Jumping like Jumping Beans

Posted on February 4, 2014 in Activities

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In honor of the jumping beans in episode three, we thought we’d share a couple of our jump rope rhymes that we loved as kids. If you or your children have a favorite, we’d love to hear it!

 

Miss Mary Mack

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 fifty cents, cents, cents

To see the elephant, elephant, elephant

Jump the fence, fence fence

They jumped so high, high, high

They touched the sky, sky, sky

And didn’t come back, back, back

Till the fourth of July, July, July

 

Or, add to the end the following lines:

 

He jumped so high, high, high

He touched the sky, sky, sky

And he never came back, back, back

Till the fourth of July, July, July!

 

Cinderella

Cinderella, dressed in yellow

went upstairs to kiss a ‘fella

made a mistake

and kissed a snake

how many doctors

did it take?

(count until someone messes up)