Swinging up and down - games in the playground

Swinging and seesawing

When we go to the park, we always visit one of the playgrounds nearby.
As I didn't know a good swing song in English, I asked a good friend of mine, K. and she recommended the following:

Swinging up and down in my great big swing,
Swinging up and down in my great big swing,
Swinging up and down in my great big swing,
Won’t you be my darling?

 

Looking all around in my great big swing,
Looking all around in my great big swing,
Looking all around in my great big swing,
Won’t you be my darling?

 

Swaying back and forth in my great big swing,
Swaying back and forth in my great big swing,
Swaying back and forth in my great big swing,
Won’t you be my darling?

 

Swinging up and down in my great big swing,
Swinging up and down in my great big swing,
Swinging up and down in my great big swing,
Won’t you be my darling?

By the way K. is on facebook with her Rhyming nursery. She's got lots of great ideas to have fun in English with kids.

Another playground game that an 11-month-old can enjoy is the seesaw. Here is a song to sing along:

See Saw Margery Daw,

Johnny shall have a new master;

Johnny shall earn but a penny a day,

Because he can't work any faster.

I really like the Gracie Lou character, so here is a version of it:

 

 

This song has been made into a swing song by Helen Doron. I don't want to breach any copyrights so here is the lyrics only:

See Saw Margery Daw,

Johnny is swinging with granny;

He is swinging and it's lots of fun

And it can be very funny.

Well, I sing it with "mommy" instead of "granny" and I, of course, replace "Johnny" with E.

I also know some other seesaw rhymes:

See-Saw Sacradown,
Which is the way to London town?
One foot up, the other foot down,
That is the way to London town.

 

or

See-Saw, up and down,
Tommy goes up, Tommy goes down.

 

I'll be back with more playground stuff.