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List of Storytime Songs and Rhymes (in alphabetical order) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I Caught a Fish Alive! 5 Enormous Dinosaurs 5 Fat Peas 5 Green and Speckled Frogs 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed 5 Little Monkeys Swinging From a Tree 5 Little Seashells 10 in the Bed 10 Little Candles Alice the Camel The Ants Go Marching A Peanut Sat on a Railroad Track Apples and Bananas Baby Shark Bananas Unite! Bingo the Dog Brush Your Teeth Dance Your Fingers Up Elevator Song Farmer Brown has 5 red apples The Finger Dance Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes Hello Everybody! Here is a Beehive Here is a Bunny Fingerplay Human Rainstorm Fingerplay If you’re happy and you know it I Had a Little Red Balloon I Have a Little Spider I’m a little teapot I’m Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee The Itsy Bitsy Spider Jenny uses 1 Hammer Little Bunny Foo Foo Macaroni Pony My hat, it has four corners! The Noble Duke of York Open them, Shut them

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Page 1: List of Storytime Songs and Rhymes (in alphabetical order) · List of Storytime Songs and Rhymes (in alphabetical order) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I Caught a Fish Alive! 5 Enormous Dinosaurs

List of Storytime Songs and Rhymes (in alphabetical order)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Once I Caught a Fish Alive!

5 Enormous Dinosaurs

5 Fat Peas

5 Green and Speckled Frogs

5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

5 Little Monkeys Swinging From a Tree

5 Little Seashells

10 in the Bed

10 Little Candles

Alice the Camel

The Ants Go Marching

A Peanut Sat on a Railroad Track

Apples and Bananas

Baby Shark

Bananas Unite!

Bingo the Dog

Brush Your Teeth

Dance Your Fingers Up

Elevator Song

Farmer Brown has 5 red apples

The Finger Dance

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

Hello Everybody!

Here is a Beehive

Here is a Bunny Fingerplay

Human Rainstorm Fingerplay

If you’re happy and you know it

I Had a Little Red Balloon

I Have a Little Spider

I’m a little teapot

I’m Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Jenny uses 1 Hammer

Little Bunny Foo Foo

Macaroni Pony

My hat, it has four corners!

The Noble Duke of York

Open them, Shut them

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Popcorn Kernels song

Popcorn seeds sitting in a pot

Roll, Roll, Sugar Babies

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

There’s a Lobster on my head!

This is a Choo-Choo Train

This is Big

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Way Up High in the Apple Tree

We Wiggle and Wiggle and Stop!

The Wheels on the Bus

Where is Thumbkin?

Zoom Zoom Zoom!

Storytime songs and rhymes

1,2,3,4,5, Once I caught a fish alive!

1,2,3,4,5 (put fingers up one at a time)

Once I caught a fish alive!

6,7,8,9,10 (put fingers up one at a time)

Then I let it go again.

Why did you let it go?

Because it bit my finger so. (Hold up a finger)

Which finger did it bite?

The little one upon the right! (Point to the finger you’re holding up)

5 Enormous Dinosaurs

5 enormous dinosaurs letting out a roar! (Hold 5 fingers up)

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One stomped away (stomp stomp stomp)...

And then there were four!

4 enormous dinosaurs knocking down a tree! (Hold 4 fingers up)

One stomped away (stomp stomp stomp)...

And then there were three!

3 enormous dinosaurs eating dino stew! (Hold 3 fingers up)

One stomped away (stomp stomp stomp)...

And then there were two!

Two enormous dinosaurs resting in the sun! (Hold 2 fingers up)

One stomped away (stomp stomp stomp)...

And then there was one!

One enormous dinosaur goes for a run! (Hold 1 finger up)

One stomped away (stomp stomp stomp)…

And then there were none!

5 Fat Peas

5 fat peas in a pea pod pressed (Curl 5 fingers into a fist)

First 1 grew, then 2 grew (Pop your thumb up, then your pointer)

Then so did all the rest. (Pop the rest of your fingers up, one by one)

They grew, and they grew, (Stretch arms out farther and farther)

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And they did not stop (Stretch more!)

