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Sierra, Judy.
SCHOOLYARD RHYMES : KIDS' OWN RHYMES FOR ROPE SKIPPING, HAND CLAPPING, BALL BOUNCING, AND JUST PLAIN FUN
New York : Knopf, 2005.
IL K-3, RL 1.7
ISBN 0375925163
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"Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back..."  Does that sound familiar?  Many of you have probably skipped rope to this song.  Or bounced a ball to the rhythm.  But did you know that your mother probably sang this song when she was a little girl?  Not only that, your grandmother may have also.  Some of these school yard rhymes have been around for ages.  And some are fairly new.  See if there are some you know.  And learn some new ones for the play ground.
SUBJECTS:     Games.
                        Rhyming games.
                        Singing games.

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