Child development opportunities
To listen carefully and respond to a rhythm To increase colour, number and social awareness To learn how to share and co-operate with others
To begin to learn how games can be used to make decisions
How to play
* Explain that the group is going to say a rhyme to decide which child is going to drop out in selecting a leader.
* Ask the children to sit facing each other or to stand in a circle.
* Say the rhyme marking the beats by pointing at each child in turn.
Red, white and blue,
The cat's got the flu,
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