Until one day, the pod went (Stretch even more!)

*POP!* (Clap hands together loudly!)

5 Green and Speckled Frogs

5 Green and Speckled Frogs (Hold up 5 fingers)

Sat on a hollow log

Eating some most delicious bugs. YUM! YUM! (Rub tummy)

One jumped into the pool, (Make one finger dive into the pool)

Where it was nice and cool.

Now there are 4 green speckled frogs. BLUB! BLUB! (Hold up 4 fingers)

(through 4,3,2)

1 Green and Speckled Frog (Hold up 1 finger)

Sat on a hollow log

Eating some most delicious bugs. YUM! YUM! (Rub tummy)

Once jumped into the pool, (Make one finger dive into the pool)

Where it was nice and cool.

Now there are NO green speckled frogs. BLUB! BLUB!

5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (Hold up 5 fingers and jump them up and down)

1 fell off and bumped his head (Hold up one finger and make it fall. Then grab head in pain)

Mama called the doctor, and the doctor said, (Hold hand to ear like a phone)

No more monkeys jumping on the bed! (Shake finger angrily)

(Continue until there are no more monkeys)

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5 Little Monkeys Swinging From a Tree

5 little monkeys swinging from a tree (Swing 5 fingers in the air)

Teasing Mr. Crocodile, you can’t catch me! (Put hands on head like antlers and tease Mr. Crocodile)

Along comes Mr. Crocodile, quiet as can be (Put hands together like a crocodile’s mouth sneaking along)

And SNAPS that monkey right outta that tree. (Clap hands together loudly like they just ate a monkey!)

*Continue with 4, 3, 2, and 1 until no monkeys left!

5 Little Seashells

5 little seashells lying on the shore. (Hold up 5 fingers)

Swish went the waves! (Make a swish noise and wave other hand over the 5 fingers, taking 1 away)

And then there were four!

4 little seashells, pretty as can be. (Hold up 4 fingers)

Swish went the waves! (Make a swish noise and wave other hand over the 4 fingers, taking 1 away)

And then there were three!

3 little seashells, all pearly new. (Hold up 3 fingers)

Swish went the waves! (Make a swish noise and wave other hand over the 3 fingers, taking 1 away)

And then there were two!

2 little seashells lying in the sun. (Hold up 2 fingers)

Swish went the waves! (Make a swish noise and wave other hand over the 2 fingers, taking 1 away)

And then there was one!

1 little seashell lying all alone. (Hold up 1 finger)

I picked it up (Pretend to pick it up)

And I took it home! (Pretend to put in pocket)

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10 in the Bed

There were 10 in the bed and the little one said (Hold up 10 fingers)

roll over, roll over (Lean to the side)

So they all rolled over and 1 fell out (Roll hands)

There were 9 in the bed….(continue until 1)

There was 1 in the bed and the little one said (Hold up 1 finger)

I’m lonely!

10 Little Candles

10 little candles standing on a cake (Put 10 fingers up)

Whh! Whh! Now there are 8 (Blow out one candle and then the other)

8 little candles in candlesticks

Whh! Whh! Now there are 6 (Blow out one candle and then the other)

6 little candles not one more

Whh! Whh! Now there are 4 (Blow out one candle and then the other)

4 little candles yellow and blue

Whh! Whh! Now there are 2 (Blow out one candle and then the other)

2 little candles one plus one

Whh! Whh! Now there are none. (Blow out one candle and then the other)

Alice the Camel

Alice the camel has 5 humps (x3) (Hold up 5 fingers for 5 humps)

So go, Alice, go, boom, boom, boom (Stomp your feet with the booms)

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(Do a verse for 4,3,2,1)

Alice the camel has no humps (x3) (Hold up a fist with no fingers up)

‘Cuz Alice is a horse!

