Clap Your Hands Nursery Rhymes Video REPACK Free Download
Galina Thurby
Whilst clapping hands to amuse DGS today, I was reminded of the old rhyme we used to sing to my lads when they were babies. I got as far as:
Clap hands, daddy come home
Bring baby a cake and a bun
Can't remember what comes next. Can anyone help?
Yes we used to sing this and clap up to the last word when hands were flung up in the air to show there was no silver in them. All the little ones loved this and it caused great anticipation of daddy coming home. Happy memories!
Clap hand clap hands till Daddy comes home
Daddy's got money and Mammys got none.
That's the version I remember and I used to speed up the clapping at the end and say the last words louder and DGD would laugh and laugh and say "again" so we'd do it lots of times.
My first career was as a nursery nurse before I retrained as a therapist in my forties and I taught the grandchildren all the singing rhymes I taught the nursery children, they learnt loads and loved learning them. It's great to keep the old songs/ action/ nursery rhymes going
I used a version of the above rhymes with my DCs. But with DGS1 and 2 I had to change the clap hands one from 'Daddy has money and Mummy has none' to 'Grandad has money and Granny has none'. Then aborted it! Both Daddies had gone, and neither produced a penny of financial support. Singing that song made me too upset at the time.
Both fathers still do not pay DD any maintenance
Nonna - maybe there were regional variations. eg I noticed my version of "Clap hands" is similar to Hildajenni's and we both come from Northumberland.
Ages ago I read a book about children's games and rhymes in the UK, I think it was by a couple called Opie. They mentioned regional variations.
Iona and Peter Opie - "children's games in street and playground." You can still get it from Amazon.
A child brought up not learning nursery rhymes and not having fun with the songs can lead to a dull or miserable growing stage, which could lead to negative choices. These negative choices could be for an example finding singing and dancing weird or unusual, not feeling confident, and perhaps staying isolated from kids who are cheerful and having fun.
I wondered if anyone has any songs or rhymes they use at carpet time for getting quiet listening children. I found one '1, 2 3 eyes on me, 1, 2 eyes on you'. Does anyone have any others to encourage listening ears, bottoms on the floor, hands in laps etc.
I also do the footballers 'clap( clap clap clapaclap) till everyone joins in then change to include different movements always ending up with hands on heads, then lips then folded. I like this one for use outside when I have forgotten my whistle!