The Book of Tapping & Clapping

• Games and rhymes involving tapping and clapping have inspired laughter and joy in infants and toddlers for generations, strengthening the bonds between children and the loved ones in their lives. For the first time, this special book collects the most cherished of these songs and rhymes (some in danger of being lost or forgotten), enabling your family to carry on the tradition of nurturing imagination and joy through tapping and clapping.

For generations, American folk culture's songs and rhymes have delighted children, creating a hushed wonder at playtime. No fireworks, no crazy musical arrangements, just adult and child connecting with rhymes and music. These treasures once were passed from parent or grandparent to child, yet in recent years, with changes in technology and family structure, they have been in danger of being lost and forgotten.

Contents:

Tapping

• The Lord Mayor and His Men
• Adam and Eve
• Hickory , Dickory, Dock
• Akron Beacon
• Climb Up the Ladder
• Johnny, Johnny, Whoops
• Mix a Pancake
• Little Hand
• Pumpkins
• Rub a Dub Dub
• My Mother and Your Mother
• There Was a Little Man
• One, Two, Three
• Pizza, Pickle, Pumpernickel
• Pitter, Patter

So Many Shoes...

• Is Johnny In?
• Fire, Water, Earth and Air
• Cobbler, Cobbler
• Cock-a-Doodle Doo
• Hob, Shoe, Hob
• The Man in the Mune
• Robert Barnes
• Shoe the Horse
• Down the Streat
• Cobbler makes Shoes

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes...

• Here Are Baby's Eyes
• Boo Heady
• Baby's Fingers
• Two Little Eyes
• Head and Shoulders
• Ten Little Fingers, Ten Little Toes
• Brow Bender, Eye Peeper
• Wash Hands, Wash
• Toe Town

X Marks the Spot

• Going on a Treasure Hung
• "X"Marks the Spot
• Criss-Cross, Applesauce
• Looking for Treasure

Animal Friends

• Kommt Ein Bär (Here Comes a Bear)
• Mousie, Mousie
• Diddlety, Diddlety, Dumpty
• There Was a Mouse
• Creepy Mouse
• On My Toe There Is a Flea
• Here Goes a Turtle
• Una Vieja Piza un Gato (The Old Woman and the Cat)
• Soft Kitty
• This is the Rooster

Open the Door

• Knock, Knock
• Knock at the Door

Clapping

• Clap Your Hands
• Tape Petites Mains (Clap Little Hands)
• Andrew Brown
• Koci, Koci, łapci
• Miss Mary Mack

Here Comes Daddy

• Bring Daddy Home
• Daddy Comes with Cake and Plums
• Clap, Clap, Handies
• Clap Handy
• Clap Hands 'Til Daddy Comes Home
• Qué Linda Manita

Sweets and Other Good Things to Eat

• Eir und Salz (Eggs and Salt)
• Batti Le Manine (Clap Your Little Hands)
• Backe, Backe, Kuchen
• Hot Cross Buns
• Pat-a-Cake
• One Potato, Two Potato
• Handy Pandy
• Peas Porridge Hot

Clap for the Animals

• Higglety Pigglety Pop
• Pit, Pat, Well a Day