The Ants Go Marching

The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah! (Hold up 1 finger and march in place)

The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah! (Hold up 1 finger and march in place)

The ants go marching one by one, (Keep marching)

The little one stops to suck his thumb (Pretend to suck your thumb)

And they all go marching down… to the ground (March)

To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! (Keep marching)

The ants go marching two by two… (Hold up 2 fingers and march in place)

The little one stops to tie his shoe (Pretend to tie your shoe)

The ants go marching three by three... (Hold up 3 fingers and march in place)

The little one stops to climb a tree (Pretend to climb up tree)

The ants go marching four by four... (Hold up 4 fingers and march in place)

The little one stops to shut the door (Pretend you’re slamming a door)

The ants go marching five by five... (Hold up 5 fingers and march in place)

The little one stops to take a dive (Pretend to dive into a pool)

And they all go marching down to the ground (March)

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To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! (Keep marching)

A Peanut Sat on a Railroad Track

A peanut sat on a railroad track, (Place thumb on arm)

His heart was all aflutter (Wave hands like heart fluttering)

Around the bend came number 10 (Make arm drive around a corner like a train)

Toot, toot! (Toot horn)

Peanut butter! (Smash hands together)

Apples and Bananas

I like to Eat, Eat, Eat

Apples and Bananas!

I like to Eat, Eat, Eat

Apples and Bananas!

(Repeat with long vowel sounds A, E, I, O, U. “I like to Ate, Ate, Ate, Ay-ples and BaNayNays!”)

Baby Shark

Baby shark do-do-doot-doot-do-do (Use two fingers to make a tiny shark mouth)

Baby shark do-do-doot-doot-do-do

Baby shark do-do-doot-doot-do-do

Baby shark!

Mama shark do-do-doot-doot-do-do... (Use the whole hand to make a larger shark mouth)

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Daddy shark do-do-doot-doot-do-do... (Use two hands to make a larger shark mouth)

Grampa shark do-do-doot-doot-do-do... (Use both arms to make the largest shark mouth)

Tuna fish do-do-doot-doot-do-do... (Put hands together in front of you and swim side to side)

Shark attack! (Wave arms around and scream like you’re the tuna being eaten)

Bananas Unite!

Bananas unite! (Clap hands together)

Peel bananas, peel, peel bananas (Pretend to peel bananas)

Chop bananas, chop chop bananas (Pretend to chop bananas)

Mash bananas, mash mash bananas (Pretend to mash bananas)

Eat bananas, eat, eat bananas (Pretend to eat bananas)

Go Bananas! (Wave arms around and scream!)

Bingo the Dog

There was a farmer had a dog

and Bingo was his name-o!

B-I-N-G-O! B-I-N-G-O! B-I-N-G-O!

And Bingo was his name-o!

(Repeat with a clap instead of the first letter and continue until all the letters are claps)

Brush Your Teeth

I went to the dentist, and this is what she said:

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“Brush your teeth with your hand on your head!” (Put one hand on head)

Brush-a, brush-a, brush-a, brush-a, brush-a, brush-a, brush-a! (Pretend to brush teeth with other hand)

I went to the dentist, and she said to me:

“Brush your teeth with your hand on your knee!”... (Put one hand on knee)

I went to the dentist, and she said, “isn’t this funny?

Brush your teeth with your hand on your tummy!”... (Put one hand on tummy)

I went to the dentist, and what do you suppose?

She said, “brush your teeth with your hand on your nose!”... (Put one hand on nose)

I went to the dentist, and she said, “oh dear!

Brush your teeth with your hand on your ear!”... (Put one hand on ear)

I went to the dentist and she said, “SO CLEAN! (Smile really big!)

Those are the prettiest teeth I’ve ever seen!” THE END!

