Welcome Songs

Buenos días/Good Morning
(Tune : Frère Jacques)
Good morning, good morning,
how are you, how are you?
Very well, thank you, very well thank you.
How about you? How about you?
Buenos días, buenos días .
¿Cómo está? ¿Cómo está?
Muy bien, gracias.
¿Y usted?

The more we get together,
Together, together,
The more we get together,
The happier we'll be.
For your friends are my friends and my friends are your friends.
The more we get together,
The happier we'll be!

Good morning Mrs. Perky Bird, Perky Bird, Perky Bird.
Where are you? I’m flying through the air, and then down to the ground.

Up, down, turn around.
Touch the sky and touch the ground.
Wiggle fingers, wiggle toes, wiggle shoulders, say hello!
(goodbye version: pat your belly, blink your eyes, blow a kiss and say goodbye!)

Rhymes

Toddlers find it fun and exciting to explore the world of language while moving their fingers, arms, and bodies. Fingerplays and action rhymes can help toddlers build word skills and add new words they know and use. These important early literacy activities spice up language learning with fun!

Fingerplay: Open, shut them, open shut them.
Give a little clap, clap, clap.
Open, shut them,
Open shut them.
Lay them in your lap, lap, lap.
Creep them, crawl them, creep them, crawl them,
Right up to your chin, chin, chin.
Open wide your little mouth,
But do not let them in!

Two little bluebirds sitting on a hill.
One named Jack, one named Jill. Fly away Jack, fly away Jill. Come back Jack, come back Jill!
Two little blackbirds sitting on a cloud. One named Soft. One named Loud! Fly away soft. Fly away LOUD! Come back soft. Come back LOUD!!!

Dos manitos, diez deditos,
dos manitos, diez deditos,
dos manitos, diez deditos,
cuéntalos conmigo.

Uno, dos, tres deditos,
cuatro, cinco, seis deditos,
siete, ocho, nueve deditos,
y uno más son diez deditos.

Fingers like to wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle.
Fingers like to wiggle waggle way up high!
Fingers like to wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle,
Fingers like to wiggle waggle way down low!
Fingers like to wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle, wiggle waggle.
Fingers like to wiggle waggle on my knee!
Again!
(Say the word “high” in a high voice, say the word “low” in a low voice. Repeat.)

This is big, big, big, This is small, small, small,
This is short, short, short,
This is tall, tall, tall,
This is fast, fast, fast,
This is slow, slow, slow,
This is yes, yes, yes,
This is no, no, no

Rain is falling down. Splash!
Rain is falling down. Splash!
Pitter patter, pitter patter.
Rain is falling down. Splash!
Sun is peeking out. Peek-a-boo! Sun is peeking out. Peek-a-boo!
Peeking, peeking, peeking, peeking. Sun is peeking out, peek-a-boo!

This little piggy went to market (hold up a finger for each pig, starting with the thumb.)
This little piggy stayed home.
This little piggy had roast beef.
This little piggy had none.
And this little piggy went, “wee, wee, wee, wee!” All the way home!

See the ponies galloping, galloping down the country road. (Gradually speed up.)
See the ponies coming home, all tired out, all tired out.

Jack in the box, sitting so still,
Will you come out?
Yes, I will!
(Pretend to climb in a box.
Pretend to push yourself down.
Pretend to wind yourself up.
JUMP UP!)

Tick, tock, tick, tock, I’m a little cuckoo clock.
Tick, tock, tick, tock.
Now I’m striking
one o’ clock!
CUCKOO!
(Sway side to side. Pop up!)

When I stretch up, I feel so tall.
(Reach high.)
When I bend down, I feel so small.
(Bend over.)
Taller, Taller, Taller, Taller.
(Reach up high.)
Smaller, Smaller, Smaller, Smaller.
(Get low on the floor.)
Into a tiny ball

Come under my umbrella, umbrella, umbrella.
Come under my umbrella, it’s starting to rain.
With thunder (clap) and lightning (hands out) and thunder and lightning. Come under my umbrella, it’s starting to rain!
(Tune: Have you ever seen a lassie?)

The Eensy Weensy Spider
climbed 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 eensy weensy spider
climbed up the spout again!
Touch index fingers together in turn to make the movements of the spider. Raise the hands and lower them, wriggling your fingers to indicate the rain. Make a circular movement with the hands for the sun, and then repeat the spider action.

Pat-A-Cake
Pat-a-cake, baker’s man
Bake me a cake
As fast as you can.
Roll it and pat it
And mark it with a B,
And put it in the oven
For baby and me!

Zoom, zoom, zoom
We're going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We'll be there very soon.
If you'd like to take a trip,
Just step inside my rocket ship.
Zoom, zoom, zoom
We're going to the moon.
  5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 0 -BLAST OFF !!!

Tall as a tree, (arms reach up)
Wide as a house, (arms reach out to sides)
Thin as a pin, (arms pressed down to sides)
Small as a mouse (squat in a ball)

Brush, brush, brush
Pat, pat, pat
Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle

Way up high in the apple tree
Two little apples smiled down at me.
So I shook that tree just as hard as I could.
Down came the apples and mmm…
They were good!

Songs

Roly Poly (tune: Frère Jacques)
Roly poly, roly poly. Up, up up. Up, up up.
Roly roly poly. Roly roly poly, down down down.
Out out out, in in in.
Fast fast fast, slow slow slow.

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, all through the town…
The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish…
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep.
The doors on the bus go open and shut, open and shut…
The lights on the bus go blink, blink, blink....
The money on the bus goes clink, clink, clink…
The driver on the bus says, “Move on back...”
The kids on the bus go bumpity bump…
The babies on the bus cry, wah, wah, wah…
The mommies on the bus say, “Shhh, shhh, shhh…”
The daddies on the bus say, “I love you…”

Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Sitting on a speckled log.
Eating up the most delicious bugs—yum, yum!
One jumped into the pool, Where it was nice and cool.
Now there were just four green speckled frogs—glub, glub!

