Child development opportunities
* To listen carefully and respond physically to a rhythm
* To increase knowledge of rhyme
* To understand how games can be used to make decisions
* To have fun together and learn about losing How to play
* Draw a circle in chalk and ask the children to stand with their toes on the line.
* Explain that the rhyme is going to tell them to do something.
* Stand inside the circle and say the rhyme, marking the beats by pointing to each child in turn:
Ickle, Ockle, blue bottle,
Ickle, Ockle, turn about.
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