What To Do
Children form a circle and skip around as they chant the words. On singing ‘we all fall down’ everyone does just that!
Ring a ring a roses, a pocket full of posies Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down.
The King has sent his daughter, to fetch a pail of water, Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down. The birds up on the steeple, sit high above the people, Atishoo, atishoo, we all fall down.
Rules
VARIATIONS: There are a variety of different endings to this rhyme. Here are two different versions for you to choose from. In both endings the children jump up on the last line.
1. The cows are in the meadow, eating buttercups, Atishoo, atishoo, they all jump up.
2. Fishes in the water, fishes in the sea, We all jump up with a 1, 2, 3.
