The Jump Rope Book - Softcover

Buch 1 von 3: Classic Games

Loredo, Elizabeth

 
9780761104483: The Jump Rope Book
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0761104488 ISBN 13: 9780761104483
Verlag: Workman Publishing, 1996

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Photographs by Martha Cooper. Packaged with the only other equipment a child would need--the jump rope--here is a book steeped in the know-how, culture, lore, and trivia of this simple, easy-to-learn, play-anywhere game. The Jump Rope Book is a complete skipper's reference, from how to put your best foot forward to over 250 rhymes. There are jump rope fashions (cushy socks a must), basic jumps and fancy steps (including Scissors, Jumping Jacks, and Cancan), jump rope jargon, how to decorate your rope, and the games--Spoons, Siamese Twins, The Clock, Chase the Fox, Over the Rainbow, Double Dutch, and dozens more. THE JUMP ROPE is 100% cotton, seven feet long, and comes with wooden handles. 50,000 copies in print.

The Classic Game series have over 317,000 copies in print.

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Hop to it! THE ROPE, THE MOVES, THE GAMES, THE RHYMES

Here's everything you need to take your jumping to a new plateau, whether you're a beginner or the playground expert. Set a new personal best. Turn a pepper faster than a whirling dervish--and when it's your turn to twirl, be a gracious and conscientious ender. Because there's always a next time to jump over the moon.

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Silly Stories

If you've ever listened to a storyteller spin a tale, you've heard a sing-song rhythm behind the words. Stories with repeating lines or sounds make good jump rope rhymes--the challenge is remembering them!

...

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

Went to bed with their trousers on.

Mark cried out in the middle of the night,

"Oh, my trousers are too tight!"

I went downtown and met Miss Brown.

She gave me a nickel, I bought a pickle.

The pickle was sour, I bought a flower.

The flower was red, I bought some thread.

The thread was thin, I bought a pin.

The pin was sharp, I bought a harp.

And on that harp I played . . .

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Verlag
Workman Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
1996
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0761104488
ISBN 13 
9780761104483
Einband
Taschenbuch
Zeichner
Cooper Martha
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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