Instructions: Cut out the cards and fold along the dotted line to make your song card. The name of the song will be
on the front and the lyrics on the back.
cut
Song Card Tips!
fold
1. Highlight new words
2. Combine picture or objects and gestures with song
3. Let child start songs if he/she has language ability
4. Keep songs simple and short for children with limited
language
5. Repetition is key
6. Pause songs and signal child’s turn
7. Use puppets and pretend with songs
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Boardmaker™ is a trademark of Mayer-Johnson LLC.
Instructions: Cut out the cards and fold along the dotted line to make your song card. The name of the song will be
on the front and the lyrics on the back.
cut
Alphabet
Song
fold
A, B, C, D, E, F, G
H, I J, K, L, M, N, O, P
Q, R, S,
T, U, V,
W, X, Y and Z
Now I know my ABC’s,
Next time won’t you sing with me
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Instructions: Cut out the cards and fold along the dotted line to make your song card. The name of the song will be
on the front and the lyrics on the back.
cut
Bear Hunt
fold
We’re going on a bear hunt!
We’re going on a bear hunt!
We’re going to catch a big one!
We’re going to catch a big one!
I’m not afraid! I’m not afraid!
Are you? Are you?
Not me! Not me!
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Boardmaker™ is a trademark of Mayer-Johnson LLC.
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Boardmaker™ is a trademark of Mayer-Johnson LLC.
Five little ducks
went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
“Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only four little ducks came back
Four little ducks
went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
“Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only three little ducks came back
Three little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
“Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only two little ducks came back
Two little ducks went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
“Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only one little duck came back.
One little duck went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
“Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But none of the five little ducks came back
Sad mother duck
went out one day
Over the hill and far away
The sad mother duck said
“Quack, quack, quack.”
And all of the five little ducks came back.
fold
Five Little
Ducks
cut
Instructions: Cut out the cards and fold along the dotted line to make your song card. The name of the song will be
on the front and the lyrics on the back.
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Boardmaker™ is a trademark of Mayer-Johnson LLC.
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!
Four little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!
Three little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!
Two little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!
One little monkey jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said
Put those monkeys right to bed
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!
fold
Five Little
Monkeys
cut
Instructions: Cut out the cards and fold along the dotted line to make your song card. The name of the song will be
on the front and the lyrics on the back.
Instructions: Cut out the cards and fold along the dotted line to make your song card. The name of the song will be
on the front and the lyrics on the back.
cut
Head, Shoulders,
Knees, and Toes
fold
Head and shoulders
Knees and toes, knees and toes
Head and shoulders
Knees and toes,
Eyes, ears, nose and mouth!
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Boardmaker™ is a trademark of Mayer-Johnson LLC.
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Boardmaker™ is a trademark of Mayer-Johnson LLC.
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
And you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands (clap, clap)
(Or) If you’re sad and you know it, cry boo-hoo (boo-hoo!)
(Or) If you’re surprised and you know it, shout hooray! (hooray!)
(Or) If you’re frustrated and you know it, say I can do it (I can do it!)
(Or) If you’re tired and you know it, yawn (yawn)
(Or) If you’re hungry and you know it, rub your tummy (rub tummy)
fold
If You’re
Happy
cut
Instructions: Cut out the cards and fold along the dotted line to make your song card. The name of the song will be
on the front and the lyrics on the back.
Instructions: Cut out the cards and fold along the dotted line to make your song card. The name of the song will be
on the front and the lyrics on the back.
cut
Itsy Bitsy
Spider
fold
The itsy bitsy spider went
up the water spout
(pretend with both hands spider
is crawling up)
Down came the rain and washed the spider
out (pretend rain is falling)
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
(arms above head to show sun)
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout
again.
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Boardmaker™ is a trademark of Mayer-Johnson LLC.
Instructions: Cut out the cards and fold along the dotted line to make your song card. The name of the song will be
on the front and the lyrics on the back.
cut
Old
MacDonald
fold
(pig, oink; duck, quack; lion, roar)
Old MacDonald had a farm,
Ee-eye-ee-eye-o!
And on his farm he had a cow,
Ee-eye-ee-eye-o!
With a moo, moo here
And a moo, moo there
Here a moo, there a moo
Everywhere a moo moo
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee-eye-ee-eye-o!
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Boardmaker™ is a trademark of Mayer-Johnson LLC.
Instructions: Cut out the cards and fold along the dotted line to make your song card. The name of the song will be
on the front and the lyrics on the back.
cut
Row Your
Boat
fold
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream.
(Sitting face to face on floor hold your child’s hands and rock back and forth.)
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Boardmaker™ is a trademark of Mayer-Johnson LLC.
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Boardmaker™ is a trademark of Mayer-Johnson LLC.
Slippery fish, slippery fish, sliding through the water
Slippery fish, slippery fish, gulp, gulp, gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a...?
Octopus, octopus, squiggling in the water
Octopus, octopus, gulp, gulp, gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a...?
Tuna fish, tuna fish, flashing in the water
Tuna fish, tuna fish, gulp, gulp, gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a...?
Great white shark, great white shark, Lurking in the water,
Great white shark, great white shark, gulp, gulp, gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a...?
Humongous whale, humongous whale, spouting in the water
Humongous whale, humongous whale,
Gulp, Gulp, Gulp! BURP!
Pardon me!
fold
Slippery
Fish
cut
Instructions: Cut out the cards and fold along the dotted line to make your song card. The name of the song will be
on the front and the lyrics on the back.
Instructions: Cut out the cards and fold along the dotted line to make your song card. The name of the song will be
on the front and the lyrics on the back.
cut
Twinkle Twinkle
Little Star
fold
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
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Boardmaker™ is a trademark of Mayer-Johnson LLC.
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Boardmaker™ is a trademark of Mayer-Johnson LLC.
The wheels on the bus
Go round and round (make hands go round)
Round and round
Round and round
The wheels on the bus
Go round and round
All through the town.
The people on the bus go up and down
(bump child up and down on knees)
The door on the bus goes open and shut
(open and close hands)
The horn on the bus goes “beep, beep, beep” (make horn sound)
The babies on the bus go “wha, wha, wha” (rub eyes)
The wipers on the bus go “swish, swish, swish”
(move finger back and forth)
fold
Wheels on the
Bus
cut
Instructions: Cut out the cards and fold along the dotted line to make your song card. The name of the song will be
on the front and the lyrics on the back.