These are baby’s fingers


These are baby’s fingers
(Fingerplay and tickle)
These are fingers
(Point to baby’s fingers)
These are toes
(Point to baby’s toes and give a little tickle)
This is baby’s belly button
(Point to baby’s belly and give a little...
Hickory dickory dock


Hickory Dickory Dock
(Clap with your child with each word)
The mouse ran up the clock
(Run two fingers up your child’s arm)
The clock struck one
(Hold up one finger)
The mouse ran down
(Run two fingers down your child’s...
Sizzle sizzle

3 fat sausages sizzling in a pan
(Carry baby on hip and hold up three fingers)
Sizzle sizzle sizzle
(Twist back and forth)
And one went BANG
(Clap your hand with baby's hand)
2 fat sausages sizzling in a pan
(Hold...
Old MacDonald had a farm


For each animal, mimic the way it moves and the sound it makes.
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i oh
And on that farm he had some pigs
Ee i ee i oh!
With a snort...
10 fat sausages sizzling in a pan


No fat sausages left in a pan(Make a clenched fist)
10 fat sausages sizzling in a pan
(Hold up ten fingers)
One went POP
(Make a pop sound, pulling finger out of mouth)
And the other went BANG
(Make a...
Slowly, slowly creeps the garden snail


Slowly, slowly, very slowly
(Move fingers, slowly walking up from baby's feet towards their tummy)
Creeps the garden snail.
Slowly, slowly, very slowly
Up the wooden rail.
Quickly, quickly, very quickly
(Move fingers, quickly walking up from baby's tummy to...
Pat a cake


(Clap your hands together and then clap child's hands as you sing the song)
Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker's man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can!
Pat it and prick it and...
I'm a little teapot


I'm a little teapot, short and stout
This is my handle
(Put one hand on hip)
This is my spout
(Extend other arm out sideways)
When I get all steamed up, then I shout
Just tip me over and pour...
I’m a little teapot


I'm a little teapot, short and stout
This is my handle
(Put one hand on hip)
This is my spout
(Extend other arm out sideways)
When I get all steamed up, then I shout
Just tip me over and pour...
Row, row, row your boat


For babies stick with 3-4 verses, for bigger kids add in more.
Row, row, row your boat
(Sit baby or child on lap and row back and forth)
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a...
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