Many teachers and practitioners recognise the benefits of reintroducing singing and action games at breaktimes to improve behaviour and social interaction, encourage active play, and combat obesity.

So, pat-a-cake doesn’t have to be passé – singing in the playground is inventive, active, and catchy riffs spread like wildfire.

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