Lyrics

A tisket, a tasket,
A green and yellow basket.
I wrote a letter to my love (friend)
And on the way I dropped it.

Game

It’s like “Duck Duck Goose.” A student has the basket and walks around behind the other students as everyone sings the song. At the end of the song, the child puts the basket behind a student, then runs around the circle while the other student picks up the basket and chases the first person around the circle and tries to tag the student. The chasing stops when the student who was “it” reaches the hole the 2nd student was just occupying.

See also

• songs about love
• songs about friendship
• songs with syncopation
• jazz activities
• nursery rhymes
• circle singing games
• songs with half notes
• recorder DEF#GAB songs
• songs with Orff arrangements
• songs with chords I V
• lesson ideas
• lesson ideas – Utah schools
• This book is delightful! I love the illustrations! It somewhat matches the Ella Fitzgerald version of the song – so it’s another way the kids can listen, this time with something to look at while they listen. I would bring back the song a different day and play it again while turning the pages.
  

  

Extras for Plus Members

• Song with chords, Lesson ideas for syncopation  (PDF)
• MIDI file
• Listen

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