listed in alphabetical order by title

After my bath I try, try, try

To rub with a towel til I'm dry, dry, dry

Hands to dry, and fingers and toes

And two wet legs and a shiny nose

Just think how much less time it would take

If I were a dog and could shake, shake, shake!

 

The airplane has great big wings (arms outstretched)

Its propeller spins around and sings (roll hands)

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

The airplane goes up (light arms and body)

The airplane goes down (lower arms and body)

The airplane flies high (arms outstretched, spin around)

All over the town!

 

 

Animals
(do actions for each line)

Can you hop like a rabbit?

Can you jump like a frog?

Can you walk like a duck?

Can you run like a dog?

Can you fly like a bird?

Can you swim like a fish?

And then sit down and be still like this?

 

The bear went over the mountain

The bear went over the mountain

The bear went over the mountain

To see what he could see

 

To see what he could see

To see what he could see

 

The other side of the mountain

The other side of the mountain

The other side of the mountain

Was all that he could see

 

Was all that he could see

Was all that he could see

The other side of the mountain

Was all that he could see

 

A bear eats honey (pretend to eat)

He thinks it's yummy

In his tummy (rub tummy)

But the bees don't think it's funny

Buzzzzzzzzzzz!  (make hand buzz around like a bee)

 

Beat Your Drums (tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)

Beat, beat, beat your drums

Beat them loud and clear

Beat them hard, and beat them soft

For everyone to hear

 

Beat, beat, beat your drums

Beat them all around

Beat them hard, and beat them soft

Now, don't make a sound.

 

Be My Valentine (tune: Mary Had A Little Lamb)

You're a special friend of mine, friend of mine, friend of mine

You're a special friend of mine,

Be my Valentine!

 

Big bugs, small bugs

Big bugs, small bugs

See them crawl, up the wall

Creepy, creepy crawling

Never, never falling

Bugs, bugs, bugs!

 

Birthday candles, one-two-three (hold up fingers on the count)

Birthday candles just for me! (point to self)

Last year two, next year four (hold up 2 fingers on left hand and 4 on right)

Birthday candles I want more! (hold up all fingers)

 

Boom, bang, boom, bang! (tap on knees)
Rumpety, lumpety, bump! (tap on stomach)
Zoom, zam, zoom, zam! (slide hands back and forth)
Clippety, clappety, clump! (stomp on floor)
Rustles and bustles
And swishes and zings (hug shoulders and rock)
What wonderful noises a thunderstorm brings

 

This is Brownie's dog house and (make teepee with fingertips touching)

This is Brownie's bed (lay one hand on top of other)

The is the pan that holds his milk (cup hands)

And other good things he's fed

This is the collar that goes round his neck (make circle, thumbs and index fingers touching)

All bright and shiny and new

And this is his ball, just give it a toss (cup hand and 'throw' ball)

And he'll bring it right back to you. (reach down to retrieve ball)

 

I'm going to build a little house (form arch over head)

WIth windows big and bright (circles around eyes)

With chimney tall and curling smoke drifting out of sight (stretch up arms and make drifting motion)

In winter when the snowflakes fall (flutter hands down)

Or when I hear a storm (cup hand to ear)

I'll go inside my little house (crouch inside)

And I'll be safe and warm (hug self or child)

 

Clippity-Clop

Clippity, clippity, clippity-clop (alternately slap hands on lap)

This is the way the horses trot

Clippity, clippity, clippity-clop

Faster, faster, faster (slap hands faster and faster)

Until you…(even faster)

Drop! (slap both hands on ground)

 

Blue is the lake ( point to the floor)

Yellow is the sun (point to the sky)

Silver are the stars when the day is done (wiggle fingers)

Red is the apple (make circle with hands)

Green is the the tree (raise arms over head like branches)

Brown is a choclate chip cookie for you and me! (rub tummy)

 

The cows on the farm go moo, moo, moo

Moo, moo, moo

Moo, moo, moo

The cows on the farm go moo, moo, moo

All night long.

 

The sheep on the farm go baa, baa, baa...

The pigs on the farm go oink, oink, oink...

The farmer on the farm yells, "Go to sleep!"...So I can get my rest!

 

 

Elephant, elephant in the zoo

I wish I had a trunk like you

I'd swing it high, Id' swing it low

I'd swing it everywhere I go!

