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Nursery rhymes, fingerplays, and action songs accept long had a home in quality early learning programs. As well as encouraging the development of movement skills, their value to early language skills is well documented. Nursery rhymes are the poetry of childhood and provide a fabulous introduction to rhythm, pitch, and rhyme inside the English language.

Any of the activeness songs and rhymes below volition make a fabulous addition to your Bound themed circle times. The drove includes rhymes about spending time in the garden, at the farm, or down by the lake, with others specific to atmospheric condition watching and backyard bugs.

Remember to sing like no 1 is watching and enjoy!

21 Action Songs & Rhymes that Celebrate Spring and Summer

In the Garden

Planting Flowers
(Sung to: Fere Jacques)

Planting flowers, planting flowers, (pretend to establish flowers into the ground)
In the basis, in the ground,
Water them and they will abound, (pretend to water plants with a watering can)
H2o them and they volition grow,
All effectually, all around.

Five Flowers Tall
(Sung to: Five Trivial Ducks)

Five flowers tall in the blossom shop, (hold upwardly hand with five fingers standing alpine)
Blooming brightly, with the petals at the top.
Along came _____ (name a child) with a dollar one day,
Bought a _____ (child names a colour) flower and took it away. (put one finger down)

Repeat for the remaining iv fingers.

See the Sunflowers
(Sung to: Downwardly by the Station)

Out in the garden, early on in the springtime,
See the little sunflowers standing in a row.
See the happy farmer giving them some water,
Slurp, slurp, slurp, slurp, weed and hoe!

Out in the garden, later in the summer,
Come across the giant sunflowers standing in a row.
Meet the happy farmer giving them some water,
Slurp, slurp, slurp, slurp, watch them grow!

One White potato, 2 Potato
As you sing, form hands into fists and stack them one on top of the other, taking the bottom fist and stacking information technology onto the top fist.

One potato, ii potato
Three potato, four,
Five potato, six potato,
Seven potato, more!

I Take My Shovel and I Dig Dig Dig
I take my shovel and I dig, dig, dig, (pretend to exist holding a shovel and digging in time with the lyrics)
Dig, dig, dig,
Dig, dig, dig.
I have my shovel and I dig, dig, dig,
I dig, dig all day long.

Backyard Bugs

How Does a Caterpillar Go?
How does a caterpillar go?
Dear me, does anybody know?
How does a caterpillar go?
A wriggle, wriggle all day long. (crawl index finger up contrary arm like a caterpillar)

How does a honeybee become?
Dearest me, does anybody know?
How does a honeybee go?
A buzzing, buzzing all day long. (flap hands quickly like little bee wings)

How does a butterfly go?
Honey me, does anybody know?
How does a butterfly get?
A flutter, palpitate all twenty-four hour period long. (spread arms and move them up and downward)

How does a busy spider get?
Dear me, does anybody know?
How does a decorated spider go?
A spinning, spinning all day long. (place each pollex on opposite pinky finger and walk hands upward and down)

I Footling Bug
(Sung to: One Grey Elephant Balancing)

Ane little bug went out to play, (children sit in a circle, ane kid walks effectually the inside of the circumvolve)
On a spider'southward web one day.
He had ever so much fun,
He called for some other bug to come. (first child chooses a send child to join them walking around inside the circle)

Two fiddling bugs went out to play
(Repeat for bugs 2, three and four)

Iv little bugs went out to play,
On a spider'southward web one day.
They got stuck, all in a bunch.
Along came spider, in time for lunch! (fifth child pretends to be the spider, coming to swallow the bugs)

The Ants Get Marching
The ants go marching ane by 1 (concur up i finger)
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching i by one,
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants become marching one by one,
The little ane stops to suck his pollex (pretend to suck thumb)
And they all go marching downward to the basis to leave of the rain.

The ants get marching ii by two (concord up two fingers)
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants get marching two by two,
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching two by 2,
The little i stops to tie his shoe (pretend to tie shoe)
And they all go marching downward to the ground to go out of the pelting.

The ants get marching three by iii (agree up three fingers)
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching three past three,
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching three by three,
The little ane stops to climb a tree (pretend to climb a tree)
And they all go marching down to the basis to leave of the pelting.

The ants go marching iv by four (hold up iv fingers)
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants get marching 4 by 4,
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching 4 by four,
The trivial 1 stops to shut the door (pretend to close a door)
And they all get marching down to the ground to go out of the pelting.

The ants become marching v by five (hold up 5 fingers)
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching 5 by 5,
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching v by five,
The picayune one stops to have a dive (pretend to dive)
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain.

The ants go marching half dozen by six (hold up half-dozen fingers)
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching six by half-dozen,
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching half-dozen by six,
The little 1 stops to pick upwards sticks (pretend to choice up sticks)
And they all get marching downward to the ground to get out of the rain.

The ants become marching 7 past seven (hold upwards 7 fingers)
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching seven by seven,
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching seven by seven,
The little one stops to pray to sky (concord hands as if praying)
And they all go marching down to the footing to go out of the rain.

The ants go marching viii by eight (hold up eight fingers)
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching eight past viii,
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching 8 by 8,
The little 1 stops to shut the gate (pretend to shut a gate)
And they all get marching downward to the footing to get out of the rain.

The ants go marching 9 by nine (agree up nine fingers)
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching ix by nine,
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants become marching 9 by ix,
The little one stops to check the time (pretend to check wristwatch)
And they all become marching down to the ground to get out of the rain.

