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Rhythm/Rhyme: “To Market, To Market”

• MM performs rhyme:
“To market, to market, we’ll take our string bag,

Home again, home again, ziggity zag.”

• Everyone joins in
• “What will we take to the market?” (our string bag)
• What word rhymes with bag?” (zag)
• Speak rhyme again while patting the steady beat
• Pat the steady beat and alternate between “To Market, To Market” & “Hickory

Dickory Dock”

Teacher Led Activity

Pause for Practice
Find creative ways of keeping the beat while alternating between different rhymes

Resume Video

“London Bridge” & “This Old Man”
• Everyone sings “London Bridge”, swaying like a bridge with a partner getting lower &
lower
• Review “This Old Man” with motions

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