Nursery Rhyme

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Preschool Songs and Nursery Rhymes Lists

Nine categories of preschool songs and rhymes and activities for you to integrate into your children's day.



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Once your children know a few rhymes, you will find them repeating the verses spontaneously and all you will need to do is expand their repertoire.

In our home, we often begin the school day with a song from our Babies Bible Class CD or from our Sing the Word CD, which is part of the Sonlight curriculum we are currently using (2005-2006). Very often we sing while clearing up after breakfast- its fun!

Nursery rhymes that will emphasise the letter of the week are provided in the weekly lesson plans in ABC Fun & 1-2-3 . A rhyme per week is also integrated into the Sonlight K curriculum. Use these or any other rhymes or songs that you or your children choose to memorise for the week, or until they know them well.

Hump[ty Dumpty

* Games with Rhymes and Rhythm Activities
* Preschool Fingerplays
* Action Rhymes and Songs
* Counting Rhymes
* Teatime Rhymes
* Bedtime Rhymes and Songs
* Tongue Twisters and Fun with Words
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Games with Rhyme

1. Ask your child to pick the odd non-rhyming word from a list of rhyming words that you say out loud. For example, cat, sat, mat, pot, rat, hat.

2. Play ‘I spy’ with rhyming words as clues. For example: “I spy with my little eye something that rhymes with mat.” The child must guess that you are looking at the hat.

3. Say a nursery rhyme that your child knows, but leave out the rhyming word and ask him to fill in the word you miss. For example: You say, “Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the …” The child must say “clock”.

4. Pick an object and see how many words you and your children can think of that rhyme with the name of the object. For example: Box – fox, locks, socks, rocks

For more nursery rhyme games, visit Little Kids Games Online - your guide to ideas for baby games, party games for young children and baby shower games, including reviews of quality online kids' games.

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Rhythm Activities

Ask the children to tap the rhythm of a song, rhyme or poem. They can clap, tap with an object like a spoon, play on a drum, and shake a shaker (or a bottle filled with rice). Help them to identify the accented beats.


Preschool Fingerplays

Children love fingerplay verses and rhymes as they combine words with actions, expressed by using their fingers and hands. These also provide the opportunity to increase the manual dexterity and coordination of children whilst encouraging them to use their imaginations.

This Little Pig
Five Little Mice
1-2-3-4-5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive
Round and Round the Garden
Here’s the Church


This Little Pig (use fingers or toes)

This little pig went to market.
This little pig stayed at home.
This little pig had roast beef.
This little pig had none
And this little pig cried “Wee, wee,”
All the way home.

Five Little Mice (use fingers or toes)

This little mousie peeped within
This little mousie walked right in!
This little mousie came to play,
This little mousie ran away!
This little mousie cried, “Dear me!”
Dinner is done and it’s time for tea!”

1-2-3-4-5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive

1-2-3-4-5 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.

Round and Round the Garden

Round and round the garden (circle your finger on the palm of child’s hand)
Goes the teddy bear
One step, two steps (walk your fingers up her arm)
Tickle him under there. (Tickle her armpit)

Here's the Church

Here's the church, and here's the steeple
Open the door and see all the people.
Here's the parson going upstairs,
And here he is saying his prayers.

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Action Rhymes and Songs

I’m a Little Popcorn
Fishing for Jesus
Incy, Wincy Spider
Clap Handies
Rock-A-Bye-Baby
Ring-A-Ring-o’Rosies
I’m a Little Teapot
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
The Wheels on the Bus
Row, Row, Row your Boat
Soldier, Soldier Won’t You Marry Me?
This is the Way the Ladies Ride
Girls and Boys, Come Out to Play
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
The Grand Old Duke of York


I’m a Little Popcorn (tune of I’m a Little Teapot)

I’m a little popcorn in a pot (huddle in a ball)
Heat me up and watch me pop (jump up)
When I am all white I am done
Popping corn is lots of fun (jump around)

Fishing for Jesus

Fishing for Jesus, (clasp hands together and do casting action from shoulder downwards)
Fishing for Jesus, (repeat above)
Fishing for Jesus everyday (repeat above)
With a Bible and a prayer (open hands, like a book and then close as in prayer)
Nothing can compare (with palms down swing hands across over each other x2)
Fishing for Jesus everyday (clasp hands together and do casting action again)

Incy,Wincy Spider

Incy, wincy spider climbed the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain.
Incy, wincy spider climbed up the spout again.

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Clap Handies

Clap handies, clap handies for Daddy to come
Daddy’s got sweeties and Mommy’s got none.

Rock-A-Bye Baby

Rock-a-bye baby, on the tree top
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall
Down will come baby, cradle and all.

(The Christian Mother Goose book has a much nicer version, but since it is copyrighted it cannot be published here.)

Ring-A-Ring-o’Rosies

Ring-a-ring-o’rosies
A pocket full of posies
A-tishoo, a-tishoo
We all fall down.

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I’m a Little Teapot

I’m a little teapot
Short and stout
Here’s my handle
Here’s my spout
When I see the teacups
Hear me shout:
“Pick me up and pour me out!”

