Games involving your hands are very fun for young children. The best part is, they typically do not require anything but your hands so they can be played anywhere at any time.
- Skill level:
- Easy
Instructions
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Sit in front of your partner, close enough for your hands to touch hers.
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Learn the saying for this game, as well as the hand motions. A movement should be done on each word. There are four words in each line, therefore there will be four hand movements, one to be done as you say each word. Each action is in parenthesis below. The Rhyme: Double double this this, Double double that that, Double this, double that, Double double this that.
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Say the first line: "Double (clap your hands) Double (clap your hands) This (clap both your palms with your partner's palms) This (clap both your palms with your partner's palms"
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Say the second line: "Double (clap your hands) Double (clap your hands) That (clap the backs of your hands with the backs of your partner's hands) That (clap the backs of your hands with the backs of your partner's hands)"
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Say the third line: "Double (clap your hands) This (clap both your palms with your partner's palms) Double (clap your hands) That (clap the backs of your hands with the backs of your partner's hands)"
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Say the last line: "Double (clap your hands) Double (clap your hands) This (clap both your palms with your partner's palms) That (clap the backs of your hands with the backs of your partner's hands)"
Double, Double
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Sit in front of your partner, close enough for your hands to touch hers.
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Practice the hand movements to go along with the rhyme. First, you clap your hands. Second, clap your right hand with your partner's right hand. Third, clap your hands again. Last, clap your left hand with your partner's left hand. Repeat until you finish the rhyme.
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Learn the words of the rhyme. They are: See, see, my playmate, Come out and play with me. Bring out your dollies three. Climb up my apple tree. Slide down my rainbow Into my cellar door. And we'll be jolly friends Forever more, more, more, more!
