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Elimination Game Eeny Meeny
- Functions
- Counting Game, Elimination Game and Language Play
Eeny Meeny is a counting game with a rhyme, often used to determine who is it.
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At School 09
Players: 4
Boys
Age: 6
Rhyme goes:
Eany meany miney mo, catch a tiger by the toe,
If he squeals let him go.
Eany meany miney mo.
My mother says to count to ten
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
And back again.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Blast off!
At School 04
Players: 5
Boys
Age: 11
Counting-out rhyme used on feet. Players: stand in a circle with one foot in, toes together. The caller counts around the feet, and when he gets to the end of the rhyme the last person touched is 'It'.
Rhyme:
Eeny meeny miney mo,
Catch a tiger by the toe,
If he swears, let it go,
Eeny meeny miney mo.
At School 05
Players: 3
Girls
Age: 9-11
Eeny meeny miney mo,
Catch a tigger by the toe,
If you ever let it go,
Eeny meeny miney mo.