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Counting Jumps

These jump-rope rhymes can be used by one child or a group of children.

By: Trish Kuffner, author of The Children's Busy Book |
Updated: December 1, 2022
By: Trish Kuffner, author of The Children's Busy Book |
Updated: December 1, 2022

Counting Jumps


Directions

These rhymes can be used by individual jumpers and by children jumping in groups to see how many times a jumper can jump without tripping.

Candy, candy in the dish.
How many pieces do you wish?
One, two, three, four, five...

Mother made a chocolate cake.
How many eggs did it take?
One, two, three, four, five...

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Cinderella, dressed in yellow,
Went downstairs to kiss her fellow.
How many kisses did she give?
One, two, three, four, five...

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