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Teddy bear, teddy bear
Turn around
Teddy bear, teddy bear
Touch the ground

Teddy bear, teddy bear
Climb the stairs
Teddy bear, teddy bear
Say your prayers

Teddy bear, teddy bear
Turn out the light
Teddy bear, teddy bear
Say good night

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 over town.

The moms on the bus go natter, natter, natter …etc
The kids on the bus go wriggle, wriggle, wriggle …etc
The granny’s on the bus go knit, knit, knit …etc

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Row, Row, Row your Boat

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream

Two children sit facing each other, with legs slightly bent in front of them and their feet touching each other. Hold each other’s hands and rock forwards and back in a rowing motion.

Soldier, Soldier, Won’t You Marry Me?

Soldier, soldier, won’t you marry me
With your musket, fife and drum?
Oh no sweet maid I cannot marry you
For I have no hat to put on.

So off she went to her grandfather’s chest
And she brought him a hat of the very, very best,
And she brought him a hat of the very, very best,
And the soldier put it on!

Soldier, soldier, won’t you marry me
With your musket, fife and drum?
Oh no sweet maid I cannot marry you
For I have no coat to put on.

So off she went to her grandfather’s chest
And she brought him a coat of the very, very best,
And she brought him a coat of the very, very best,
And the soldier put it on!

Repeat for Boots
Final verse:
Oh no, sweet maid, I cannot marry you,
For I have a wife of my own!

This is the Way the Ladies Ride

This is the way the ladies ride,
Nimble, nimble, nimble.
This is the way the gentlemen ride,
A gallop, a trot, a gallop a trot.
This is the way the farmers ride,
Joggety-jog, joggety-jog.
And when they come to a hedge – they jump over!
And when they come to a slippery space –
They scramble, scramble, scramble,
Tumble-down Dick!

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Girls and Boys, Come Out to Play

Girls and boys come out to play
The moon is shining bright as day.
Leave your supper and leave your sleep,
And come with your playfellows in the street.
Come with a whoop and come with a call,
Come with a good will, or come not at all.
Come let us dance on the open green,
And she who holds longest shall be our queen.

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

Here we go round the mulberry bush
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush
Here we go round the mulberry bush
On a cold and frosty morning.

This is the way we wash our clothes,
Wash our clothes, wash our clothes
This is the way we wash our clothes,
On a cold and frosty morning.

The Grand old Duke of York

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.
When they were up, they were up
And when they were down, they were down
And when they were only halfway up
They were neither up nor down.

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Counting Rhymes

Five Little Speckled Frogs
1-2-3-4-5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive
Ten Green Bottles
One Two Buckle my Shoe
Mary at the Kitchen Door
Four-Leaf Clover
One, He Loves
Five Rosy Apples


Five Little Speckled Frogs

Five little speckled frogs
Sat on speckled log
Catching the most delicious bugs – yum, yum
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Then there were four green speckled frogs,
quark, quark

Four little speckled frogs ...Repeat until… there were no green speckled frogs.

1-2-3-4-5 Once I Caught a

It has been so long since I heard that one, let's see.
1,2 buckle my shoe, 3,4 close the door, 5,6 pick up the stick, 7,8 close the gate, 9,10, you big fat hen. That is all I thought the rhyme went up too. Hope it helped dear.

shoot the wrong lot got posted here you are..


One two buckle my shoe
Three, four, knock at the door
Five, six, pick up sticks
Seven, eight, lay them straight
Nine, ten, a big fat hen
Eleven, twelve, dig and delve
Thirteen, fourteen, maids a-courting
Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen
Seventeen, eighteen, maids in waiting
Nineteen, twenty, my plate's empty

sorry about last post..

Here it is

One, two buckle my shoe,
Three, four, Knock at the floor,
Five, six, pick up sticks,
Seven, eight, lay them straight,
Nine, ten, a big fat hen,
Eleven, twelve, dig and delve,
Thirteen, fourteen, maids a-courting,
Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen,
Seventeen, eighteen, maids in waiting,
Nineteen, twenty, my plates empty.

You can find many more of children's nursery rhymes on this site www.rhymes.org.uk

One, two
Buckle my shoe;

Three, four
Shut the door;

Five, six
Pick up sticks;

Seven, eight
Lay them straight;

Nine, ten
A big fat hen;

You’re doing great!
Let’s do it again!

Repeat

Well are you ready?
Let’s go to twelve

Eleven, twelve
Be proud of yourself

Thirteen, fourteen
Reach high for your dreams;

Fifteen, sixteen?
Hands are for helping;

Seventeen, eighteen
Together we’re learning;

Nineteen, twenty
Be all you can be!

Hope that this is the one you wanted!!

Here's the whole rhyme,

One,Two buckle my shoe
Three, Four Shut the door
Five, Six Pick up the sticks
Seven, eight Lay them straight
Nine, Ten Big Fat Hen

LOL

I loved this rhyme as a kid. I know only till 10.

I've got to say, when I was a kid we said "nine, ten - do it again..." and start over, never knew it went higher!!

Counting

1, 2 Buckle My Shoe

1, 2 buckle my shoe
3, 4 shut the door
5, 6 pick up sticks
7, 8 lay them straight
9, 10 a big fat hen
11, 12, dig and delve
13, 14, maids a courting
15, 16, maids a kissing
17, 18, maids awaiting
19, 20, my plate's empty!