Pat-a-Cake

Hand-clapping coordination and rhythm.

Pat-a-Cake
0–2 years Public domain

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man,
Bake me a cake as fast as you can;
Pat it and prick it, and mark it with B,
Put it in the oven for baby and me.

Learning goal
Hand-clapping coordination and rhythm.
Try this together
Clap hands together and with the baby, rolling and patting a pretend dough.
Origin
Traditional English nursery rhyme, 1698

Credits & rights: Text: traditional / public domain. Traditional English nursery rhyme, 1698. Audio: original synthetic placeholder narration generated for this plugin (eSpeak NG); replace with your own recording.

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