Action rhymes

The eensy, weensy spider Jenny pounds with one hammer.

The eensy, weensy spider Then she pounds with two.
Climbed up the waterspout. Continue:
Down came the rain Jenny pounds with two hammers …
And washed the spider out. (Move two hands up and down)
Out came the sun Jenny pounds with three hammers …
And dried up all the rain. (Stamp one foot up and down
So the eensy, weensy spider while moving both hands.)
Climbed up the spout again. Jenny pounds with four hammers …
(Jump up and down while moving
Clap your hands both hands.)
Clap your hands, clap your hands, Jenny pounds with five hammers,
Clap them just like me. (Nod head up and down while
Touch your shoulders, touch your continuing all other motions.)
shoulders, Five hammers, five hammers.
Touch them just like me. Jenny pounds with five hammers,
Tap your knees, tap your knees, Then she goes to sleep!
Tap them just like me. (Rest head on folded hands.)
Shake your head, shake your head
Shake it just like me. The Elephant
Clap your hands, clap your hands, An elephant goes like this and that.
Now let them quiet be. (Clasp hands together with arms
extended in front of you and sway arms
I’m a Little Teapot back and forth.)
I’m a little teapot, He’s oh, so big,
Short and stout. (Stretch arms up high.)
Here is my handle. And he’s oh, so fat.
(Put one hand on hip.) (Put arms out to the side.)
Here is my spout. He has no fingers,
(Bend other arm out to the side And he has no toes,
like a spout.) (Put two fists in front of you.)
When I get all steamed up, But goodness gracious,
(Jump up.) What a nose!
Hear me shout, (Extend clasped hands in front of
‘Tip me over and pour me out!’ face like a nose.)
(Tip body sideways.)
Balloons
I’m a Little Robot This is the way we blow our balloon.
I’m a little robot, Blow! Blow! Blow!
Short and square, (Place hands on cheeks and
I have no toenails, gradually puff cheeks out.)
I have no hair. This is the way we break our balloon.
When you want the answer to your Oh, oh, no!
sums, (‘Pop’ cheeks to blow out air.)
Just press my button and out it comes.
If you’re Happy and You Know It
The Hammer Song
Jenny pounds with one hammer, If you’re happy and you know it,
(Move one hand up and down Clap your hands.
repeatedly like a hammer.) (Clap your hands twice)
One hammer, one hammer. If you’re happy and you know it,
Clap your hands.
(Clap your hands twice)
If you’re happy and you know it,
And you really want to show it,
If you’re happy and you know it,
Clap your hands.
(Clap your hand twice.)
Continue:
If you’re mad and you know it, stamp
your feet …
If you’re excited and you know it, wave
your arms…
If you’re sad and you know it, rub your
eyes …
If you’re silly and you know it, shake
your head …
Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Head and shoulders, knees and toes,
knees and toes.
Head shoulders, knees and toes, knees
and toes,
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees
and toes!
(Touch each body part as it is named.)
Cause you’re doing the monster stomp,
That’s right, you’re doing the monster
stomp.
Can You Walk on Tiptoe
Can you walk on tiptoe
As softly as a cat?
And can you stamp along the road,
Stamp, stamp, just like that?
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 day long.
The driver on the bus goes ‘Move on
back!’ …
The babies on the bus go ‘WAH-WAH-
WAH!’ …
Row Your Boat
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
Five Fat Peas
Five fat peas in a peapod pressed.
(Clasped both hands together in a fist.)
One grew, two grew,
(Extend thumbs together and
then
extend index fingers together.)
And so did all the rest.
(Continue extending fingers.)
They grew, and they grew, and they
never stopped.
(Move hands apart slowly.)
They grew so fat that the peapod
POPPED!
(Clap hands together on the word
‘popped’.)
The Monster Stomp
If you want to be a monster, now’s your
chance
‘Cause everybody’s doing the monster
dance.
You just stamp your feet,
Wave your arms around,
Stretch ‘em up, stretch ‘em up,
Then put them on the ground,
Ooh-Ah-Ooh-Ah-Ooh-Ah-Ooh-Ah!
Ooh-Ah-Ooh-Ah-Ooh-Ah-Ooh-Ah!
Can you take some great big strides
The way a giant can?
Or walk along so slowly
Like a poor bent old man?
The wipers on the bus go swish, swish,
swish …
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep,
beep …
The people on the bus go up and down
…
The mums on the bus go ‘Shh, shh, shh’
…
The dads on the bus go nod, nod, nod …
etc.
Five Little Goblins
Five little goblins on a Halloween night
Made a very, very spooky sight.
The first one danced on his tippy-tip-toes.
The next one tumbled and bumped his The next one walked like a fuzzy bear.
nose. The next one sang a Halloween song.
The next one jumped high up in the air Five goblins played the whole night long!

Here we go round the mulberry…

Here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush.
Here we go round the mulberry bush, early in the morning.

This is the way we jump out of bed,

jump out of bed, jump out of bed.
This is the way we jump out of bed, early in the morning.

This is the way we wash ourselves, wash ourselves, wash ourselves.

This is the way we wash ourselves, early in the morning.

This is the way we brush our teeth, brush our teeth, brush our teeth.
This is the way we brush our teeth, early in the morning.

This is the way we comb our hair, comb our hair, comb our hair.
This is the way we comb our hair, early in the morning.

This is the way we put on our clothes,

put on our clothes, put on our clothes,
This is the way we put on our clothes, early in the morning.

This is the way we eat our food, eat our food, eat our food.
This is the way we eat our food, early in the morning.

This is the way we go to school,

go to school, go to school.
This is the way we go to school, early in the morning.