Rock, Rock

Goal: Fun Materials: A small rock The Song: Teach this before beginning explanation of the game.  The beats are shown with an X. Rock, rock   X       X How I wander   X       X From one hand into the other   X            X      X       X Is it fair, is it fair X     X   X    X To keep poor [insert name here] sitting there?        X                    X                 X       X Activity: Have all the girls sit around in a circle cross legged and one girl in the middle.  One girl in the circle has a rock in her fist. The girls in the circle are going to have their left hand on their knee and their right hand in a fist.  This part is crucial to get drilled into their heads and practicing it for a few minutes is beneficial.  The girls are going to place their fists in their hand.  Then, at the same time, they are going to put their fists in their neighbor's hand.  Continue switching the fist from hand to hand until all the girls are together in a steady beat.  We find it helpful to rhythmically repeat "your hand, your neighbor's hand, your hand, your neighbor's hand" over and over.  Then, you can begin singing the song moving the fist with the beat. The moving of the fists allows the person with the rock to pass the rock around the circle.  The goal is for the girl in the middle to guess who is in posession of the rock.  She gets three guesses before you switch and someone else goes in the middle.  If she guesses, the person in posession goes in the center.