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"Pease Porridge Hot"
       
     
"Pease Porridge Hot"
 


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Clapping game introducing the half note.


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Description
 
  • Grade: Kindergarten

  • Origin: England, Nursery Rhyme Game

  • Key: C Major

  • Time: 4/4

  • Form: ABAB

  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta ti ti ta/a | ta ti ti ti ti ta |
    | ta ta ta (ta) |

  • Pitches: beginners: Do Re So La

  • Intervals: beginners: Do/So, So\Re

  • Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter

  • Key Words: world geography: England, porridge, hot, cold, pot, nine, days, old, clapping song, Mother Goose

 
 


"Pease Porridge Hot"

Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old;
Some like it hot, some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot, nine days old.



 
Game Instructions
 
       
 
Rhyme
Movements
 
       
 
Pease
clap both hands to thighs  
 
porridge
clap own hands together  
 
hot,
clap partner's hands  
 
pease
clap both hands to thighs  
 
porridge
clap own hands together  
 
cold,
clap partner's hands  
 
Pease
clap thighs  
 
porridge
clap own hands  
 
in the
clap right hands only  
 
pot
clap own hands  
 
nine
clap left hands only  
 
days
clap own hands  
 
old.
clap partner's hands  
       

 

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