counting rhyme
Selection verse recitation
A counting rhyme is a children's verse used to select someone for a role in a game—who's "it" in tag, who hides first in hide-and-seek.
Children point to each player in turn with each syllable or beat until the rhyme ends on someone: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe...
The selected child is either chosen or eliminated, depending on the game's rules.
Random selection chant
- tinker tailorPair of traditional trades
- this little piggyToe-counting children's chant
- bumble beeLarge hairy pollinating insect
- sing-songRhythmically repetitive tone
verse · jingle · refrain · repetition · call and response · recitation
Counting-out rhyme start
- meenyNonsense word for choosing
- minyNonsense counting syllable
- pickerOne who gathers
- chooserOne who selects
decider · dip · it · elimination · out · potato · bubble gum · skipping
Room for infants
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
- childrenYoung human beings
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- circleCurved closed shape
friends · giggles · fun · schoolyard · recess · games · silliness · tradition
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- meterDevice that measures usage
- pulseArterial blood throb
- tempoRate of musical performance
syllable · stress · pattern · lilt · swing · singsong · accentuation · foot
Children's pursuit game
- tagIdentifier or classifier
- circleCurved closed shape
- ringClosed curve shape
- clappingRhythmic palm strikes
hopscotch · skipping · hide and seek · playground · recess · turn-taking · teams · outs
eeny meeny
Random selection chant
- tinker tailorPair of traditional trades
- this little piggyToe-counting children's chant
- bumble beeLarge hairy pollinating insect
sing-song · verse · jingle · refrain · repetition · call and response · recitation
eeny
Counting-out rhyme start
chooser · decider · dip · it · elimination · out · potato · bubble gum · skipping
nursery
Room for infants
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
- childrenYoung human beings
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
circle · friends · giggles · fun · schoolyard · recess · games · silliness · tradition · folklore
cadence
Rhythmic pulse or pattern
tempo · syllable · stress · pattern · lilt · swing · singsong · accentuation · foot · chanting
duck duck goose
Children's pursuit game
clapping · hopscotch · skipping · hide and seek · playground · recess · turn-taking · teams · outs
- childhood loretooth fairy, Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, boogeyman, monster under bed
- nursery rhymeslullabies, Little Jack Horner, cradle songs, Old Mother Hubbard, Rock-a-Bye Baby
- folk versefolk ballad, folk song, lullaby, ballad, sea shanty
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
- verse formshaiku, couplet, limerick, quatrain, sonnet
counting rhymerandom number generator
Produces unpredictable numerical outputs
coin flip · dice roll · lottery · drawing straws · deliberate choice
counting rhymeprose
Unversified language
free verse · silent reading · novel · essay · technical manual
count, counting, counts, counted, counter, counters, countable, uncountable, recount