How to Play London Bridge is Falling Down

Instructions

1

Choose 2 children to create an arch. Have them face each other, join both hands together and lift their arms up.
2

Line up the other children so they can walk under the arch.
3

Begin reciting, "London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down, London Bridge is falling down, my fair lady."
4

Walk the line of children under the arch and back around, creating a circle of children consistently walking under the arch.
5

Instruct the 2 children to drop their hands down on the last word of the rhyme, trying to capture a child between their arms.
6

Repeat these actions with each verse of the rhyme until all the children are captured.