...Mother caught a flea; Flea died ; mother cried ; Out goes she. MARGARET STOLL, Escanaba. 2 (Version 2). One potato, two potato, three potato, four, Five potato, six potato, seven potato o'er. THELMA THURLBY, Hudson. 3 (Version 3). Compare Bolton, p. 93, No. 417. One, two, three, The bumblebee....

...friends are trying to decide who will go first at jump rope. They each hold out a fist as Luz chants: One potato, two potato, Three potato, four. Five potato, six potato, Seven potato, more! Children love to play with words. They like to have fun with the sounds and rhythms of language....

...order from Gryphon House Home and Family People and Places Seasons and Holidays Cooking and Eating (Jne potato, two potato, three potato, four, Five potato, six potato, seven potato, more! Young children have an innate ear for the use of language. They delight in good verse, meter,...

...and they draw on a variety of sources including nursery rhymes, game rhymes, and singing games. 1. One potato, two potato, three potato, four, Five potato, six potato, seven potato, more. 2. Bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish How many pieces do you wish? Five — One, two, three, four,...

...tablet or posterboard. 2. Teach the children the "One Potato, Two Potato" rhyme used to decide turns. One potato, two potato. Three potato, four. Five potato, six potato, Seven potato, more. 3. Show the children how to make a potato of their fists and then with a partner to stack them...

...jumped so high he touched the sky, And never came back till the Fourth of July. [JUMP HIGHER AND HIGHER] One potato, two potato, Three potato, four; Five potato, six potato, Seven potato, MORE. Cinderella dressed in yellow Went upstairs to kiss her fellow. How many kisses did she give?...

...all the class are in pairs. If you want groups of three or four you can make three or four circles. One potato, two potato, three potato, four • •...• • • Five potato, six potato, seven potato, MORE! Another rhyme you can use is: • • • Red is for roses, roses, roses • Red is for roses...

...hold their fists in front of their bodies. Choose a leader to tap each fist as all the children say, "One potato, two potato, three potato, four. Five potato, six potato, seven potato, more." The fist that is tapped on the word "more" goes behind the child's back. Start the game again...

..."against the rules." ktopping M continuing constitutes a fourth method. Consider this familiar rhyme: One potato, two potato, three potato, four, Five potato, six potato, seven potato, more The "potatoes" are the fists that players extend for counting (on "more," that fist is withdrawn)....

...meenie, miney, mo, Catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go. Eenie, meenie, miney, mo. and One potato, two potato, Three potato, four. Five potato, six potato, Seven potato, more. As a genre to be studied, counting-out rhymes have many advantages. First, they are a true oral...