À la salade
With The Salad
Comptine
(French)
Nursery Rhyme
(English)
À la salade
Je suis malade
Au céleri
Je suis guéri
À la pomme de terre
Je suis par terre
Au haricot
Je suis dans l'eau.
-Savez vous nager,
Mademoiselle/Monsieur?
With the salad
I'm sick
With the celery
I'm cured
With the potatoes
I'm on the ground
With the beans
I'm in the water.
-Can you swim,
Miss/Sir?
Notes
This rhyme is recited
Game Instructions
The adult is sitting and holding the hands of the child who's sitting on his ankles. He pushes and pulls the child back and forth in a seesaw movement on each line. At the end if the answer is "yes", the game begins again. If the answer is "no", the adult lets the child go backwards.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Monique Palomares for contributing this rhyme. Translated by Monique and Lisa
Many thanks to Edit' Dupont for contributing and singing this song for Mama Lisa's World.
Merci beaucoup!