Dance Your Fingers Up

Dance your fingers up (Dance fingers up)

Dance your fingers down (Dance fingers down)

Dance your fingers side to side (Dance fingers side to side)

Dance them all around (Dance fingers around in a circle)

Dance them on your shoulders (Dance fingers on shoulders)

Dance them on your head (Dance fingers on head)

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Dance them on your belly (Dance fingers on belly)

And put them all to bed (Hide hands behind your back)

Elevator Song

Take the elevator up! (Stretch up high)

Take the elevator down! (Bend down low)

Take the elevator up! (Stretch up high)

Take the elevator down! (Bend down low)

Take the elevator up! (Stretch up high)

Take the elevator down! (Bend down low)

Then turn around! (Turn around in a circle)

Farmer Brown has 5 red apples

Farmer Brown has 5 red apples (Hold up 5 fingers for 5 apples)

Hanging from a tree

Farmer Brown has 5 red apples (Hold up 5 fingers for 5 apples)

Hanging from a tree

And he takes 1 down and he eats it hungrily (Take one apple down)

Omnomnomnom (Eat apple messily)

*Continue until no apples

The Finger Dance

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Do the finger dance! (Dance your fingers around)

Make your fingers dance!

Do the finger dance!

Make your fingers dance!

Do the finger scratch! (Pretend to scratch at your body)

Make your fingers scratch!...

Do the finger shush! (Hold finger up to shush)

Make your fingers shush!...

Do the finger shake! (Shake your fingers in the air)

Make your fingers shake!...

Do the finger point! (Point fingers at imaginary things)

Make your fingers point!...

Do the finger stretch! (Stretch fingers out)

Make your fingers stretch!...

Do the finger rest! (Flop fingers down)

Let your fingers rest!...

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

Head, (Touch head)

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Shoulders, (Touch shoulders)

Knees & toes, (Touch knees and then toes)

Knees & toes! (Touch knees and then toes)

(Repeat)

Eyes and (Touch closed eyes)

ears and (Touch ears)

mouth and (Touch mouth)

nose! (Touch nose)

Head, (Touch head)

Shoulders, (Touch shoulders)

Knees & toes, (Touch knees and then toes)

Knees & toes! (Touch knees and then toes)

Hello Everybody!

Hello, everybody

Can you touch your nose?

Touch your nose? Touch your nose?

Hello, everybody

Can you touch your nose?

Touch your nose!

Hello, everybody, Can you…

Clap your hands/Stomp your feet/Jump up high/Sit back down

Here is a Beehive

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Here is a beehive, (Hold up a fist)

But where are the bees? (Shrug shoulders in confusion)

They’re hiding inside, (Point at the hive)

Where nobody sees.

Watch them come out of the hive,

1-2-3-4-5, (Make each finger pop up)

Buzzzzz!!! (Tickle person next to you or make them fly around)

Here is a Bunny Fingerplay

Here is a bunny with ears so funny! (Hold up two fingers like bunny ears)

Here is a hole in the ground. (Use other hand to make a hole in your fist)

If a sound she hears, she wiggles her ears, (Wiggle bunny ears)

And pops right into the ground! (Hop bunny ears into the hole)

Human Rainstorm Fingerplay

A storm is coming! Now it’s a…

Light Drizzle – (Rub two fingers together)

Drizzle – (Rub hands together)

Soft Rain – (Tap two fingers together)

Pitter-Patter Rain – (Tap all fingers together)

Medium Rain – (Clap hands)

Heavy Rain – (Slap hands on legs)

Downpour!!! – (Slap hands on legs and stomp feet)

Now the storm is going away! (Go backwards)

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Heavy Rain

Medium Rain

Pitter-Patter Rain

Soft Rain

Drizzle

Light Drizzle

If you’re happy and you know it

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. (Clap, clap!)

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. (Clap, clap!)

If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it. (Smile)

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. (Clap, clap!)

If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet. (Stomp, stomp!)

If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet. (Stomp, stomp!)

If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it. (Smile)

If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet. (Stomp, stomp!)

If you’re happy and you know it, shout hooray! (Raise hands and yell “hooray!”)

If you’re happy and you know it, shout hooray! (Raise hands and yell “hooray!”)

