Here are some of the songs, rhymes, and bounces we will be doing at baby storytime over the next few months (roughly March 2015-May 2015)
We Say Hello!
(tune: Farmer in the Dell)
We say hello to ______________
We say hello to ______________
We say hello to ______________
We're glad you're here today!
Little Bear
Little Bear in the tree
Sitting oh so still
Won't you come out?
Yes, he will!
He looks to the left
He looks to the right
He looks straight ahead
Then he pops out of sight!
I Have a Little Duck
(tune: Wheels on the Bus)
One
little duck that says quack, quack, quack
Quack,
quack, quack
Quack,
quack, quack
One
little duck that says quack, quack, quack
All day
long!
Continue with other
animals
Grasshopper
There was
a little grasshopper,
Always on
the jump.
Because
he never looked ahead,
He always
went bump! (gently
drop baby between legs)
From The Book of Bounces;
compiled by John M. Feierabend
Baby Hokey Pokey
You put
your arms up,
You put
your arms down
You put
your arms up,
And you
wave them all around
You
tickle, tickle, tickle
And you
wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
That’s
what it’s all about, clap, clap
Continue with different
body parts
The More We Get Together
The more
we get together, together, together
(lean forwards and back)
The more
we get together the happier we’ll be.
We’ll go
this way and that way, and this way and that way (lean side to side)
The more
we get together the happier we’ll be.
(lean forwards and back)
Come Along and Sing With Me
(tune: Mary Had a Little
Lamb)
Come
along and clap with me,
Clap with
me, clap with me.
Come along and clap with me
On a
(windy, sunny, rainy, etc.) Friday!
Additional verses: Tap, sway, jump
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Rub-a-dub-dub,
one child in a tub,
(rub knuckles gently up
and down child's chest)
Tell me
what you see.
One foot
with toes, (point
to parts of child's body)
A hand, a
nose,
As clean
as they can be! (rub hands together)
Rub
-a-dub-dub, one child in a tub,
(rub knuckles gently up
and down child's chest)
Tell me
what you see.
Two ears,
a cheek, (point
to parts of child's body)
So clean
they squeak, (gently rub child's cheeks)
A chin, a
tummy, a knee. (point to parts of child's body)
Rub
-a-dub-dub, one child in a tub,
(rub knuckles gently up
and down child's chest)
Tell me what you see.
Legs and
arms, (point
to parts of child's body)
So clean
and warm.
Do they
have a hug for me?
Tick Tock
Tick tock
tick tock,
I’m a
little cuckoo clock.
Tick tock
tick tock
Now I’m
striking 1 o’clock!
CUCKOO!
Reapeat with 2 o’clock
& 3 o’clock
Cheek, Chin
Cheek,
chin, cheek chin, cheek chin
Nose!
Cheek,
chin, cheek chin, cheek chin
Toes!
Cheek,
chin, cheek chin, cheek chin
Up baby
goes!
Our Hands Say Goodbye
Our hands
say goodbye with a clap, clap, clap,
Our feet
say goodbye with a tap, tap, tap.
Clap,
clap, clap! Tap, tap, tap!
We roll
our hands around and say...
"Let's
do it again!" *
* Second
time through, replace with "Goodbye!"
