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Post by Scrappea on Jul 7, 2015 15:48:12 GMT
I think that's what they call sitting with your legs crossed underneath you now. "In my time" we called it "Pea mooney" style, but I can't find any references to that (I am sure I spelled it wrong) word. Anybody know what I am talking about and/or can spell it correctly for me?
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Post by smartypants71 on Jul 7, 2015 15:52:12 GMT
When I was a kid it was "indian style". I don't think that's PC anymore  |
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Post by pierogi on Jul 7, 2015 15:54:48 GMT
It was called "Indian style" when I was in kindy, so many many years ago. I'm not sure exactly when they changed it. (80's? '90's? 00's?)
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 7, 2015 15:56:09 GMT
I've never heard of pea mooney.
I sat Indian stule, my students sit criss cross.
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Post by giatocj on Jul 7, 2015 15:56:35 GMT
I know what criss-cross applesauce is because I have grandkids, but when I was in school it was just called "indian style".
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Post by Pahina722 on Jul 7, 2015 15:59:27 GMT
I always called it pretzeling but DS was taught the criss cross thing. First time he said it, I was all  |
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Post by georgiapea on Jul 7, 2015 16:03:17 GMT
Indian style for my generation, but I can't sit that way and never could.
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Post by myshelly on Jul 7, 2015 16:05:03 GMT
Never heard pea mooney or anything like that.
Just criss cross applesauce around here.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 7, 2015 16:05:26 GMT
We always call it sitting 'cross legged'. Up north the 'ed' bit is pronounced old fashioned style as 'leg - ed'.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 7, 2015 16:11:52 GMT
We always call it sitting 'cross legged'. Up north the 'ed' bit is pronounced old fashioned style as 'leg - ed'. Down here too!  But Indian Style when I was a kid, criss cross applesauce for my kids. |
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Post by Zee on Jul 7, 2015 16:15:14 GMT
It was Indian style or cross-legged (it's always leg-ed in the US as far as I know) when I was a kid, and I think just cross-legged for my kids, not sure.
I never heard criss cross applesauce until the peas.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2015 16:23:08 GMT
They say criss cross applesauce at DS's school. I think it's dumb. What's wrong with just saying cross-legged?
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Post by hosschick on Jul 7, 2015 16:24:01 GMT
Indian style in my youth; criss-cross applesauce for dd.
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Post by Dani-Mani on Jul 7, 2015 16:37:07 GMT
I asked my students to sit crisscross applesauce. But I definitely set Indian style.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2015 17:18:24 GMT
I think that's what they call sitting with your legs crossed underneath you now. "In my time" we called it "Pea mooney" style, but I can't find any references to that (I am sure I spelled it wrong) word. Anybody know what I am talking about and/or can spell it correctly for me? My guess it it came from P. Mooney www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoaIcq7q4XI (it is family safe) |
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Post by maryland on Jul 7, 2015 17:26:09 GMT
I was at school volunteering the first time I heard cris cross applesauce. I had no idea what they meant! I can't bring my self to say cris cross applesause  but I will say criss cross or cross legged. |
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Post by maryland on Jul 7, 2015 17:27:07 GMT
They say criss cross applesauce at DS's school. I think it's dumb. What's wrong with just saying cross-legged? Thank you! I posted before I read this. I can't say it either! |
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Post by moodyblue on Jul 7, 2015 17:34:55 GMT
I think the cross-cross applesauce probably started with the teachers of very young kids. Lots of songs and rhyming things to reinforce routine and procedures, and then it becomes a habit and teachers of older kids sometimes continue with the familiar rhymes.
I hear that a lot from the primary grade teachers in my school.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2015 17:34:46 GMT
I've never heard of pea mooney. I sat Indian stule, my students sit criss cross. I too never heard of "pea mooney" so I cannot help you with spelling.
I grew up sitting "indian style"
My kids sat "criss-cross applesauce" in the late 90's.
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Post by valleyview on Jul 7, 2015 19:01:59 GMT
I've never heard of cross cross applesauce. It was always cross legg-ed or Indian style for me. I was always told Indian referred to India, because of yoga. Don't remember what my kids called it.
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Post by melanell on Jul 7, 2015 19:14:24 GMT
It was Indian style when I was little, and cross-legged when I got older. Now, my kids learn criss-cross applesauce in preschool though the early elementary years, and then they switch to cross-legged as well.
And yes, we say leg-ed.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Jul 7, 2015 19:17:03 GMT
Indian style was the reference back in the day. I remember most of my children's teachers just called it cross-legged.
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Post by JoP on Jul 7, 2015 20:00:28 GMT
We always call it sitting 'cross legged'. Up north the 'ed' bit is pronounced old fashioned style as 'leg - ed'. Same for me in Wales |
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 7, 2015 20:05:50 GMT
They say criss cross applesauce at DS's school. I think it's dumb. What's wrong with just saying cross-legged? in preschool we did a whole rhyme with it and the rhyme called the kids over to the carpet |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 8, 2015 4:29:00 GMT
It was Indian style for me as well, and for DD they taught her crisis cross applesauce in preschool.
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Post by Linda on Jul 8, 2015 5:00:13 GMT
I've never heard of cross cross applesauce. It was always cross legg-ed or Indian style for me. I was always told Indian referred to India, because of yoga. Don't remember what my kids called it. Indian style when I was growing up overseas also - I assumed India because Native Americans really weren't on my radar as a English child but I think it became unPC here in the States around the time it became unacceptable to call Native Americans "Indians" - probably as part of that switchover despite the different origins. My children, growing up in the States, call it criss cross applesauce. Personally I can't sit that way - never could - my hips just don't rotate like that |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2015 5:06:45 GMT
Growing up I learned it was sitting "indian"
My kids had preschool/Sunday School teachers, etc that used a call for sitting down:
Criss-Cross applesauce
Give your hands a clap
Criss-Cross applesauce
Put them in your lap.
By the end of the rhyme the kids were all supposed to be sitting down with legs crossed. As they went from preschool rhymes that were supposed to make following directions fun/cute to more pointed directions it was shortened to "criss cross applesauce" and then just "criss cross"
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on Jul 8, 2015 8:06:45 GMT
When I was a kid it was sitting indian style
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Post by *sprout* on Jul 8, 2015 12:49:39 GMT
When I taught preschool, my kids sat "criss-cross applesauce legs like a pretzel."
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jul 8, 2015 13:07:04 GMT
We always call it sitting 'cross legged'. Up north the 'ed' bit is pronounced old fashioned style as 'leg - ed'. Same for me in Wales Me too or sometimes indian style but cross leg-ed is how we would say it. My daughter learned criss-cross I don't think they said apple sauce just crisscross |
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but I will say criss cross or cross legged. 
