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LET’S MEASURE
Let’s measure from our head
Right down to our toes.
Let’s measure our arms,
Let’s measure our nose.
Let’s measure our legs,
Our waist, and all.
Let’s measure to see
If we have grown tall.
Adapted Traditional |
PUT YOUR FINGER ON YOUR KNEE
Tune: “If You’re Happy And You Know It”
Put your finger on your knee, on your knee.
Put your finger on your knee, on your knee.
Then turn yourself around,
Stamp your feet upon the ground,
And put your little finger on your knee.
Continue singing and pointing to additional body parts.
Elizabeth McKinnon |
RUB-A-DUB SONG
Tune: “Here We Go ‘Round The Mulberry Bush”
This is the way we scrub our arms, scrub our arms, scrub our arms.
This is the way we scrub our arms, when we take a bath.
This is the way we scrub our legs, scrub our legs, scrub our legs.
This is the way we scrub our legs, when we take a bath.
This is the way we scrub our stomachs, scrub our stomachs, scrub our stomachs,
This is the way we scrub our stomachs, when we take a bath.
Continue singing about scrubbing additional body parts.
Jean Warren |
I HAVE A LITTLE BODY
I have a little body (Point to self)
That belongs to me.
I have two ears to hear with (Point to ears)
And two eyes to see. (Point to eyes)
I have a nose for smelling. (Point to nose)
I have a mouth to eat. (Point to mouth)
I have two hands to wave
At everyone I meet! (Wave Hands)
Jean Warren |
MY THUMBS ARE STARTING TO WIGGLE
Tune: “The Bear Went Over The Mountain”
My thumbs are starting to wiggle.
My thumbs are starting to wiggle.
My thumbs are starting to wiggle,
Around and around and around.
My hands are starting to wiggle.
My hands are starting to wiggle.
My hands are starting to wiggle,
Around and around and around.
Continue with other body parts.
Author Unknown |
HERE ARE MY EARS
Here are my ears. (Child points to ears)
Here is my nose. (Child points to nose)
Here are my hands. (Child holds up hands)
Here are my toes. (Child points to toes)
Here are my eyes. (Child points to eyes)
Both opened wide. (Child opens eyes wide)
Here is my mouth. (Child opens mouth)
With white teeth inside. (Child smiles showing teeth)
Adapted Traditional |
I WIGGLE MY FINGERS
I wiggle my fingers.
I wiggle my toes.
I wiggle my hands.
I wiggle my nose.
Now the wiggles are out of me.
And I’m as still as I can be!
Adapted Traditional |
HEAD AND SHOULDERS
Tune: “Frere Jacques”
Head and shoulders, head and shoulders,
Knees and toes, knees and toes.
Head and shoulders, head and shoulders,
Knees and toes, knees and toes.
Eyes and ears, eyes and ears,
Mouth and nose, mouth and nose.
Eyes and ears, eyes and ears,
Mouth and nose, mouth and nose.
Adapted Traditional
Point to body parts as the song indicates. |
HANDS ON SHOULDERS
Have children act out actions in the rhyme
Hands on shoulders, hands on knees.
Hands behind you, if you please.
Touch your hips, now your nose,
Now your hair and now your toes.
Hands up high, in the air,
Then pull them down and touch your hair.
Clap your hands, one, two three,
Then hands at your sides, like a giant tree.
Adapted Traditional |
WHERE IS THUMBKIN?
Tune of: “Frere Jacques”
Where is Thumbkin, where is Thumbkin? (Hide thumbs behind your back)
Here I am, here I am. (One at a time, thumbs come out of hiding)
How are you today Sir? (One thumb bows to the other thumb)
Very well, I thank you. (Other thumb bows)
Run away, run away. (Both thumbs run back and hide)
Traditional
You can repeat song, but use other fingers as the main characters; such as, Pointer, Tall Man, Ring Man, or Pinky. |
TWO LITTLE EYES
Two little eyes that open and close. (Point to eyes)
Two little ears, and one little nose. (Point to ears and nose)
Two little cheeks and one little chin. (Point to cheeks and chin)
Two little lips with the teeth closed in. (Point to lips, then show teeth with big grin)
Traditional |
TEN LITTLE FINGERS
I have ten little fingers (Hold up ten fingers)
They all belong to me.
I can make them do things
Do you want to see?
I can shut them tight. (Make fists)
I can open them up wide. (Open fingers)
I can put them together. (Put palms together)
I can make them hide. (Place behind back)
I can put them up high. (Raise hands over head)
I can put them down low. (Put hands down as low as you can)
I can fold them together. (Fold hands)
And hold them just so. (Place in lap)
Traditional |
TOUCH YOUR NOSE
Have children do actions as indicated.
Touch your nose, touch your chin.
That’s the way this game begins.
Touch your eyes, touch your knees;
Now pretend, you have to sneeze.
Touch your hair, touch your lips,
Touch your ear on the tip.
Touch your elbows, where they bend.
That’s the way this touch game ends.
Author Unknown |
HERE ARE MY EARS
Have children do actions to match words in rhyme.
Here are my eyes.
Here is my nose.
Here are my fingers.
Here are my toes.
Here are my eyes,
Both open wide.
Here is my mouth
With white teeth inside.
Here is my tongue
That helps me speak.
Here is my chin,
And here are my cheeks.
Here are my hands
That help me play.
Here are my feet
For walking today.
Author Unknown |
OPEN SHUT THEM
(Have children do actions with their hands)
Open, shut them, open, shut them,
Give your hands a clap.
Open, shut them, open, shut them,
Lay them in your lap.
Creep them, crawl them; creep them, crawl them,
Right up to your chin.
Open up your mouth,
But do not let them in!
Adapted Traditional |
LEGS, LEGS, LEGS, LEGS
Legs, legs, legs, legs,
See what they can do.
Legs, legs, legs, legs,
See what they can do.
Jump, jump, jump, jump,
That’s what they can do.
Jump, jump, jump, jump,
That’s what they can do.
Traditional
Continue with additional verses; such as,
Skip, Run, March, Tap, Shuffle, Hop |
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