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This Is the Way

  • DOMAIN(S)
    Communication, Language, and Literacy (CLL)
  • INDICATOR(S)
    CLL6.0a
  • AGE GROUP(S)
    0-12 months

Bounce the infant gently on your knees while you sing this chant:


This is the way the ladies ride... trit trot, trit trot,

trit trot (Bounce the infant while saying “trit trot,

trit trot” and continue singing.)
This is the way the gentlemen ride...a clippety

clop, a clippety clop
This is the way the farmers ride...a gallop, a trot,

a gallop, a trot

This is the way the old man rides...a hobbledy,

hobbledy, hobbledy, hobbledy, hoo.