ARE YOU SLEEPING, BROTHER JOHN Are you sleeping, Are you

ARE YOU SLEEPING, BROTHER JOHN

Are you sleeping, Are you sleeping

Brother John, Brother John

Morning bells are ringing, Morning bells are ringing

Ding dang dong, ding dang dong

Frere Jacques, Frere Jacques

Dormez, vous, Dormez vous

Sonnez les matines, sonnez les matines

Din, din, don! Din, din, don!

Repeat

BANANA SALUTE

“Everyone stand up for the Banana Salute!”

Form banana, form form banana put on arm then the other

I said form banana, form form banana! over your head like a

banana

Peel banana, peel peel banana “swim” one arm at a time

I said peel banana, peel peel banana! in front of you

REPEAT

Now GO BANANAS, GO GO BANANAS! Dance around crazy

I said GO BANANAS, GO GO BANANAS!

BELLS AWAY

Ring them UP HIGH

Ring them DOWN LOW

Ring them IN THE MIDDLE

Bells away, bells away, put your bells away today

BINGO

There was a farmer, had a dog

And Bingo was his name-oh!

B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O,

And Bingo was his name-oh!

(Repeat, clapping for B, then for B-I, etc.)

DAYS OF THE WEEK

Sing to the tune of Adam’s Family Theme song.

Days of the week

There’s Sunday and there’s Monday

There’s Tuesday and there’s Wednesday

There’s Thursday and there’s Friday

And then there’s Saturday

Days of the week

EENCY WEENCY SPIDER

(use small spider puppet)

“Do you know the song about the eency weency spider? Let’s sing it

together”

The eency weency spider went up the waterspout

Down came the rain and washed the spider out

Out came the sun and dried up all the rain

And the eency weency spider went up the spout again

EENCY WEENSCY SPIDER FOLLOW ON –

GREAT BIG SPIDER

“Hey, wait a minute! That’s not fair In a deep voice

Everyone is always singing songs about my brother Eency Weency, but no one ever sings a song about me,

Great Big Spider. I am so sad I think I’m going to cry. Boo-hoo-hoo”

“Don’t cry, Great Big Spider. We can sing a song about you too. Can’t we boys and girls? Okay, here is

what to do. First, Spider, you can sit here on top of the flannel board and watch us.”

We are going to take out our great big hands, open hand with palms

And our great big voices…. Out and exaggerate the movements

And here we go

The Great Big 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 Great Big Spider went up the spout again

“That was so wonderful! I loved with spider puppet

Hearing a song about me. Thank you so much back on your had

EYE WINKER, TOM TINKER

“And now, for a really fun tickle rhyme!”

Eye winker Point to one eye

Tom Tinker Point to the other

Nose Smeller Point to your nose

Mouth Eater Point to mouth

Chin chopper, chin chopper, chin chopper Tap your chin

Guzzle whopper Tickle belly around

“Give your child a great big tickle in the tummy!”

REPEAT

FINGERS LIKE TO WIGGLE, WAGGLE

Fingers like to wiggle, waggle, wiggle fingers in front

Wiggle, waggle, wiggle, waggle

Fingers like to wiggle, waggle, Say High in a loud voice

Way up High Wiggle fingers high

Fingers like to wiggle, waggle

Wiggle, waggle, wiggle, waggle

Fingers like to wiggle, waggle Say Low in deep voice

Way down Low wiggle fingers low

Fingers like to wiggle, waggle,

Wiggle, waggle, wiggle, waggle, wiggle fingers on knee

On my knee

REPEAT

FIVE FAT SAUSAGES

“I’m kind of hungry now, Time to eat some sausages!”

Five fat sausages Hold up 5 fingers

Frying in a pan

All of a sudden Spread arms out wide

One went BANG! Give a big clap on “BANG”

How many sausages are left now? Four!....

“and there were no sausages left!”

FLOATING SCARVES

Take your scarves out and hold them in front of your faces

Take a deep breath and blow

The next time we do that, let go of the scarf as you are blowing, and

watch it fly up into the air. Ready?

One, two, three…ooooohhhhh

Let’s try that again

Look at all the pretty colors

FREEZE GAME

“let’s all walk around the circle in this direction”

And we walk, and we walk, and we walk

And we STOP

3X

And we all turn around – wooooooo

And we creep, and we creep, and we creep

And we STOP

3x

And we all turn around – wooooooo

GOOD MORNING, MRS. PERKY BIRD

“Oh look, here is Mrs. Perky Bird. Good morning Mrs. Perky Bird”

Good morning Mrs. Perky Bird,

Perky Bird, Perky Bird

Good morning Mrs. Perky Bird,

Where are you?

