Fingerplay: Hickory Dickory Dock
Fingerplays with nonsense rhyming words like "hickory dickory," "oopsy-doopsy" and "okey-dokey" are helpful in developing the ability to hear similarities and differences in the sounds that make up words.
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
Hickory dickory dock (bend arm up at elbow)
The mouse ran up the clock (run fingers of opposite hand up arm)
The clock struck one (clap once)
The mouse ran down (run fingers back down arm)
Hickory dickory dock
Additional verses:
The clock struck two, the mouse said, "BOO!"
The clock struck three, the mouse said, "WHEE!"
The clock struck four, the mouse said, "NO MORE!"