Jump Inside the Circle

Sung to "Little Bunny Foo Foo"
I learned this one at Headstart. You take a hula hoop and place it in the middle of your circle at circle time. When you are dismissing the children to another activity you sing,
"If you have blue eyes and you have a striped shirt,
And your name's Billy, please stand up!
And jump inside the circle, circle, circle,
Jump inside the circle, then go _________." (Wash your hands, outside, to the table, etc).

This is one of my favorite dismissing transitions. The kids have so much fun with it and you can vary it a million ways. You can give clues about what the children are wearing, appearance, personal data (birthdays, siblings' names, middle names, last names, parents' names, ages), things the children like, etc. The possibilities are endless. You can also change what you have them do. You don't need the hula hoop. You can have them twirl around (just sing "twirl twirl around, twirl twirl around, twirl twirl around, then go ______."), dance around, clap their hands, jump up and down...you get the idea. No materials needed. Fun, huh?