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we also did the chinese…

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we also did the chinese jumprope as MISSISSIPPI with “M” as both feet inside the elastic, “I” as each foot outside the elastic, “S” as one foot inside the elastic and one foot outside the elastic and the second “S” as the other side, I outside again, repeat the double “S”, “I” again and then the “P” was both feet on the elastic (twice for the double “P”)and then outside again for the last “I” so as we jumped it was “in, out, side, side, out, side, side, out, on, on, out” then we would do the cross over of the elastic so that our feet were inside a diamond shape and you had to jump up and extricate your feet landing outside the elastic. once you did that, you moved on to the next level. it started easy on ankles, then to knees, then thighs and then it started over as doubles (bouncing twice at each position). As the game continued you might be bouncing 4 or 5 times each time you did a jump leaving you breathless, especially when you got to thighs. i can’t even imagine trying to get my body to jump and bounce like it did in the fourth grade. i’d surely pass out now. I have been thinking about the game recently and wanted to get one for my neice. I never made one out of rubber bands. I had a store bought one that was a pink and blue pattern. Do they still exist? I’d love to get her one. glad to know someone besides me still rmembers them.

Duchossois, here are the…

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Duchossois, here are the words to the rhyme you were looking for: I’m a little Dutch girl Dressed in blue. Here are the things I like to do. Salute to the captain, Bow to the queen, Turn my back on the submarine. I can do the tap dance, I can to the split, I can do the holka polka Just like this.

Eirene, you might want to…

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Eirene, you might want to check out a book called “Anna Banana: 101 Jump-Rope Rhymes” compiled by Joanna Cole. It doesn’t seem to have the rhyme you’re looking for, but it has a list of further sources at the back. Chinese jump rope — I too am racking my brains trying to remember how we played. When I saw one in a toy store it brought back great memories and I bought one for my daughter… unfortunately those memories are very fuzzy. I think I remember playing a game where you stood on one foot and twisted the two sides of the elastic around your other ankle in various configurations (Cat’s Cradle for the feet?) and said a rhyme at the same time. I think one of the rhymes was M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I. By the last “I” in the rhyme you had to have your foot extricated from the elastics. Can anyone else add to this?

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I am in Australia and am trying to kindle an interest in jumping rope with the grade 2 – 5s at my local school. I would like a few songs to get the children going. All I can remember is part of a song which had ‘high low jolly pepper’ in it. Does anybody have any universal songs for me please? Also, we used to play ‘elastics’ which was with a long piece of sewing elastic made in a loop; one person at each end and the player started off with the elastic at the ankles and had a series of jumping activities to perform including tucking one side of the elastic over the feet and jumping over the other side of the elastic and somehow jumping out of the tucked in piece.They then moved up to the knees, hips, neck etc. This sounds really complicated, but when you visualise doing it, its not!! I hope someone else from Australia finds this site who knows what I’m talking about. Anyway, thanks for an interesting site, don’t forget about those skipping rope songs please.

Any one rember this one:…

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Any one rember this one: Ronald McDonald vista Ronald McDonald vista A shimmy shimmy watta watta vista i got a boyfriend vista he so cut as a vista icecream soda cherry on the top icecream soda cherry on the top down down baby down by the water fall simmy shimmy baby i never let you go shimmy shimmy coco pop shimmy coco pow shimmy shimmy coco pop shimmy coco POW on the last pow you hit them in the stomach by

I remember this funny song/game…

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I remember this funny song/game I learned… It’s too bad you need to hear the tune for it to sound right… You sing any nursery rhyme, and cut it off in the middle like so: o/ Jack sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean. So he put her in a pumpkin shell and- threw her out the window! The window! The 16th story window! The window! The window! The 16th story window! Here’s another: Little miss muffet, sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and ways! Along came a spider, and sat down beside her- so she threw it out the window! The window! The 16th story window! The window! The window! The 16th story window! Or: Jack and jill went up a hill to fetch a pail of water, jack fell down and broke his crown- and threw it out the window! The window! The 16th story window! The window! The window! The 16th story window! You have to sing it right, though…

My grandmother and your…

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My grandmother and your grandmother, sittin by the fire My grandmother says to your grandmother, gonna set your flag on fire Talkin bout hey now, hey now, iko iko anay Talkin bout fena, ana lay, talkin bout fena lay. My fat boy and your fat boy, sittin by the fire My fat boy says to your fat boy, gonna set your flag on fire Talkin bout hey now, hey now, iko iko aney Talkin bout fena, ana lay, talkin bout fena lay.