Down By The Banks

Goal: Fun Materials: Your bodies Song:  There are many variations to this song.  This is the one we sing. Down by the banks of the hankey pankey Where the bull frogs jump from bank to bankey With an eep eep iip iip Op Op op op Knee slap-adilly and a kir-plop Activity: The girls sit (or stand) in a circle.  Have the put their left hand out beside them (palm up).  Then, have thm put their right hand on top of their neighbor's left hand.  One person will begin the slaps.  Have them pick up their right hand and hit their neighbors left hand and then return their left hand to its starting point.  The next person does the same thing and so on.  This can go as fast or slow as the girls need until they get used to it.  Begin singing the song and whoever's hand is slapped when the song ends (at "plop") is out.  Do this until only two people are left. When you get down to two people, they sit (or stand) face to face.  Have them hold hands like you do when you arm wrestle.  Instead of passing a slap, they are going to move their arms back and forth.  Whoever's hand is on top when they say "plop" is the winner (just like in arm wrestling.)