I’m flying in the air, the air fly the bird high and in the air

The air, the air, the air

I’m flying in the air, the air

And down to the ground bring the bird slowly down

“Now pretend you have a Perky Bird puppet and sing along with me”

GOOSEY, GOOSEY, GANDER

“For this next rhyme use your fingers to go up and down the stairs”

Goosey, goosey gander where do you wander

Upstairs, and downstairs and in my lady’s chamber

“Now let’s recite the rhyme again. If you’d like, lift your babies up and

down in the air at the words ‘upstairs’ and ‘downstairs”

GRAND OLD DUKE OF YORK

(lapsit)

Oh, the Grand Old Duke of York

He had ten thousand men

He marched them UP to the top of the hill

And he marched them DOWN again

And when they were UP, they were up

And when they were DOWN, they were down

And when they were only HALF WAY UP

They were neither UP

Nor DOWN

GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK - STICKS

Grandfather’s clock goes tap pausing between tick and

tock

“tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock”

Mother’s kitchen clock goes tap at normal pace

“tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock”

Brother’s little watch goes tap ticks in a quick steady beat

“tick, tock, tick, tock, tick, tock, STOP”

Repeat

HANDY SPANDY

Handy Spandy, sugar and candy, we all jump in

Handy Spandy, sugar and candy, we all jump out

Handy Spandy, sugar and candy, we all jump up

Handy Spandy, sugar and candy, we all sit down

HERE ARE BABY’S FINGERS

Here are baby’s fingers wiggle fingers

Here are baby’s toes wiggle toes

Here is baby’s belly button, point to belly button

Round and round it goes Tickle yourself

REPEAT

HERE ARE BABY’S FINGERS

Here are baby’s fingers, point and wiggle each part

Here are baby’s toes, of the body

This is baby’s belly button,

Round and round it goes Tickle yourself

“Let’s do that again”

REPEAT

HERE WE GO UPPITY UP

“Here’s another fun song”

Here we go uppity up Lift arms – parents lift babies

And here we go down-ditty down Lower arms

Here we go uppity up Lift arms up

With the prettiest baby in town! Turn around

Here we go in-in-in-in Walk into center of circle

And here we go out-out-out-out Walk back out of circle center

Here we go in-in-in-in Walk into center of circle

And then we turn ourselves about Turn around and go out of circle

Repeat

HICKORY, DICKORY, DARE

Hickory, dickory, dare

The pig flew up in the air throw the pig in the air

The man in brown soon brought her down and catch it on its way

down

Hickory, dickory, dare

Explain: “Now I am going to give each child a turn to throw the pig in

the air. If your child is too young please use their hands to hold the pig

and throw it. As each child throws the pig let’s all give a big round of

applause so everyone will feel appreciation for a job well done.”

Repeat poem when finished

HICKORY, DICKORY, DOCK

“Let’s get in a circle and pretend that we are grandfather clocks with

pendulums swinging back and forth”

Stand and have everyone clasp hands and let them dangle in front of

them

Hickory, Dickory, Dock swing arms from side to side

The mouse ran up the clock walk fingers from toes up to head

The clock struck one clap loudly over head

And down he run run fingers back down body

Hickory, Dickory, Dock (tick tock) swing arms again

HOT CROSS BUNS

Hot cross buns hit hands on legs and then clap in

Hot cross buns a continuous motion

One a penny, two a penny

Hot cross buns

Give them to your daughters

Give them to your sons

One a penny, two a penny

Hot cross buns

HUMPTY DUMPTY

Place Humpty Dumpty and his wall on the flannel board

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

All the Kings horses

And all the Kings men

Couldn’t put humpty together again

Invite each child to come up and pull Humpty off the wall. If the child is

too young please take their hand and help them do it. Each child gets

one turn then must go back to their seat. If your child has trouble

returning feel free to physically take him or her back. Everyone, give

each child a round of applause for a job well done.

I WENT TO VISIT THE FARM ONE DAY

Use The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

“Everyone, I’m going to need your help with this song”

I went to visit the farm one day

I saw a horse across the way

And what do you think the horse did say

“neigh, neigh, neigh”

Etc…

I HAVE A LITTLE TURTLE

I have a little turtle. (creep fingers like crawling turtle)

He lives in a box. (draw box in the air)

He swims in the water, (swim hands through air)

He climbs on the rocks.

(walk fingers along forearm)

He snapped at a minnow, (clap hands in air for each creature)

He snapped at a flea, He snapped at a mosquito, And he snapped at me.

He caught the minnow, He caught the flea, He caught the mosquito, But

he didn't catch me! (waggle finger saying, No!)

