Popular Songs and Rhymes for Children
Ring Around the Rosie
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little
Star
Ring around the rosie
pocket full of posies
Husha husha
we all fall down!
Twinkle, twinkle,
little star,
How I wonder
what you are
Bears are in the garden
eating buttercups,
Thunder, lightening
we all jump up
Up above the world so
high,
Like a diamond in the
sky.
Twinkle, twinkle,
little star,
How I wonder
what you are!
Dance in a circle and on the last
line, let go of hands and collapse
to the ground.
For the second verse, jump up at
the end.
As you sing, wiggle your fingers!
Point to the sky!
Make a diamond shape with your
thumbs and forefingers!
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Hey Diddle Diddle
This Little Piggy
Hey diddle diddle,
the cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the
moon.
This little piggy
went to market
This little piggy
stayed home
The little dog laughed to
see such a sport
And the dish ran away
with the spoon
This little piggy
had roast beef
This little piggy had none
This little piggy
cried “Wee, wee, wee!”
all the way home
For the first part of the song,
make a fiddling motion with you
hands and arms! Then move your
hands through the air for “the cow
jumped over the moon.”
For the second part of the song,
put your hands on your belly for
when “the little dog laughs,” and
walk your fingers down your
child’s arm when saying “the dish
ran away with the spoon.”
Start with wiggling your child’s
big toe as the first piggy, the
second toe as the second piggy
and so on. Finish with the little
toe and a tickle!
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Itsy Bitsy Spider
I’m a Little Teapot
The itsy, bitsy spider
went up the water spout.
Down came the rain and
washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and
dried up all the rain.
And the itsy, bitsy spider
went up the spout again.
I’m a little teapot
short and stout
Here is my handle
here is my spout
When I get all
steamed up
hear me shout
“Tip me over and pour me
out!”
Touch your index finger with your
opposite thumb and switch as the
spider goes “up the water spout.”
Wiggle fingers and lower your
hands down when the “rain”
comes down.
For the second part of the song
put one hand on your hip and one
hand into a ‘spout.’
Circle your hands in the air to
show the “sun” coming out.
For the last part of the song, tilt
your body sideways when you
sing “tip me over and pour me
out.”
Finish with your spider fingers
that you used for the beginning of
the song!
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