How to Play London Bridge is Falling Down

Since your childhood, you are hearing a very famous and pleasant rhyme, recall it and you will go back into your past memories. What reminds you by reading this: London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady? Every time when you hear these words, memories start coming in to your mind. This is a very famous rhyme and has many versions in many countries of the world. The rhyme is also used to play the game “London Bridge is Falling Down.”

Instructions

  • 1

    Ask two Children to  face each other, holding their arms and lifting them upward to form an arch of a bridge.

    London Bridge is falling down
  • 2

    Now ask other children to que up in front of the arch, and let them pass under the arch one by one. Ask the children to walk under the arch in circular fashion so that they are repeatedly walking under it.

    London Bridge is falling down
  • 3

    Start singing, London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady.

    London Bridge is falling down
  • 4

    The main purpose of the game is to seize the children passing under the arms (arch). Ask the children who are forming the arch that they should try to catch the passing children by dropping the arms on the end of each rhyme.

  • 5

    Game cannot end until all of the children are captured. Let your kids learn this game and they will love it.

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