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Rhyme: Down Around The Corner

December 30, 2020 by Megan

Chanting rhymes and poems is just as important for preschoolers as singing songs. When you are chanting, it gives you a chance to focus on language and literacy skills a little more than when you are singing. It’s important to emphasize rhyming schemes, enunciate words more clearly and speak expressively.

Down Around The Corner is a cute little rhyme that I use in my lesson plan that features If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. In this lesson play I use it as a welcoming activity in the place of our Hello Song, but this rhyme could really be used at any point in a preschool music class.

This rhyme has plenty of easy hand motions that could go along with it – holding up fingers to count with, the child marching in to the shop, putting your hand behind your back to “take one away”.

Here are the words:

Down around the corner in the bakery shop

Were (five) yummy cookies with sprinkles on top.

Along came (child’s name) with a dollar to pay;

(He/she) buys a cookie and takes one away.

Instead of starting with 5 cookies, you could start with the number of students in your class. Use each child’s name as you count down how many cookies are left.

I always love including simple props whenever it’s possible. This would be a fun activity have paper or felt cutouts of cookies and the students could each take one from the middle of the circle when it’s their turn.

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