Shake My Sillies Out
Gonna shake, shake, shake my sillies out. Shake, shake, shake my sillies out.
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out.
Wiggle my waggles away.
Gonna jump, jump, jump my jiggles out.
Gonna clap, clap, clap my crazies out.
Gonna yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out. (lie on floor)
Gonna stretch, stretch, stretch my strechies out.

She’ll be Comin’ Round the Mountain
She’ll be comin’ round the mountain when she comes (toot, toot!)
She’ll be comin’ round the mountain when she comes (toot, toot!).
She’ll be comin’ round the mountain, she’ll be comin’ round the mountain, she’ll be comin’ round the mountain when she comes.
She’ll be driving six white horses when she comes (woah back!)
We’ll all go out and meet her when she comes (Hi, babe!)
We’ll all have chicken and dumplings when she comes (yum, yum!)
She’ll get to sleep with grandma when she comes (snore, snore!)
She’ll be wearin’ pink pajamas when she comes (Scratch, scratch!)

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!

Baa, Baa Black Sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir.
Three bags full!
One for my master
And one for my dame.
One for the little boy who lives down the lane.
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags full!

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose,
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes!

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 then you really ought to show it.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
Repeat with “stomp your feet,” “shout ‘hooray!” and “do all three.”

Mary had a little lamb,
Little lamb, little lamb,
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow.
Everywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went,
Everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day,
School one day, school one day,
It followed her to school one day,
That was again
st the rule.
It made the children laugh and play,
Laugh and play, laugh and play,
It made the children laugh and play,
To see a lamb at school.

Five little ducks went out one day,
Over the hills and far away,
When mama duck said,
“Quack, quack, quack,”
Four Little ducks came running back.

Four little ducks…
Three little ducks…
Two little ducks…
One little duck…

No little ducks went out to play,
Over the hills and far away,
When mother duck said
“QUACK, QUACK, QUACK!”
Five little ducks came running back.

These Little Fingers Go Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle, wiggle wiggle wiggle,
wiggle wiggle wiggle.
These little fingers go wiggle wiggle wiggle.
Now they’re on my… HEAD! (repeat with other body parts)

Wake Up Toes, wake up toes
Wake up toes and wiggle wiggle wiggle.
Wake up toes, wake up toes,
Wake up and wiggle in the morning. (repeat with other body parts)

A ram-sam-sam, a ram-sam-sam
Gooly gooly gooly gooly gooly ram-sam-sam
A ram-sam-sam, a ram-sam-sam
Gooly gooly gooly gooly gooly ram-sam-sam
A raffi! A raffi!
Gooly gooly gooly gooly gooly ram-sam-sam
A raffi! A raffi!
Gooly gooly gooly gooly gooly ram-sam-sam
(pat lap for Ram sam sam; roll arms for Gooly gooly; jazz hands for A raffi)

Hands a washing, hands a washing, wash them ‘til they’re clean.
Let’s get some water and get some soap and wash them ‘til they’re clean.
Oh where’s the towel to pat them dry?
It’s on the rack it’s much too high.
So… now we’ll have to shake them, shake them shake them shake them.
Now we’ll have to shake them, shake them ‘til they’re dry!

I had a little turtle, his name was Tiny Tim
I put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim.
He drank up all the water, he ate up all the soap.
And now my little turtle has a bubble in his throat.
Bubble bubble bubble, bubble bubble bubble, bubble bubble bubble, bubble bubble bubble.
Bubble bubble bubble, bubble bubble bubble, bubble bubble bubble, bubble bubble POP!

Mama Paquita, Mama Paquita,
Mama Paquita, buy your baby a papaya
A ripe papaya and a banana,
A ripe papaya that your baby will enjoy.
Ma-ma-ma-ma, Mama Paquita, Mama Paquita,
Mama Paquita says, “I haven’t any money
To buy papayas and ripe bananas,
Let’s go to Carnival and dance the night away!” Ole!

One little, two little, three little shakers
Four little, five little, six little shakers
Seven little eight little nine little shakers
Ten little shaker eggs!
(repeat, counting down from ten)

Peek a boo, peek a boo
I see you! I see you!
I see your little nose, and your little toes.
Peek a boo, peek a boo.

Slippery fish, slippery fish, sliding in the water.
Slippery fish, slippery fish. Gulp, gulp, gulp.
Oh no! It got eaten by an…
Octopus, octopus, wriggling in the water.
Octopus, octopus. Gulp, gulp, gulp.
Oh no! It got eaten by a…
Tuna fish, tuna fish, swimming in the water.
Tuna fish, tuna fish. Gulp, gulp, gulp.
Oh no! It got eaten by a…
Great big shark, great big shark, biting in the water.
Great big shark, great big shark. Gulp, gulp, gulp.
Oh no! It got eaten by an…
Enormous whale, enormous whale, spouting in the water.
Enormous whale, enormous whale. Gulp, gulp, gulp.
BURP!
Excuse me.

What shall we do with a tiny baby? What shall we do with a tiny baby?
What shall we do with a tiny baby? Early in the morning.
Hug and squeeze and kiss the baby. Hug and squeeze and kiss the baby.
Hug and squeeze and kiss the baby. Early in the morning.
Hoppity hop, bounce-along baby. Hoppity hop, bounce-along baby.
Hoppity hop, bounce-along baby. Early in the morning.
Yippee-yi-yay! Up goes baby! Yippee-dee-yay! Up goes baby!
Yippee-yi-yay! Up goes baby! Early in the morning.