 

The elephant goes like this and that,this and that, this and that (walk heavily and stomp feet)

The elephant goes like this and that

Cause he's so big and he's so fat! (puff up cheeks and stretch out arms)

 

He has no finger and has no toes, he has no fingers and he has no toes (wiggle fingers, wiggle toes)

He has no finger and he has no toes,

But goodness gracious, what a nose! (pull hands out from face to suggest a long trunk)

 

Right foot, left foot, down the street

With my trunk and four big feet

I am gray and big and slow

Watch me as I come and go

 

This is mommy, kind and dear

This is daddy, standing near

This is brother, see how tall

This is sister, not so tall

This is baby, sweet and small

This is the family one and all (wiggle fingers)

 

Five little cookies in the bakery shop

Shining bright with sugar on top

Along comes [child's name] with a nickel to pay

He/she buys a cookie and take it away

(repeat for 4, 3, 2, 1)

 

Five little ducks that I once knew

Fat ones, skinny ones, tall ones too

But the one little duck with the feather on his back

He led the others with a

Quack, quack, quack

This little puppy said, "Let's go out and play"

This little puppy said, "Let's run away"

This little puppy said, "Let's stay out till dark"

This little puppy said, "Let's bark, bark, bark"

This little puppy said, "I think it would be fun

     to go straight home so let's run, run, run!"

 

Five green and specked frogs sat on a speckled log

Eating some most delicious bugs, yum, yum

One fell into the pool where it was nice and cool

There there were four green and speckled frogs, blub, blub.

 

Four little ballplayers waiting for their turn

One came to bat and BAM (clap hands) he got a hit

One came to bat and BAM (clap hands) - they all ran in!

 

There once was a green frog named Freddy

He lived in a pond near a tree

He jumped up and down like a yo-yo

That green frog was something to see

Freddy, Freddy, you look so happy to me, to me

Freddy, Freddy, please jump again just for me

 

The fussy little caterpillar went up into a tree

Spun his cocoon and then he went to sleep

While he was sleeping, he dreamt that he could fly

When he woke up, he was a butterfly!

 

 

Goldilocks

When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears,
Oh, what did her blue eyes see?
A bowl that was big,
A bowl that was small,
A bowl that was tiny, and that was all,
She counted them: one, two, three.

When Goldilocks went through the house of the bears,
Oh, what did her blue eyes see?
A chair that was big,
A chair that was small,
A chair that was tiny, and that was all,
She counted them: one, two, three.

When Goldilocks went through the house of the bears,
Oh, what did her blue eyes see?
A bed that was big,
A bed that was small,
A bed that was tiny, and that was all,
She counted them: one, two, three.

When Goldilocks went through the house of the bears,
Oh, what did her blue eyes see?
A bear that was big,
A bear that was small,
A bear that was tiny, and that was all,
And they growled at her - ROARR! ROARR! ROARR!

 

Goldilocks, Goldilocks Turn Around  

Goldilocks, Goldilocks, turn around
Goldilocks, Goldilocks, knock on the door

Goldilocks, Goldilocks, eat some porridge

Goldilocks, Goldilocks, have a seat
Goldilocks, Goldilocks, go to sleep
Goldilocks, Goldilocks, run, run, run!

 

Here is the Sea

Here is the sea,

the wavy sea.

Here is my boat,

and here is me.

All of the fishes

Down below

Wiggle their tails

And away they go!

 

Here we go round the big red barn, the big red barn, the big red barn.
Here we go round the big red barn, so early in the morning.

 

This is the way we milk the cows...

This is the way we feed the chickens...

 

Hopping Kangaroo
The hopping kangaroo is very funny,
She leaps and runs and hops like a bunny,
And on her stomach is a pocket so wide,
Her baby can jump in and go for a ride!

If you're thankful and you know it, clap your hands...

stomp your feet...shout "I am!"...do all three

 

I have a little bunny with ears so funny

And here it his hole in the ground

At the first sound he hears, he pricks up his ears

And jumps in his hole in the ground

 

I hear thunder, I hear thunder (drum feet on floor)

Do you too? Do you too? (pretend to listen)

Pitter-patter raindrops, pitter-patter raindrops (indicate rain with fingers)

I'm wet through, (shake body vigorously)

So are you (point to a neighbor)

 

I'm A Friendly Snowman (tune: I'm a little teapot)

I'm a friendly snowman, big and fat

Here is my tummy

Here is my hat

Here's my mouth all smiley

Here's my nose

I'm all snow from my head to my toes!

 

I'm a little piece of tin

Nobody knows what shape I'm in

Got four wheels and a running board

Not a Chevy or a Ford

Honk, honk, rattle, rattle, crash, beep, beep!

