Rhyme
Time
The Wheels
On The Bus
The wheels on the bus
go round and round.
Round and round.
Round and round.
The wheels on the bus
go round and round.
If You’re
Happy And
You Know It
All day long!
Other actions..
If you’re happy and you know it
clap your hands!
If you’re happy and you know it
clap your hands!
If you’re happy and you know it
then you really ought to show it.
If you’re happy and you know it
clap your hands!
Open
Shut Them
Wipers go swish swish swish
Horn goes beep beep beep
People go bump bump bump
Babies go wah wah wah
Mummies go sh sh shh
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap!
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Lay them in your lap.
Twinkle
Twinkle
Creep them, creep them.
Creep them, creep them.
Right up to your chin.
Twinkle twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Open wide your little mouth,
but do not let them in!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Round
And Round
The Garden
A tickling rhyme
Round and round the garden
like a teddy bear.
One step...
Two steps...
Tickle you under there!
Five Fat
Sausages
Zoom Zoom Zoom
Zoom zoom zoom,
we’re going to the moon.
Five fat sausages
frying in a pan
Sizzle sizzle sizzle
One went BANG!
Four fat sausages...
Three fat sausages...
Two fat sausages...
One fat sausage...
Zoom zoom zoom,
we’re going very soon.
If you want to take a trip
climb aboard my rocket ship.
Giddy Up
A bouncing rhyme
Zoom zoom zoom,
we’re going to the moon.
Giddy up, giddy up
Giddy up horsie!
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BLAST OFF!
Giddy up, giddy up
Go go go!
Humpty
Dumpty
Giddy up, giddy up
Giddy up horsie!
Baa Baa
Black Sheep
Giddy up, giddy up
Whoa whoa whoa!
Baa, baa, black sheep
have you any wool?
Humpty Dumpty
sat on a wall.
Yes sir, yes sir three bags full.
One for the master.
and one for the dame.
Humpty Dumpty
had a great fall!
All the King’s horses
and all the King’s men,
Couldn’t put Humpty
together again.
Incey Wincey
And one for the little boy
who lives down the lane.
Incey Wincey Spider
climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain
and washed the spider out!
Pop Goes
the Weasel
Out came the sunshine
and dried up all the rain.
Round and round
the mulberry bush
So Incey Wincey Spider
climbed up the spout again.
The monkey chased
the weasel.
The monkey thought
t’was all in fun.
POP!
goes the weasel!
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I Hear
Thunder
I hear thunder
I hear thunder!
Hark don’t you?
Hark don’t you?
Pitter patter raindrops
Pitter patter raindrops.
I’m wet through,
so are you!
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Head And
Shoulders
Rhyme
Time
Head and shoulders
Knees and toes,
Knees and toes,
Knees and toes.
Head and shoulders
Knees and toes
We all clap hands together!
Eyes and ears and
Mouth and nose,
Mouth and nose,
Mouth and nose.
The Moon
The moon is as round
as round can be.
Trace around baby’s face
Row Row Row
Your Boat
Two eyes, a mouth
and a nose like me!
Row, row, row your boat
gently down the stream.
Eyes and ears and
Mouth and nose
We all clap hands together!
Gently touch eyes, mouth, nose
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
life is but a dream.
Rock, rock, rock your boat
gently down the stream.
Wibbleton
to Wobbleton
A bouncing rhyme
From Wibbleton to Wobbleton
is fifteen miles.
From Wobbleton to Wibbleton
is fifteen miles.
From Wibbleton to Wobbleton,
From Wobbleton to Wibbleton,
From Wibbleton to Wobbleton
is fifteen miles!
If you see a crocodile
don’t forget to scream!
All The
Little Fish
All the little fish are
swimming in the water.
Swimming in the water,
swimming in the water.
All the little fish are
swimming in the water.
Rock-a-bye
Baby
Rock-a-bye baby
on the treetop.
When the wind blows
the cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks
the cradle will fall.
And down will come baby
cradle and all.
Rol de rol
Rol de rol de ray.
Here Is A Beehive
A Smooth Road
Here is a beehive.
Where are the bees?
We’re going on
a smooth road,
a smooth road,
a smooth road,
a smooth road.
Make a fist.
Hiding away
where nobody sees.
With baby on your knee
rock back and forwards.
Here they come
Out of their hive.
We’re going on
a bumpy road,
a bumpy road,
a bumpy road,
a bumpy road.