I’M DRIVING IN MY CAR

Use Book: Byron Burton’s My Car

“Now it’s time to go for a ride in our car”

I’m driving in my car, I’m driving in my car

Beep, beep, toot, toot, I’m driving in my car

I’m driving very fast, I’m driving very fast Sing fast

Beep, beep, toot, toot, I’m driving very fast

I’m driving very slow, I’m driving very slow Sing slow

Beet, beep, toot, toot, I’m driving very slow

I’m driving in my car, I’m driving in my car

Beep, beep, toot, toot, I’m driving in my car

IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT

“You guys were so great! Let’s end with our happy song! (Include

announcements of upcoming events)”

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands

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

Stamp your feet

Shout Hooray!

Do all three

“Good bye, thank you for coming, see you next week”

JACK BE NIMBLE

Place a candlestick on the floor

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick

Jack jump over the candlestick jump over the candlestick

Jack be nimble, Jill be quick

Jill jump over the candlestick jump back over the candlestick

JACK –IN-THE-BOX

“Now let’s pretend we are jack-in-the-boxes”

Let’s climb into our boxes pretend to climb into a box

Push ourselves down pretend to push yourself down

And close the lid pretend to close the lid

Now let’s wind ourselves up pretend to wind yourself up

And here we go

Jack-in-the-box sitting so still

Won’t you come out

Yes I will!! Jump up

LITTLE MISS MUFFET

Little Miss Muffet

Sat on her tuffet

Eating her curds and whey

Along came a spider

That sat down beside her

And frightened Miss Muffet away!

LONDON BRIDGE

“Hold hands in a circle for our next game, London Bridge is falling

down”

London Bridge is falling down march around circle

Falling down, falling down

London Bridge is falling down

My fair lady

DOWN! Kneel or squat

Build it up with sticks and stones tap on the floor with both hands

Sticks and stones, sticks and stones

Build it up with sticks and stones

My fair lady

UP! Stand up

MARCHING TO THE DRUM

“Form a circle, now we are going to march around the circle together in this direction and when it’s time to

stop each child will have a chance to hit “stop” on the drum.”

We’re marching to the drum

Hi-ho the derri-o, we’re marching to the drum

We’re marching ‘round the room

Hi-ho the derri-o, we’re marching ‘round the room

And the drum says, “STOP!” tap drum loud when you

Say “STOP”

Walk around the room and ask each child

“Can you hit “stop”?

Good, marvelous, fantastic etc…….

Now let’s hop to the drum

Now let’s tiptoe to the drum

MGOL - Opening

• Welcome

• Introduce yourself

• Children don’t naturally sit still and that is fine

• BUT, pretend there is an invisible line around the flannel board

• If the child comes within that line, physically come up and bring

them back

• Say everything twice – listen and repeat both times with me

• Stick around afterwards to look at and check out books

MOTHER AND FATHER AND BABY TOM

Mother and Father and baby Tom,

Went to bed, one by one,

Mother fell asleep,

And Father fell asleep,

But baby Tom went on and on and on and on…

REPEAT

MOTHER AND FATHER AND UNCLE JOHN

“Now lets try a really fun bouncing rhyme”

Mother and Father and Uncle John bounce your knees

Went to town one by one

Mother fell off lean far to one side

And Father fell off lean far to other side

But Uncle John went on and on Bounce faster

And on and on…

REPEAT

OH, DO YOU KNOW THE ICE CREAM MAN

Oh, Do you know the ice cream man shake bells

The ice cream man, the ice cream man

Do you know the ice cream man

Who lives down our street

His bells go tingle-tingle-ting

As he goes down our street

REPEAT

OLD MOTHER GOOSE

Place Mother Goose on Flannel Board or use puppet

Old Mother goose Tap your hands on top of

When she wanted to wander your legs

Would fly through the air Lift both hands in an arc

On her very fine gander over your head

“Now take your hands and move them with me as we say the

rhyme again”

REPEAT

OPEN THEM, SHUT THEM

Open them, shut them, open them, shut them

Give a little clap

Open them, shut them, open them, shut them

Put them in your lap

Creep them, creep them, creep them move fingers up body from

Right up to your chinny, chin, chin knees

Open up your little mouth

But don’t let them in! pull hands away fast

REPEAT

PEEK A BOO

Peek a boo, I see you! I see you standing there!

(repeat several times and make eye contact with as many children as

possible.)

PIZZA, PIZZA, HOT AND COLD

To rhythm of Pease Porridge Hot.

Pizza, Pizza, hot.

Pizza, Pizza, cold.

