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Description: MUSIC TEACHING TIPS: Students make two circles holding hands, with a stuffed/rubbed chicken in the middle and two "foxes" walking around the outside. The two circles go in opposite directions walking to the beat of the music. At the end of the song, two "gates" or holes in the fences open up and the foxes run under the gates, through the maze to the chicken. Whoever gets to the chicken first first wins. If you want, you can have the winner go again and the loser choose the next person to race. It helps to have the foxes walk around the outside while the song is being sung instead of starting at the same spot so that they don't run over each other on their way to the center. The teacher chooses the "gates" (the only places that the foxes can go under) by squeezing students' hands (one in each circle) before the song starts while the foxes are closing their eyes. The words are "Chicken on a fencepost, can't dance Josie/Chicken on a fencepost, can't dance Josie/Chicken on a fencepost, can't dance Josie/Hello Susan Brownie-o." This is a great song for practicing sixteenth notes. This is great for kindergarten and first grade (elementary school).