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Texas Reading Club Manual 165
hands, change the time to correspond with each verse of the rhyme. Instruct the children to jump
each time you clap your hands, and count aloud as they jump. Clap your hands the number of
times mentioned in the rhyme.)
Hickory dickory dock (Clasp hands together in front of you, with knuckles pointing down, and
swing your arms back and forth)
The mouse ran up the clock (Run fingers of one hand up the other arm)
The clock struck one. (Clap hands one time)
The mouse ran down. (Run fingers of one hand down the other arm)
Hickory dickory dock. (Clasp hands together in front of you, with knuckles pointing down, and
swing your arms back and forth)
Hickory Dickory Dock (Clasp hands together in front of you, with knuckles pointing down,
and swing your arms back and forth)
The mouse ran up the clock (Run fingers of one hand up the other arm)
The clock struck two. (Clap hands two times)
The mouse saw you. (Point to the children)
Hickory dickory dock. (Clasp hands together in front of you, with knuckles pointing down, and
swing your arms back and forth)
Hickory dickory dock (Clasp hands together in front of you, with knuckles pointing down, and
swing your arms back and forth)
The mouse ran up the clock (Run fingers of one hand up the other arm)
The clock struck three. (Clap hands three times)
The mouse saw me. (Point to yourself)
Hickory dickory dock. (Clasp hands together in front of you, with knuckles pointing down, and
swing your arms back and forth)
Rhymes and Poetry
Hey Diddle Diddle
(Traditional.)
Hey diddle, diddle
The cat and the fiddle.
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed
To see such sport.
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Humpty Dumpty
(Traditional.)
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,
Couldn’t put Humpty back together again.