Honk, honk, rattle, rattle, crash, beep, beep!

 

I'm a little Rabbit, soft and white

Here are my ears and my tail so white

I like to nibble carrots every day

And then I hop and hop away

 

I'm a little turkey

My name is Ted

Here are my feathers

And here is my head

Gobble, gobble, gobble

Is what I say

Quick, run!

It's Thanksgiving Day!

 

I'm An Airplane (tune: Clementine)

I'm an airplane, I'm an airplane

Flying up into the sky

Flying higher, flying higher

As I watch the clouds go by

 

I'm an airplane, I'm an airplane

See me flying all around

Flying lower, flying lower

Till I land down on the ground.

 

Itsy bitsy Monkey
The itsy bitsy monkey climbed up the coconut tree
(have hands climb)
Down came a coconut that bopped him on the knee
(drop fist from over head to hit yourself on the knee)
Along came his Mama, who kissed away the pain
(kiss your fist)
Then the itsy bitsy monkey climbed up the tree again
(climb hands again -having kids stretch as high as they can reach)

The lights on the tree go blink, blink, blink...blink, blink, blink...blink, blink, blink

The lights on the tree go blink, blink, blink. All Christmas day!

The presents at the house go rattle, rattle, rattle...

The mom at the house goes bake, bake, bake...

The kids at the house go yum, yum, yum...

 

Little boy blue, come blow your horn (pretend to blow horn)

The sheep's in the meadow (right arm gestures left)

The cow's in the corn (left arm gestures right)

Where is the little boy who looks after the sheep? (Hand above eyes, look around)

He's under the haystack, fast asleep (hands under cheek, eyes closed)

 

All the little ducklings,
Line up in a row. (Stand up)
Quack, quack, quack, (clap three times)
And away they go. (walk in place)

They follow their mother, (put hands behind like a tail)
Waddling to and fro. (waddle)
Quack, quack, quack (clap three times)
And away they go.

 

Little candles

Burning bright

Shining in the winter night

Shining there for all to see

Little candles

One, two, three

 

Little Snowflakes (tune: Frere Jacques)

Little snowflakes, little snowflakes

Twirling round, twirling round

Fally very softly, oh so very softly

To the ground

To the ground

 

Here's Mr. Bullfrog (make a fist)

Sitting on a rock (put fist on palm)

Into the water he jumps (raise arm high)

KERPLOP!  (clap loudly)

 

Mr. Turkey Song (tune: Shortnin' Bread)

I am Mr. Turkey, turkey, turkey

I am Mr. Turkey, big and fat

  (hold out arms to show a big, fat turkey body and wobble back and forth)

On my tail are feathers, feathers, feathers

On my tail are feathers, now what do you think of that?

  (turn around and show hands backward on behind with finger pointing up like feathers)

When I walk I wobble, wobble, wobble

and when I talk I gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble!

 (wobble again)

  source: http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/occasion-rhymes.htm

 

Old St. Nicholas Had A Tree (magnet board) (tune: Old MacDonald Had A Farm)

Old St. Nicholas had a tree

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho

And on his tree he had some horns

Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho

With a toot-toot here

And a toot-toot there

Here a toot, there at toot

Every where a toot-toot

 

Repeat with...

lights - blink, blink

Candy canes - yum, yum

Drums - boom, boom

Bells - ring, ring

Bird - peep, peep

Stars - twinkle, twinkle

Snowflakes - flutter, flutter

 

One little elephant went out to play (hold out arm like trunk and walk slowly)

Out on a spider's web one day (tip toe)

He had such enormous fun (make gesture for enormous)

He called for another elephant to come (cup hands like yelling)

Too many elephants!  There goes the web! (fall down)

 

 

 

 

Piggy, piggy in the barn

Don't you come out just yet

It's raining hard and don't forget

Your curly tail might straighten out

If you get wet!

 

Piggy Wig (right index finger) and

Piggy Wee (left index finger)

Were hungry as two pigs can be (rub tummy)

When the farmer called, they scurried off (run fingers back and forth)

And jumped right into the dinner trough! (diving motion with both hands)

 

Piggy Wig and Piggy Wee

Were playful as two pigs can be (wiggle fingers)

They rolled and rolled in the mud all day (roll hands)

Then went to sleep in the new-mown hay (sleep gesture)

 

Pumpkin, pumpkin (tune: Twinkle, twinkle little star)

Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground,

How'd you get so big and round?

