Discovery Girls

All in Together, Girls

All in together, girls it’s fine weather, girls When is your birthday? Please jump in! [turn rope really fast, trying not to miss before your birthday month] January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Lemon Drops

Lemon drops and sugar candy, Both of these taste just dandy. Best of all is cherry pop, How many jumps before I stop? [turn rope really fast] One, two, three, four…

Early in the Morning

Early in the morning, about eight o’clock, What should I hear but the postman’s knock. Up jumps _________ to open the door, How many letters did she find on the floor? [turn rope really fast] One, two, three, four…

Grandfather’s Farm

As I went down to my grandfather’s farm. A billy goat chased me around the barn. It chased me up a sycamore tree, And this is what he said to me: “Oh, I like coffee, I like tea, I like __________to jump with me.”

Little Dutch Girl

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!

Two in the Middle

Two in the middle and two at the end. Each is a sister and each is a friend. A penny to save and a penny to spend. Two in the middle and two at the end.

Two Little Monkeys

Two little monkeys Jumping on the bed. One fell off and bumped his head. Mama called the doctor And the doctor said, “No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”

I Had a Little Puppy

I had a little puppy His name was Tiny Tim I put him in the bathtub, to see if he could swim He drank up all the water, he ate a bar of soap The next thing you know he had a bubble in his throat. In came the doctor [another person jumps in], In came the nurse [another person jumps in], In came the lady with the alligator purse Out went the doctor [someone jumps out] Out went the nurse [someone jumps out] Out went the lady with the alligator purse.

Miss Mary Mack

Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack All dressed in black, black, black With silver buttons, buttons, buttons All down her back, back, back. She asked her mother, mother, mother For 50 cents, cents, cents To see the elephant, elephant, elephant Jump the fence, fence fence. He jumped so high, high, high He touched the sky, sky, sky And he never came back, back, back Till the fourth of July, July, July.

Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around [turn around], Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground [touch the ground] Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, show your shoe [hold up your foot] Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, that will do! Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, go upstairs [raise knees as if walking up stairs] Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, say your prayers [hold hands together as if saying prayers] Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn out the lights [pretend to turn off light] Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, say goodnight! [say “goodnight”]

Texico

Texico, Texico [begin swinging rope underhand] Over the hills to Mexico [on the word “over,” turn rope overhand and continue this way until the end of the rhyme] Where the Spanish dancers do the kicks, the kicks [kick feet] Where the Spanish dancers do the splits, the splits [jump with legs apart] Where the Spanish dancers twirl around, around [twirl around] Where the Spanish dancers jump up and down, up and down [jump high] Where the Spanish dancers get out of town [jump out of the ropes]