The song is then repeated, children standing in a circle, and the three chosen as Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria choose three children to take their places by pointing at any three children in the circle.
Game may continue as long as desired or until all have had a chance to go inside the circle.[A]
[A] The story of Columbus may be dramatized in connection with this game.
Song
Columbus was a sailor boy,
Many years ago.
A great ship was the sailor's joy,
Many years ago.
The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria,
Little vessels three,
The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria,
Sailed out across the sea.
Laura Rountree Smith
My Little Ship
Once I made a little ship,
Down beside the sea;
And I said, "Come now, dear winds,
And blow it back to me!"
O little ship that sails the sea.
O wind that blows it back to me!
Song