Once you were a seed so small,

Now you are a great big ball!

Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground

How'd you get so big and round?

 

 

See the little baby

Soft and sweet

Here are her hands

Here are her feet

If you hug and squeeze her

She will coo

She loves to be

So close to you!

 

Arms are swinging, skip to my lou

Arms are swinging, skip to my lou

Arms are swinging, skip to my lou

Skip to my lou, my darling.

 

Feet are stomping…

Fingers dancing…

Children are sitting…

 

This is my garden (extend palm)

I rake it with care (rake palm with fingers)

Then I plant flower seeds in there (pretend to plant)

The sun will shine (hold arms in circle overhead)

and the rain will fall (wiggle fingers and move downward)

My garden will blossom (cup hands)

and grow straight and tall (stretch arms/hands up slowly)

 

(tune: row, row, row your boat)

 

 

We're all here for storytime,

Storytime, storytime

We're all here for storytime,

Let's get ready.

 

Can you turn your ears up high,

Ears up high, ears up high?

Can you turn your ears up high

So you can hear?

 

Can you turn your mouth down low,

mouth down low, mouth down low?

Can you turn your mouth down low?

Now let's read!

 

Take me out to the barnyard.

Take me out there right now.

Show me the cows, pigs and horses, too

I hear and oink and a neigh and a moo.

 

The chickens are laying their eggs

If they don't lay, it's a shame

Oh, it's one, two, three eggs today

And I'm glad that I came!

 

Five little fishes

Swimming in the sea

Teasing Mr. shark

You can't catch me!

Along somes Mr. Shark

Quiet as can be and...

SNAP!

Four little fishes...etc.

 

Teddy bear, teddy bear turn around

Teddy bear, teddy bear touch the ground

Teddy bear, teddy bear show your shoe

Teddy bear, teddy bear that will do

Teddy bear, teddy bear climb the stairs

Teddy bear, teddy bear say your prayers

Teddy bear, teddy bear  turn out the light

Teddy bear, teddy bear say good-night

 

Ten little pigs rolled in the mud

Squisky, squashy felt so good

THe farmer took one pig out

Oink, oink, oink the pig did shout

(repeat with 9, 8, 7, etc, then...)

No little pigs rolled in the mud,

They all looked clean and good

Then the farmer turns his back and then

Those pigs rolled in the mud again

 

Three good friends, rolling in the dirt (hold up 3 fingers, roll hands)

First one said, "I have dirt in my hair!" (hold up finger, point to hair)

Second one said, "I have mud between my toes! (hold up finger, touch toes)

Third one said, "I have a smudge on my nose!" (hold up finger, touch nose)

They rush to their houses, to their bath tubs (make running motion with fingers)

They jump right in, and scrub, scrub, scrub. (pretend to scrub body)

Three good friends, all neat and clean (hold up three fingers)

From their heads to their toes and in between. (run forefinger down body from head to toe)

 

I have a little turtle

His name is Tiny Tim

I put him in the bathtub

To see if he could swim.

He drank up all the water

He ate up all the soap

And then he burped last night

From the bubbles in his throat

 

Traffic Light Song (magnet board; tune: Where is Thumbkin?)

Where's my red light? Where's my red light?

Here I am. Here I am .

Tel me what you say sir. Tell me what you say, sir.

I say stop.  I say stop.

 

Where's my yellow light...I say wait

Where's my green light...I say go

 

Twinkle, twinkle, traffic light

Round the corner, shining bright

Red means stop, green means go

And yellow means wait you know

Twinkle, twinkle traffic light

Round the corner, shining bright.

 

 

The waves on the sea go up and down,

up and down, up and down

The waves on the sea go up and down

All day long

The fish in the sea go swim, swim, swim...

The children in the sea go splash, splash, splash...

 

We're Riding In The Car (tune: Farmer In The Dell)

We're riding in the car

We're riding in the car

Heigh-ho, away we go

We're riding in the car

 

We're riding oh so far

We're riding oh so far

Heigh-ho, away we go

We're riding, oh so far.

 

We wish you a merry Christmas. We wish you a merry Christmas.  We wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Let's all do a little clapping, let's all do a little clapping, let's all do a little clapping and spread Christmas cheer!

Let's all do a little jumping, let's all do a little jumping, let's all do a little jumping and spread Christmas cheer!

Let's all do a little waving, let's all do a little waving, let's all do a little waving and spread Christmas cheer!

We wish you a merry...