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English translation: lap games

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German term or phrase:	Kniereiterspiele
English translation:	lap games
Entered by:	jamiemac

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08:00 Jan 13, 2012

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Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / Kindergarten / toddler games

German term or phrase: Kniereiterspiele

This term comes from an official German-language brochure for parents on what they can do at home to help their children learn songs and generally acquire language competencies. It is probably referring to songs where the child sits on your knee and bounces up and down while singing, but I do not know of a suitable translation for this in English. Any suggestions would be most welcome.

Here is the entire sentence: "Bauen Sie Lieder, Auszählreime, Fingerspiele oder Kniereiterspiele in den Alltag ein"

jamiemac KudoZ activity Questions: 4 (none open) Answers: 1 Austria
Local time: 00:43

lap games

Explanation:
A child sitting on an adult's knees is usually referred to "sitting on the lap" in the English language.

Selected response from:

Sanni Kruger
United Kingdom

Grading comment

Thanks for your suggestion - it appears to fit the best.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

lap games

Sanni Kruger

knee bouncing rhymes

phoeberuth

knee-riding games

Lynda Hepburn

knee rider games

karinearakelyan

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

14 mins confidence:

knee rider games

Explanation:
pls. check the web reference below

Reference: http://www.reading-worldwide.de/zeigen_e.html?seite=8167

karinearakelyan
Armenia
Local time: 03:43
Native speaker of:

Armenian,

Russian

34 mins confidence:

knee-riding games

Explanation:
"Dressing a child can be just the time for playing finger games, or counting on their toes or playing knee-riding games like 'This is the way the ladies ride'". see: "Communication skills for working with children and young people" http://tinyurl.com/7pe2mq4

Or:
"Looking for ideas on how to play baby games with your baby? Here are some fun knee-riding games that your baby will love to play." see donorivf.posterous.com/play-baby-games

Lynda Hepburn
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:43
Native speaker of:

English

44 mins confidence:

knee bouncing rhymes

Explanation:
I prefer 'knee-bouncer rhymes' myself, but it only got two google hits, whereas 'knee bouncing rhymes' got far more.

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Note added at 46 Min. (2012-01-13 08:46:50 GMT)
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"knee jogging rhymes" would be another possibility

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Note added at 47 Min. (2012-01-13 08:47:43 GMT)
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...which gets nearly 80,000 google hits

phoeberuth
Local time: 00:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

lap games

Explanation:
A child sitting on an adult's knees is usually referred to "sitting on the lap" in the English language.

Example sentence(s):

Build singing, nursery rhymes, finger and lap games into your daily routine.

Reference: http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/cellpractices_rev/CELLp...

Sanni Kruger
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks for your suggestion - it appears to fit the best.

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