The Jump Rope Book - Softcover

Loredo, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761104488 ISBN 13: 9780761104483

Publisher: Workman Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

Including over 250 rhymes, this guide to skipping, which comes with a skipping rope, provides examples of fancy steps, rope decoration and advice on how to put your best foot forward. It features games such as Double Dutch and Siamese Twins.

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From the Back Cover

Hop to it! THE ROPE, THE MOVES, THE GAMES, THE RHYMES

Here's everything you need to take your jumping to a new plateau, whether you're a beginner or the playground expert. Set a new personal best. Turn a pepper faster than a whirling dervish--and when it's your turn to twirl, be a gracious and conscientious ender. Because there's always a next time to jump over the moon.

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Silly Stories

If you've ever listened to a storyteller spin a tale, you've heard a sing-song rhythm behind the words. Stories with repeating lines or sounds make good jump rope rhymes--the challenge is remembering them!

...

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

Went to bed with their trousers on.

Mark cried out in the middle of the night,

"Oh, my trousers are too tight!"

I went downtown and met Miss Brown.

She gave me a nickel, I bought a pickle.

The pickle was sour, I bought a flower.

The flower was red, I bought some thread.

The thread was thin, I bought a pin.

The pin was sharp, I bought a harp.

And on that harp I played . . .

Edition details

• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761104488
• ISBN 13: 9780761104483
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288