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Two students create a house by taking hands. One student stands between them, inside the house.
Sing the song. At the word, “out,” the two players lift their hands and the student in the house steps out.
In the second half of the song (swing a lady uptum), the players inside the houses run to switch houses. Students may not go to the same house twice.
For an added challenge, take away one house so there is always a student in the middle trying to “steal” a house.
Game 1:
Students form a circle with arms raised as windows. One student skips around the outside of the circle on phrases one and two. On phrase three, the student circles one of the other students by going through the windows on either side of the chosen student. The student circled joins the first student, and the game is repeated with the two skipping around the outside.
Game 2:
Formation: inner and outer circle, with partners facing each other
Every "Skip one window" - outside circle passes one person to the right
Every "Tideo" - pat, clap, clap partners hands
Every "Jingle at the window" - switch places with partner so outside circle is on the inside, and inside circle is on the outside.
Students stand in two concentric circles. One student (the Miller) stands in the middle. As they sing the song, students link arms and step around the circle. At the last word, grab, the outer circle stops moving while the inner circle takes a step forward to link arms with a new partner. As the inner circle moves forward, the miller runs to link arms with a student in the outer circle. The student left without a partner is the new miller.