Pizza, Pizza in the box.

Nine days old.

Some like it hot,

Some like it cold,

Some like it in the box,

Nine days old.

POPCORN KERNELS

To tune of “Are You Sleeping, Brother John”

Popcorn kernels, popcorn kernels (wave scarves)

In the pot, in the pot, (scrunch into pot)

Shake ‘em, shake ‘em, shake ‘em, (shake pot)

‘Til they pop! ‘Til they pop! (toss scarves in air)

RIDE A COCK HORSE

“This is an old nursery rhyme. Some folks believe that a “cockhorse”

refers to a rocking horse”

Ride a cock horse

To Banbury Cross

To see a fine lady upon a white horse

With rings on her fingers

And bells on her toes

She shall have music wherever she goes

Repeat

RING YOUR BELLS

Ring your bells (Jingle Bells)

Ring your bells, Ring your bells

Ring your bells today

Oh what fun it is to ring, to ring your bells today-ay!

Repeat

ROCK-A-BYE BABY

“Now it’s time for a lullaby, Hold your child close so he/she can feel

your heartbeat”

Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop

When the wind blows, he cradle will rock

When the bow breaks, the cradle will fall

Down will come baby, cradle and all

ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN

“Now take your child’s open palm, and with your index finger, draw a circle

there.”

Round and round the garden move finger in circle on palm

Went the teddy bear

One step pinch the lower part of right arm

Two step pinch upper part of right arm

Tickley Under There! Tickle under arm

Round about, round about went the wee mouse finger circles palm

Up a step, pinch lower part of left arm

Up a step pinch upper part of left arm

All around the house tickle under arm

“Lets do that fun one again”

ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT

Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream.

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.

Row, row, row your boat, gently down the shore,

If you see a dinosaur don’t forget to ROAR!

Row, row, row your boat, down a jungle stream,

( hand to forehead

searching)

If you see an alligator don’t forget to scream! Scream!

RUM PUM PUM

Take out the drum

Rum pum pum, this is my drum

Rum pump um, this is my drum

My name is ____ What’s your name?

Explain: Now I’m going to go around the room and would like each

child to tap his or her name on the drum with syllables.

Example – Joe (1 tap), Jennifer (3 taps)

Parents – if your children are too young please hold their hands and tap

their names with them

SCARVES AWAY

Wind, oh wind, oh wind, I say

What are you blowing away today

Scarves, oh scarves, oh scarves I say

I am blowing the scarves away

Scarves away, Scarves away

Put your scarves away today

Collect Scarves

SEE-SAW SCARADOWN

See-saw Scaradown,

This is the way to Londontown

One knee up and the other knee down

This is the way to Londontown

See-saw Scaradown,

This is the way to Rosevilletown

One knee up and the other knee down

This is the way to Rosevilletown

Repeat

Shake Your Rattles Like the Leaves

Shake your rattles, shake your rattles, (shake rattles up-and-down)

Like the Leaves. (shake rattles side-to-side)

That are Growing, that are growing, (shake up-and-down)

On the trees. (shake side-to-side)

Shake them high, and (shake high)

Shake them low, (shake low)

Round about (shake in circle)

And to and fro. (shake rattles side-to-side)

Shake your rattles, shake your rattles, (shake up-and-down)

Like the leaves. (shake rattles side-to-side)

Shake Your Rattles Baby

Shake your rattle, baby, shake it if you can. (shake rattles up-and-down)

Shake it like a milkshake, (shake rattles side-to-side)

And drop it in the can! (drop rattle on floor)

STICKS AWAY

Sticks away, sticks away

Put your sticks away today

Sticks away

STRETCH

Stretch up high, Stretch down low

Stretch your arms in the middle so

REPEAT

TAP OUR STICKS TOGETHER

Take out sticks

We tap our sticks together

Because it’s fun to do

Repeat

Tap them UP HIGH

Tap them DOWN LOW

Tap them IN THE MIDDLE

THE LITTLE TRAIN

“for this rhyme, move your fingers up your child’s arm for the first line

and then go back down the other arm for the second line, and end with a

tickle”

The little train ran up the track Walk fingers up one arm

It went toot, toot, make “toot toot” motion

And then it came back, run fingers down other arm

Another train ran up the track Walk fingers up one arm

It went toot, toot “toot toot”

And then it came back fingers down other arm

THIS IS THE WAY WE WASH OUR FACE

“Scrunch your scarves into a ball, Pretend it’s a washcloth”

This is the way we wash our face rub scarf on face

Wash our face, wash our face

This is the way we wash our face

So early in the morning

REPEAT using a couple of different body parts

“Now take your scarves and squish them into a tiny ball

On the count of three let’s throw them in the air and watch their pretty

colors come floating down”