If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it. (Smile)

If you’re happy and you know it, shout hooray! (Raise hands and yell “hooray!”)

I Had a Little Red Balloon

I had a little red balloon (Pretend to hold a little balloon in your hands.)

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And I blew and I blew and I blew. (Blow up the balloon.)

And it grew and it grew and it grew. (Spread your hands far apart.)

I tossed it up in the air (Throw it in the air.)

And didn’t let it drop. (Catch the balloon.)

I bounced it on the ground (Bounce it on the ground.)

And it went “POP!” (Clap your hands together at POP!)

I Have a Little Spider

I have a little spider. (Cup little spider in your hands)

I’m very fond of him.

He climbed onto my shoulder, (Climb spider onto shoulder)

And then onto my chin. (Climb spider onto chin)

He climbed down my arm, (Climb spider down arm)

And then down my leg. (Climb spider down leg)

And now he’s very tired,

So I put him back to bed! (Rock spider to sleep in your hands)

I’m a little teapot

I’m a little teapot

Short and stout.

Here is my handle. (Touch hand to your waist)

Here is my spout. (Point other hand out like a tea spout)

When I get all steamed up (Shake your body around)

Hear me shout!

Tip me over and pour me out! (Lean over like you’re pouring out tea)

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I’m Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee

I’m bringing home a baby bumblebee (Rock arms like you’re holding a baby)

Won’t my mommy be so proud of me

I’m bringing home a baby bumblebee

Ouch! He stung me! (Grab arm in pain!)

I’m squishing up a baby bumblebee (Squish hands together)

Won’t my mommy be so proud of me

I’m squishing up a baby bumblebee

Ew! It’s yucky! (Hold hands out)

I’m wiping off a baby bumblebee (Wipe hands off on legs)

Won’t my mommy be so proud of me

I’m wiping of a baby bumblebee

Phew! All gone! (Hold up clean hands)

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout (Make fingers climb up)

Down came the rain and washed the spider out (Make rain trickle down and wash away the spider)

Out came the sun and dried up all the rain (Put hands over head like a big round sun)

And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again (Make fingers climb up again)

The great big spider…. (Same movements, but with whole hand)

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Jenny uses 1 Hammer

Jenny uses 1 hammer, 1 hammer, 1 hammer (Use one arm to hammer)

Jenny uses 1 hammer, then she uses 2. (Get out other arm like you’ve got 2 hammers)

(Continue until 5. For 3, use one leg. For 4, use both legs. For 5, use your head and headbang like you’re

at a rock concert)

Little Bunny Foo Foo

Little bunny Foo Foo (Hold up two fingers like bunny ears and make them hop)

Hopping through the forest

Scooping up the field mice (Use one hand to scoop up mice)

And bopping 'em on the head! (Use other hand to bop them on the head)

Down came the Good Fairy (Pretend you’re the good fairy floating down)

And she said

"Little bunny Foo Foo (Shake finger angrily)

I don't wanna see you

Scooping up the field mice (Use one hand to scoop up mice)

And bopping 'em on the head!" (Use other hand to bop them on the head)

I'll give you 2 chances (Hold up 2 fingers)

And if you don’t behave,

I'll turn you into a goon!

The next day…

(repeat with 1 chance, then again and say:)

“I gave you 2 chances

And you didn’t behave!”

So *Poof! She turned him into a Goon! (Open hands wide like a puff of smoke turned him into a goon)

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Macaroni Pony

I have a little pony, his name is Macaroni (Slap hands on lap)

And he trots and trots and trots…(Slap hands faster and faster)

Until he stops! Woah! (Hold hands up in the air to calm the horse)

A pretty little pony, his name is Macaroni (Slap hands on lap)

And he trots and trots and trots…(Slap hands faster and faster)

Until he stops! Woah! (Hold hands up in the air to calm the horse)

My hat, it has four corners!

(Put scarf on head)

My “hat”, it has four corners. (Touch each corner)

Four corners has my “hat.”

