Here we go round the mulberry bush so early in the morning. (On a Monday morning). This is the way we wash our hands, we wash our hands, we wash our hands. This is the way we wash our hands so early in the morning. (On a Monday morning).
Rosie Rosie Jo 20 in a row, 30 in the rosy chain, 40 in the girl’s domain. All the la dies bend over, all the knights bow down.
IMITATION GAMES: – seasons, work and so on “The farmer’s in the dell, the farmer’s in the dell, heigh ho the derie oh, the farmer’s in the dell. The farmer takes a wife, child, baby, dog, cat etc.”
CLAPPING SONGS: – rhythmic activity – stamping feet “I touch the sky, I touch my feet, I clap my hands on every beat. Without a sound I turn around, and this new day I humbly greet.”
COUNTING GAMES: “When I was a little girl I climbed up in a tree, there I met an elephant as big as you and me. Just as he began to speak, along came a bee. Tumble down, bumble down, out goes thee.”