Open your fist and wiggle fingers.
One Two Three Four Five
Bounce baby gently.
Buzzzz!
Tickle baby!
I’m A
Little Baby
We’re going on
A rough road,
A rough road,
A rough road.
Tune: I’m A Little teapot
Bounce baby gently.
I’m a little baby
I fly high.
Baby “falls” in
between your legs.
A hole!
Down to the floor
and up to the sky.
Like a little bird
or butterfly.
I’m a baby
I fligh high.
Five Little
Ducks
Hickory
Dickory Dock
Hickory dickory dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one!
The mouse ran down.
Hickory dickory dock.
To Market
To Market
Five little ducks went out one day.
Over the hills and far away.
Mother Duck said,
“Quack quack quack quack”
But only four little ducks came back.
Bounce baby gently on your lap
Four little ducks...
Three little ducks...
Two little ducks...
One little duck...
Home again, home again
Jiggety jig.
Sad Mother Duck went out one day.
Over the hills and far away.
Mother Duck said,
“Quack quack quack quack”
And all of her little ducks came back.
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To market to market
To buy a fat pig.
To market to market
To buy a plum bun.
Home again, home again
Market is done.
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Rhyme
Time
This Little
Piggy
Slowly Slowly
A tickling rhyme
Slowly, slowly, very slowly
Goes the garden snail.
Slowly, slowly, very slowly
Up the garden trail.
Quickly, quickly, very quickly
Goes the little mouse.
Quickly, quickly, very quickly
Into his little house.
Early In
The Morning
This little piggy went to market.
This is the way we
wash our hands.
This little piggy stayed home.
Wash our hands,
wash our hands.
This little piggy had roast beef.
And this little piggy had none.
And this little piggy went
wee-wee-wee-wee
All the way home!
Put A
Spot Over Here
Put a spot over here
And a spot over there.
Put a spot on your nose
And a spot on your hair.
Then a lot of little spots
In the air everywhere!
It’s a spotty kind of day!
Put a stripe...
Here’s A
Ball For Baby
Here’s a ball for baby
big and soft and round.
This is the way we
wash our hands.
So early in the morning!
Other actions...
Brush our hair
Give a kiss
Here is baby’s hammer
look how she can pound!
Here is baby’s music
clapping one and two.
Fish Story
Here’s the way that baby
plays at peek-a-boo!
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Once I caught a fish alive.
6 7 8 9 10
Then I let him go again.
Why did you let him go?
Because he bit my finger so!
Which finger did he bite?
This little finger on my right.
Baby’s Game
Touch your ears.
Pat your nose.
I Took
A Walk
I took a walk to town one day.
I met a cat along the way.
What do you think I heard it say?
Meow Meow Meow!
Other animals you could meet...
Duck - Quack Quack Quack
Sheep - Baa Baa Baa
Pig - Oink Oink Oink
Tickle baby’s
little toes.
Pat-A-Cake
Hide your eyes.
Where are you?
Pat-a-cake pat-a-cake
bakers man.
Baby’s playing
peek-a-boo!
Bake me a cake
as fast as you can.
Old MacDonald
Old MacDonald had a farm
ee i ee i oh
Pat it and prick it
and mark it with B.
Put it in the oven
for baby and me!
And on that farm he had a cow
ee i ee i oh
With a moo-moo here
And a moo-moo there
Here a moo, there a moo
Everywhere a moo-moo
Baby’s Fingers
These are baby’s fingers.
Old MacDonald had a farm
ee i ee i oh
Wiggle baby’s fingers
These are baby’s toes.
Wiggle baby’s toes
What other animals
could be on the farm?
5 Little
Monkeys
This is baby’s bellybutton.
Hold up 5 fingers on one hand.
Use your other hand to make a crocodile.
Round and round it goes!
Five little monkeys
sitting in a tree.
Circle around baby’s tummy
Tickle baby’s tummy
Where Are
Your Toes?
What a surprise
here are your eyes.
Gently touch baby’s eyes
And this I suppose is a nose.
Touch baby’s nose
And right under here
I’ve discovered an ear.
Tickle baby’s ear
Teasing Mr Crocodile,
“You can’t catch me!”
Along comes Mr Crocodile
as hungry as can be...
SNAPS that monkey
right out of the tree.
Count down until
there are no monkeys left
But where oh where
are your toes?
Tickle baby’s toes
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