And had it not four corners,

It would not be my “hat!”

(Can continue with “mask,” “shoe,” and “scarf.”)

The Noble Duke of York

The Noble Duke of York (March)

He had ten thousand men.

He marched them up to the top of the hill (Reach up high)

And he marched them down again. (Crouch down low)

And when they were up (Reach up high)

They were up!

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And when they were down (Crouch down low)

They were down!

And when they were only halfway up (Bend halfway down)

They were neither up nor down! (Jump up high and then down low)

Open them, Shut them

Open them, shut them. (Open hands and shut them)

Open them, shut them. (Open hands and shut them)

Give a little “clap, clap, clap!” (Clap when you say, “clap”)

Open them, shut them. (Open hands and shut them)

Open them, shut them. (Open hands and shut them)

Lay them in your lap, lap, lap! (Lay hands down on your lap)

Creep them, crawl them (Crawl hands up your body)

Creep them, crawl them (Crawl hands up your body)

Right up to your chin, chin, chin! (Tap fingers on chin)

Open up your little mouth (Open fingers in front of your mouth)

But do not let them IN! (Pretend fingers are trying to get in your mouth!)

Popcorn Kernels song

Popcorn kernels! Popcorn kernels! (Wave scarf in the air)

In the pot! In the pot! (Stuff scarf into your fist)

Shake them, shake them, shake them! Shake them, shake them, shake them! (Shake fists)

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Till they POP! Till they POP! (Throw scarf into the air)

Popcorn seeds sitting in a pot

Five little popcorn seeds sitting in a pot (Hold 5 fingers up and then squat down low)

One got hot and it went “Pop!” (Shake like you’re heating up and jump on the word “Pop!”)

(Repeat with Four, three, two, one, and no more popcorn seeds sitting in the pot.)

Roll, Roll, Sugar Babies

*Roll Roll Sugar Babies! (Roll hands around each other)

Roll Roll Sugar Babies!

Push (Pretend to push something heavy)

and Pull (Pretend to pull something heavy)

and Clap Clap Clap!

(2 times)

Roll up High! (Roll hands up high)

Roll down Low! (Roll hands down low)

Roll really Fast! (Roll hands really fast)

Roll really Slow! (Roll hands really slowly)

(*Back to beginning. 1 time)

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Row, row, row your boat (Row with pretend oars)

Gently down the stream

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

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Life is but a dream

Rock, rock, rock your boat (Rock side to side)

Gently down the stream

If you see a crocodile (Use 2 arms like a crocodile’s mouth opening and closing)

Don’t forget to scream! Ahh!

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around, (Turn around)

Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground. (Touch hands to the ground)

Teddy bear, teddy bear, show your shoe, (Point at shoe)

Teddy bear, teddy bear, that will do.

Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch your nose, (Touch nose)

Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch your toes. (Touch toes)

Teddy bear, teddy bear, jump up high, (Jump up high)

Teddy bear, teddy bear, wave bye bye. (Wave bye bye)

There’s a Lobster on my head!

(To the tune of “If you’re happy and you know it”)

There’s a lobster on my head, on my head (Touch head)

There’s a lobster on my head, on my head (Touch head)

There’s a lobster on my head, now we’ll put him straight to bed

There’s a lobster on my head, on my head! (Rock baby lobster to sleep)

There’s a lobster on my toe...now we’ll shake it to and fro… (Shake lobster side to side)

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There’s a lobster on my ear...now we’ll make him wave and cheer… YAY!!! (Wave and yell)

There’s a lobster on my knee...now we’ll sit down quietly… (Sit with lobster)

There’s a lobster on my face…and we’ll shoot him into space!...

In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Blastoff! (Jump up with lobster)

Put your lobsters in the bin, in the bin...if you get it in, you win!

Put your lobsters in the bin, in the bin! (Put lobster into bin)

This is a Choo-Choo Train

This is a Choo-Choo Train (bend elbows)

Puffing down the track

Now it’s going forward (rotate arms forward)

Now it’s going back (rotate arms backward)

Now the bell is ringing (pretend to pull the cord) Ding ding!

