TWO LITTLE BLACK BIRDS SITTING ON A HILL, ONE NAMED JACK AND THE OTHER NAMED JILL
FLY AWAY JACK, FLY AWAY JILL, COME BACK JACK, C0ME BACK, JILL
TWO LITTLE BLACK BIRDS SITTING ON A CLOUD, ONE NAMED SOFT AND THE OTHER NAMED LOUD
FLY AWAY SOFT, FLY AWAY LOUD, COME BACK SOFT, COME BACK, LOUD
(lower your voice when you say soft, raise your voice when you say loud)
TWO LITTLE BLACK BIRDS SITTING ON A DAD, ONE NAMED HAPPY AND THE OTHER NAMED SAD
FLY AWAY HAPPY, FLY AWAY SAD, COME BACK HAPPY, COME BACK, SAD
(make exzaggerated sad & happy and sad expressions)
TWO LITTLE BLACK BIRDS SITTING ON A CLOWN, ONE NAMED UP AND THE OTHER NAMED DOWN
FLY AWAY UP, FLY AWAY DOWN, COME BACK UP, COME BACK, DOWN
TWO LITTLE BLACK BIRDS SITTING ON A CLOVER, ONE NAMED UNDER AND THE OTHER NAMED OVER
FLY AWAY UNDER, FLY AWAY OVER, COME BACK UNDER, COME BACK, OVER
Activity Extender:
1) Add more verses of your own
2) Pause and allow children to try
to guess the next rhyming word
3) Make two black bird stick puppets to act out poem,
allow children to act out fingerplay on thier own
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