Kinder Songs
 Routine Songs |
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| Sit down on the mat. (3 Year olds)Come and sit down on the matCome and join me now.
Come and sit down on the mat And come and have a chat. |
Hold hands in a circleLets hold hands in a circle.Lets hold hands in a circle.
Lets hold hands in a circle, and everyone touch their nose. Continue this with different body parts. |
| Hi ho the dairy oh.We’re sitting on the mat.We’re sitting on the mat
Hi ho the dairy oh we’re sitting on the mat. We’re taping on the mat. We’re taping on the mat. Hi ho the dairy oh we’re taping on the mat. We’re rocking on the mat We’re rocking on the mat Hi ho the dairy oh we’re rocking on the mat. We’re clapping on the mat We’re clapping on the mat Hi ho the dairy oh we’re clapping on the mat. *Adding other actions as the children think of them. |
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| Finger Rhymes | |
| Two Fat Gentlemen (4 Year olds) Two fat gentlemen met in the lane, Bowed most politely, bowed once again. How do you do? How do you do? How do you do again?Two thin ladies met in the lane, Bowed most politely, bowed once again. How do you do? How do you do? How do you do again? Two tall policemen met in the lane, Two little schoolboys met in a lane, Two little babies met in a lane, This is a simple rhyme that uses your thumbs and all your fingers. Start with your thumbs held up, facing each other so that they can bend towards each other to bow. |
Mousie Brown Up the tall white candlestick (Make left arm into candlestick)Crept little Mousie Brown (Two fingers of right hand run up the candlestick) Right to the top but he couldn’t get down So he called to his Grandma Grandma! Grandma! |
| 10 little teddies10 little teddies standing up straight10 little teddies making a gate
10 little teddies making a ring 10 little teddies bow to their king 10 little teddies dancing all day 10 little teddies, quick hide them away! |
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| Action Songs | |
| Skidamarink (4 Year olds) Skidamarink a dink a dink, Skidamarink a doo, I love you. Skidamarink a dink a dink, Skidamarink a doo, I love you.I love you in the morning And in the afternoon, I love you in the evening And underneath the moon; Oh, Skidamarink a dink a dink, Skidamarink a doo, I love you! |
A Ship Sailed From China (4 Year olds)A ship sailed from China with a cargo of tea, All laden with presents for you and for me. They brought me a fan, just imagine my bliss.When I found myself going like this,
And this, and this, and this…. (move right arm as though fanning self) A ship sailed from China with a cargo of tea, All laden with presents for you and for me. It brought me a fan, just imagine my bliss. When I found myself going like this, And this, and this, and this…. (move right and left arms as though fanning self) Sing the verse again add one leg, sing verse again add other leg. |
| Dancing Face (Justine Clark)You can walk and talkYou can dance and sing
Round and round in a rosy ring You can swim in the sea You can fly through space
But can you make a dancing face? Wiggle your nose – blink your eyes Lift your eyebrows – and look surprised Wriggle your mouth – make a funny sound Poke out your tongue – move it around Now you’ve made a dancing face!
Ruffle your hair – puff your cheeks Pull your ears – click your teeth Eyebrows up – eyebrows down Make a smile – make a frown Put it together – it’s all it takes For you to make a dancing face Dancing face Dancing face |
Bo-ke (HEBREW)Bo-ke, Bo-ke,Bo-ke, Bo-ke, Bo-ke
Bo-ke Bo-ke, Bo-ke Bo-ke bye
Boke Bye La Avoo Die
Bo-ke bye La Avoo Die
Bo-ke bye La Avoo Die Bo-ke, Bo-ke bye |
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Molly Golly Molly Golly x5 (point to each finger as you say it)
Molly Golly went for a walk, She found it was snowing but she kept on going, until she heard (1st pincers opening and closing) “little voice call” (2nd hands palms together opening and closing) “a bigger voice call” (3rd large crocodile hands opening and closing) “Great big voice call”. Oh Molly, Ah Molly don’t go far Molly Don’t get lost or frozen by the frost, You better go home instead. Run, run….. patting knees
3rd time close the door (clap hands).
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Heads and shoulders (French)La tête (tet) HEADLes épaule (eh paul) SHOULDERS
Des genoux (jeh noo) KNEES et Pieds (eh peyeh) FEET En tap les mains ensembles. WE ALL CLAP HANDS TOGETHER. X2
Les yeux (yeu) EYES Les Oreilles (or rays) EARS La Bouche (bush) MOUTH Et nei (eh Neigh) NOSE
En tap les mains ensembles. WE ALL CLAP HANDS TOGETHER.
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| In Upsy Down TownIn Upsy Down Town the sky is in the sea, The rabbit’s in the nest where the birds should be. The rain is falling up, instead of down. Down, In Upsy Down Town. There’s a chocolate cake as white as snow, The more you eat, the bigger it grows! You walk upon your nose instead of on your toes
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Down in the Valley Where Nobody GoesDown in the valley where nobody goes, There’s a gredt big crocodile washing his clothes, With a scrubba scrub here, and a scrubba scrub there, That’s the way he washes his clothes.With an i tie oogie boogie woogie, With an i tie oogie boogie woogie, With an i tie oogie boogie woogie, That’s the way he washes his clothes.
Down in the valley where nobody goes, Add on as many different animal sounds as you can (or want) |
| Action Songs for circle time | |
| One gorilla (3 and 4 Year olds)One gorilla in the zoo the finest in the land,And people come from miles around to see what he can do.
He claps his hands (clap hands 3 times) He turns around He stomps with 4 feet on the ground And then he picks another friend to come and join him too. * Add to numbers as children get up in circle One flamingo One flamingo in the zoo the finest in the land, And people come from miles around to see what he can do. He claps his hands (clap hands 3 times) He turns around He stands with 1 leg off the ground And then he picks another friend to come and join him too. * Add to numbers as children get up in circle One kangaroo One Kangaroo is in the zoo, the finest in the land, And people come from miles around to see what he can do. He claps his hands (clap hands 3 times) He turns around He boing’s with 2 feet off the ground And then he picks another friend to come and join him too. * Add to numbers as children get up in circle |
There was a princess (4 Year Olds)Long ago, long ago, long ago; There was a princess long ago, Long, long ago.And she lived in a big high tower, A big high tower, a big high tower; And she lived in a big high tower, Long, long ago. A wicked fairy cast a spell, The princess slept for a hundred years, A great big forest grew around, A handsome prince came riding by, He chopped the trees down with his sword, He woke the princess with a kiss, So everybody’s happy now, |
| Sandy Girl (3 and 4 Year olds)See the little sandy girl, sitting on a stoneShe’s crying, she’s crying
‘cause she’s all alone. Stand up sandy girl (or child’s name), and wipe your tears away. Choose a friend you like the best and take them out to play. |
I’m going to Kentucky(4 Year Olds)I‘m going to KentuckyI‘m going to Kentucky, I‘m going to the fair.
To see the senorita, with flowers in her hair. So, shake it, baby, shake it. Shake it if you can. Shake it like a milkshake and drink it if you can. Oh, rumble to the bottom, and rumble to the top. And around and around and around And around and around and around, until you stop! |
| The Rattlin’ Bog hi ho the rattlin’ bog the bog down in the valley-o hi ho the rattlin’ bog the bog down in the valley-oand in that bog, there was a tree a rare tree a rattlin’ tree tree in the bog and the bog down in the valley-o chorus: and on that tree there was a limb and on that limb there was a nest… |
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