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Jumprope and Hopscotch Rhymes


(the jump rope rhymes can also be used for bouncing a ball)


Cinderella, dressed in yellow
Went upstairs to kiss a fellow
Made a mistake
Kissed a snake
How many docotrs
Did it take?
{count until someone makes a mistake}


A my name is Alice
And my husband's name is Albert
And we come from Akron
With a car load of apples

B my name is Barbara
And my husband's name is Bobby
And we come from Boston
With a car load of bananas
{continue through the alphabet until someone makes a mistake}


One two buckle my shoe
Three four close the door
Five six pick up sticks
Seven eight shut the gate
Nine ten start again
{continue until someone makes a mistake}

(this one is best for hopscotch)


Halloweena Heckatee
Couldn't brew a cup of tea
The only potion she could brew
Was wishy washy mousetail stew

(another good hopscotch rhyme)


Hurry Scurry had a worry
No one liked his chicken curry
Stuck his finger in the pot
Chicken curry way too hot

(another good hopscotch rhyme)


Kookaburra sits in the old oak tree
Merry merry king of the woods is he
Laugh Kookaburra
Laugh Kookaburra
Gay your life must me

Kookaburra sits in the old oak tree
Eating all the gumdrops he can see
Stop Kookaburra
Stop Kookaburra
Leave a few for me
How many gumdrops will he leave?
{count until someone makes a mistake}


_______( a girl's name and ______a boy's name sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love
Then comes marriage
Then comes ________(girl's name) with a baby carriage
How many children will they have?
{continue to count until someone makes a mistake}


Teddy Bear Teddy Bear turn around
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear touch the ground
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear show your shoe
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear that will do
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear go upstairs
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear say your prayers
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear turn off the light
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear say good night
{each child tries to act out the rhyme while jumping rope}


Bobby Shaftoe went to sea
Silver buckles on his knee
He'll come back to marry me
Bonny Bobby Shaftoe

Bobby Shaftoe's bright and fair
Combing down his yellow hair
He's my love forever more
Bonny Bobby Shaftoe

Bobby Shaftoe went to sea
Silver buckles on his knee
He'll come back to marry me
Bonny Bobby shaftoe
How many days until he comes back?
{count until someone misses}


Miss Suzie had a steamboat
The steamboat had a bell
Miss Suzie went to heaven
The steamboat went to
Hello operator
Please give me number nine
If you disconnect me
I'll kick you from
Behind the refrigerator there was a piece of glass
Miss Suzie sat upon it and cut her little
Ask me no more questions
Tell me no more lies
The boys are in the bathroom zipping up their
Flies are in the meadow
The bees are in the park
Miss Suzie and her boyfriend are kissing in the
Dark is like a movie
A movie's like a show
A show is like a TV screen
And that is all I know


I went upstairs to make my bed
I made a mistake and bumped my head
I went downstairs to milk my cow
I made a mistake and milked the sow
I went into the kitchen to bake a pie
I mad a mistake and baked a fly
How many flies does it take to make a pie
{count until someone misses}

A sailor went to sea sea sea
To see what he could see see see
But all that he could see see see
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea sea sea

I love coffee
I love tea
I love the boys
And the boys love me
How many boys love me
{count untill someone misses}

Down in the valley
Where the green grass grows
There sat ______(girl's name)
Sweet as a rose
She sang, she sang
She sang so sweet
Along came ______(boy's name)
And kissed her cheek
How many kisses did he give her
{count until someone misses}

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 do the split
I can do the holka polka
Just like this
{act out the rhyme while you jump}

A,B,C and vegetable goop
What will I find in my alphabet soup?
{recite the alphabet until you miss....then make up something that starts with the letter you missed on}

Mother, mother, I am ill
Call for the doctor over the hill
In came the doctor
In came the nurse
In came the lady with the alligator purse
"Measles" said the doctor
"Mumps" said the nurse
"Nothing" said the lady
With the alligator purse

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