ABSTRACT
Childhood has its own songs, baby and toddler lullabies, bouncing games, jig-jog ditties and tickling rhymes; songs which are sung by adults for young children to take part in. Older children out playing have traditionally had their own singing games. This is an English skipping game in which the challenge is to see who can do the most ‘stitches’ or skips. The game is adapted for teachers to sing for and with the youngest children to encourage them to take part.