Now the whistle blows (hold fist near mouth) Toot toot!

What a lot of noise it makes (cover ears)

Everywhere it goes!

This is Big

This is big, big, big (stretch arms out to their sides)

This is small, small, small (cup hands as if holding something small)

This is short, short, short (hands on top of each other a few inches apart)

This is tall, tall, tall (stretch arms above your head)

This is yes, yes, yes (nod head yes)

This is no, no, no (shake head no)

This is fast, fast, fast (roll arms quickly)

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This is slow, slow, slow (roll arms slowly)

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star

How I wonder what you are

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky

Twinkle, twinkle, little star

How I wonder what you are

Way Up High in the Apple Tree

Way up high in the apple tree (Hold hand up high)

5 red apples looked at me. (Hold up 5 fingers)

I shook that tree as hard as I could! (Shake the “tree” hand)

Down came an apple! (Have fist fall onto your palm)

Mmmm! It was good! (Pretend to eat it messily and then rub tummy)

*Continue with 4 to 1

We Wiggle and Wiggle and Stop!

We wiggle and wiggle and STOP.

We wiggle and wiggle and STOP.

We wiggle and wiggle and wiggle and wiggle

and wiggle and wiggle and STOP.

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We twirl and we twirl and we STOP.

We twirl and we twirl and we STOP.

We twirl and we twirl and we twirl and we twirl

and we twirl and we twirl and we STOP.

We clap and we clap and we STOP.

We clap and we clap and we STOP.

We clap and we clap and we clap and we clap

and we clap and we clap and we STOP.

We wave and we wave and we STOP.

We wave and we wave and we STOP.

We wave and we wave and we wave and we wave

and we wave and we wave and we STOP.

We jump and we jump and we STOP.

We jump and we jump and we STOP.

We jump and we jump and we jump and we jump

and we jump and we jump and we STOP!

The Wheels on the Bus

The wheels on the bus go round and round, (Roll hands)

Round and round

The wheels on the bus go round and round,

All through the town.

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The doors on the bus go open and shut... (Open hands like doors)

The driver on the bus says move on back... (Point thumb backwards)

The people on the bus go up and down... (Stretch up and then bend down)

The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish... (Swish arms back and forth)

The horn on the bus goes beep beep beep... (Pretend to beep horn)

The baby on the bus goes wah wah wah... (Hold hands up to eyes and cry)

The mommy on the bus goes sh sh sh... (Hold finger up to mouth)

The daddy on the bus goes I love you... (Put arms on chest in ASL “love” sign and then point)

Where is Thumbkin?

Where is Thumbkin? (Hide both hands behind your back)

Where is Thumbkin?

Here I am! (Bring out one thumb)

Here I am! (Bring out other thumb)

How are you today, sir? (Make one thumb talk to the other)

Very well, I thank you! (Make other thumb talk back)

Run away! (Put one hand behind back)

Run away! (Put other hand behind back)

(Continue with:

“Pointer” – Pointer fingers

“Tall Man” – Middle fingers

“Ring Man” – Ring fingers

“Pinky” – Pinky fingers

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Zoom Zoom Zoom!

Zoom zoom zoom! We’re going to the moon! (Rub hands together up and down)

Zoom zoom zoom! We’re going to the moon! (Rub hands together up and down)

If you want to take a trip, climb aboard my rocketship! (Pretend you’re climbing up a ladder)

Zoom zoom zoom! We’re going to the moon! (Rub hands together up and down)

In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...Blastoff! (Countdown with fingers until blastoff and then jump high!)

Far far far! We’re going to the stars!... (Same movements)

(Spoken)Now we’ve gotta get back to Earth! So:

Down down down. We’re landing on the ground. (Slowly lower yourself to the ground)

(Slowly) Down down down. We’re lan...ding...on...the...ground! Yay! (Sit down)