A while back, the students learned a rhyme with gestures about a crab. After some research, I discovered that this rhyme makes a surprise appearance in the movie "Shanghai Noon," with Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. The rhyme has been changed up a bit there and the scene is not particularly suitable for children, so I used the pinyin and character information a helpful youtube commenter provided to hunt down some other versions of it. Below are several clips of the crab rhyme. The middle clip is a group of adults performing the short rhyme with the gestures. The first is a short soundtrack which includes the crab rhyme, followed by the same rhyme set to a tune. Finally, the third video showcases some young children in adorable crab costumes dancing to the rhyme and some music. The pinyin and English translations are below.
páng xiè yī yā zhǎo bā gè，
liǎng tóu jiān jiān，zhè mó dà de gè，
yǎn yī jǐ yā，bó yī suō，
pá yā pá yā guò shā hé。
螃蟹一呀，爪八個，
兩頭尖尖，這麼大的個，
眼一擠呀，脖一縮，
爬呀爬呀過沙河。
One crab with eight feet and pointed horns - what a big crab
Blinking eyes, shrinking head,
crawling, crawling everywhere.
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