REPEAT

THIS LITTLE DOGGY WENT TO MARKET

This little doggy went to market pull on pinky

This little doggy stayed home pull on ring finger

This little doggy had a biscuit pull on middle finger

This little doggy had a bone pull on index finger

And this little doggy went pull on thumb

Ruff, ruff, ruff all the way home tickle belly

Repeat with other hand

TO MARKET, TO MARKET

“now we’re going to do some knee bounces”

Open My Very First Mother Goose and open to pages 24-25

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig bounce your knees

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig up and down to the

To market, to market to buy a fat hog rhythm of the rhyme

Home again, home again, jiggety-jog

To market, to market, to buy a currant bun

Home again, home again, market is done

To market, to market, to buy a pound of butter

Home again, home again lift arms high to

Throw it in the Gutter show parents they

Can lift their babies

TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR

“Now it’s time for a little quiet time and a lullaby. Please hold your

child close to you so he or she can feel your heartbeat. You can pretend

the scarf is your favorite blanket”

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

TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR

“Now let’s tap our sticks to a song we all know and love ‘Twinkle,

Twinkle, Little Star”

Twinkle, twinkle, little star tap while singing

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

Repeat

TWO LITTLE DICKEY BIRDS

“Put both fists in front of you with index fingers extended, and gently

bounce them up and down”

Two little dickey birds Whisper while bouncing

Sitting on a cloud. “soft” hand up and down

One named “Soft,”

The other named “Loud” Shout and bounce other hand

Fly away soft! Whisper and move hand behind

you

Fly away Loud! Shout and move hand behind you

Come back Soft! Whisper – bring hand back

Come back Loud! Shout – bring hand back

REPEAT

TWO LITTLE EYES

Two little eyes to look around point to eyes

Two little ears to hear a sound point to ears

One little nose to smell what’s sweet point to nose

And one little mouth that likes to eat point to mouth

Yum, chomp, munch make eating noises

And again

TWO LITTLE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED

Two little monkeys jumping on the bed bounce fists up and down

One fell off and bumped his head tap your head with hand

The other called the doctor and the doctor said put hand to ear as

phone

“No more monkeys jumping on the bed” wag your finger

“Oh look I have some monkeys right here”

“Why don’t you pretend that you have monkey puppets on your hands

also, and we can do the rhyme again?”

VIVALDI WITH STICKS

“I’m going to play a selection of music by Vivaldi and I would like you

to tap along with the beat

Let’s tap along

Tap at double time tap at twice the speed

Tap your sticks on the floor tap on floor

Tap your sticks up high tap up high (use high voice)

Tap your sticks down low tap down low (use low voice)

Tap your sticks to the side tap to the left

Tap your sticks to the other side tap to the right

Hold one stick out and tap it with the other

Tap the floor again

Turn off music when you feel it’s appropriate

WE HIT THE FLOOR TOGETHER

“Now everyone take out your hands, and get ready to hit the floor

together”

We hit the floor together Do the motions

We hit the floor together mentioned in the song

We hit the floor together

Because it’s fun to do

Smack your knees Clap your hands

Wave our arms Wiggle your fingers

Sway from side to side Nod your head

Say “Hello”

WEE WILLIE WINKIE

Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town tap hands on legs

Upstairs, and downstairs in his nightgown lift arms up and down

Rapping at the window pretend to knock

Crying through the lock hands around mouth and

call

Are the children all in bed?

For now it’s eight o’clock

Repeat

WHEELS ON THE BUS

“Can you make your hands go around and around like this? Please to the

motions while we sing the song and look at this fabulous book.”

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

All through the town

Etc…

WHEN THE HEN GETS UP IN THE MORNING

“Look what I have here, it’s a hen who says “cluck”!”

(Use puppets)

When the hen gets up in the morning

She always says “cluck”

When the hen gets up in the morning

She always says “cluck”

Etc…

End with Pig

WHEN THE HORSE GETS UP IN THE MORNING

Book: Eric Carle’s The Very Busy Spider

“Everyone, I am going to need some help with this song”

When the horse gets up in the morning

He always says, “Neigh”

When the horse gets up in the morning

He always says, “Neigh, Neigh”

Use a couple of pictures from the book

End with Pig

“Look what I have here, it’s a pig!”

WIND, OH WIND

Pass out scarves

Wind, oh wind, oh wind, I say

What are you blowing away today

Scarves, oh scarves, oh scarves, I say

I am blowing the scarves away

REPEAT

ABC SONG

BLAST OFF