tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post2910779203909960368..comments2024-03-18T08:33:25.907-04:00Comments on Inkwell Inspirations: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around...Lisa Karon Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-49892670894189198482010-08-14T18:58:13.900-04:002010-08-14T18:58:13.900-04:00Oh wow, we used to do those all the time in grade ...Oh wow, we used to do those all the time in grade school. The one I remember the best started like this:<br /><br />Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack<br />All dressed in black, black, black,<br />With silver buttons, buttons, buttons,<br />All down her back, back, back<br /><br />And then there were elephants, fence jumping, and the forth of July. Fun stuff!Jennifer AlLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18178922554247015759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-1369984061586161802010-08-13T21:22:57.136-04:002010-08-13T21:22:57.136-04:00Major deficit for only children: No one to play th...Major deficit for only children: No one to play these games with.<br />I remember feeling horribly left out at school because everyone knew how to do the complicated hand-clapping rhymes, and the jump rope songs, and how to make things with a loop of string!<br />Oh well. We onlies make up for it in other ways... : )Niki Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10419436634375255412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-53820041398909840702010-08-13T17:53:47.420-04:002010-08-13T17:53:47.420-04:00Hi Gwen,
For many years during my youth, my family...Hi Gwen,<br />For many years during my youth, my family hosted a girl from NYC to come up to 'the country' and visit us. "The Fresh Air Fund" it was called. She was Puerto Rican and taught me some clapping games but mostly jump-rope rhymes. Many years later I started hearing more about double-dutch competitions which I'm sure was born out of that activity. I learned a littleDebra E. Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853387871623424853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-59545650157177372052010-08-13T16:47:23.304-04:002010-08-13T16:47:23.304-04:00Hi ladies, thanks for chiming in! I too played tho...Hi ladies, thanks for chiming in! I too played those games, though other girls were faster and more proficient at them. I sure had fun though!Gwen Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00062502118990955905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-60880786679852014372010-08-13T16:31:32.653-04:002010-08-13T16:31:32.653-04:00Hey Gwen, you bring up a good point... you can...Hey Gwen, you bring up a good point... you can't lose the pieces when you're playing a game of <b>Patty Cake</b>. LOL<br /><br />They're all future drummers, too. <br /><br />It's like when you give your child a gift and they have more fun playing with the box. The simpler, the better, the more imaginative, I believe. <br /><br />I remember one where we may have started out with Anita Mae Draperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618699900826731377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-53665164904324387502010-08-13T13:17:24.903-04:002010-08-13T13:17:24.903-04:00Fun post, Gwen! Oh, those hand clapping games are ...Fun post, Gwen! Oh, those hand clapping games are alive and well with the girl in my house. I used to love those games, too. I can still remember the entire routine to "I had a little sister, her name was Sally Sue..." Nice and simple, just perfect for my limited coordination, LOL.<br /><br />Thanks for the memories, Gwen!Susanne Dietzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710634601407161821noreply@blogger.com