The ants become marching x by ten (concord up ten fingers)
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants go marching ten by ten,
Hoorah! Hoorah!
The ants become marching ten by x,
The picayune one stops to shout
"THE Cease!!"

Fiddling Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
Forth came a spider,
Who sabbatum down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Itsy, Bitsy Spider
The itsy, bitsy spider,
Climbed up the water spout. (place each pollex on reverse pinky finger and walk hands up and downwards)
Down came the rain, (wriggle fingers as hands move down to represent rain)
And washed the spider out.
Out came the sunshine, (raise hands, fingers spread like the sun)
And dried up all the rain.
And the itsy, bitsy spider,
Climbed upward the spout once more. (place each pollex on opposite pinky finger and walk hands upward and downwards)

Here is the Beehive
Here is the beehive, (brand a fist)
Where are the bees?
Hiding inside where nobody sees.
Watch them come creeping out of the hive,
I, 2, 3, four, five. (release one finger at a fourth dimension from the fist/hive)
BUZZ-ZZZ (wiggle fingers all around)

Atmospheric condition Watching

Bright Sunday
(sung to "Row, Row, Row Your Boat")

Vivid dominicus shining downwards,
Shining on the basis,
What a lovely face you have,
Yellowish, big and round.

Rain
Rain on the rooftops,
Pelting on the trees,
Rain on the green grass,
But non on me!

Related: Grab a copy of this bully, printable Atmospheric condition Vocal for your preschool classroom.

Out on the Lake

Six Lilliputian Ducks
6 little ducks that I once knew,
Fat ones, skinny ones, off-white ones as well,
But the 1 little duck with the feather on his back,
He led the others with his quack, quack, quack,
Dishonest, quack, quack-dishonest, quack, quack,
He led the others with his dishonest, quack, quack.

Down to the river they would go,
Wibble wobble, wibble wobble to and fro,
But the 1 little duck with the plumage on his back,
He led the others with a quack, quack, quack,
Dishonest, dishonest, quack-quack, quack, quack,
He led the others with his quack, dishonest, quack.

Habitation from the river they would come,
Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, ho-hum-hum,
But the one little duck with the plume on his dorsum,
He led the others with a dishonest, quack, quack,
Dishonest, quack, quack-dishonest, quack, dishonest,
He led the others with his quack, dishonest, dishonest.

Six little ducks that I once knew,
Fat ones, skinny ones, fair ones too,
But the one trivial duck with the plume on his back,
He led the others with his quack, quack, dishonest,
Dishonest, quack, quack-dishonest, dishonest, dishonest,
He led the others with his quack, quack, quack.

Five Little Ducks
Five little ducks went swimming one solar day, (hold up five fingers)
Over the hills and far abroad. (hold arm across trunk and tuck fingers backside shoulder on the opposite side of the body)
Mother duck said, "Quack, dishonest, dishonest, dishonest," (use other manus to make a mother duck beak and open and close mitt to quack)
Simply only 4 footling ducks came dorsum. (bring first hand dorsum to the front with four fingers showing)

Four little ducks went swimming one day (agree upward iv fingers)
Continue until no little ducks came back, and so;

Old Female parent Duck went out i day, (tuck mother duck hand behind shoulder)
Over the hills and far abroad,
Mother Duck said "Quack, dishonest, quack, quack"
And all of those five lilliputian ducks came back. (return both easily to the front)

Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Children sit in pairs, facing each other and bring together hands for this activeness song. As they sing, the children rock dorsum and forward as they go along to hold easily with their partner.

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

Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
If you see a crocodile,
Don't forget to SCREAM! (the last give-and-take sung loudly)

Five Little Speckled Frogs
5 green and speckled frogs, (hold upwards v fingers)
Sabbatum on a speckled log,
Eating the nigh delicious bugs,
Yum, yum! (rub tummy with other manus)
One jumped into the pool, (tuck ane finger down)
Where it was nice and cool,
Then at that place were four green speckled frogs,
Glub, glub!

4 green and speckled frogs…
(Continue until there are no speckled frogs on the log)

Farmyard Fun Action Songs

Cows in the Barn
(action song sung to "The Wheels on the Bus")

The cows in the barn become moo, moo, moo,
Moo, moo, moo,
Moo, moo, moo.
The cows in the befouled go moo, moo, moo,
Moo, moo all twenty-four hours long.

Repeat with other animals and fauna noises.

Here Nosotros Go Round the Mulberry Bush-league
Children stand up in a circle, belongings hands, and skip around the circle for the chorus, stopping to perform the activity of each verse and then joining hands again to skip every bit singing the chorus of the action song.

Chorus:
Hither we go round the mulberry bush-league,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
Here nosotros become round the mulberry bush-league,
So early in the forenoon.

This is the manner nosotros bale the hay,
Bale the hay, bale the hay,
This is the manner nosotros bale the hay,
So early on in the morning.

This is the way we feed the chicks,
Feed the chicks, feed the chicks,
This is the fashion we feed the chicks,
So early in the morning.

This is the way nosotros groom the equus caballus,
Groom the horse, groom the equus caballus,
This is the style nosotros groom the horse,
So early on in the morning.

Oh, this is the manner nosotros milk the cows,
Milk the cows, milk the cows,
This is the way we milk the cows,
So early in the morning.

Here we go round the mulberry bush-league,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
Hither we go round the mulberry bush,
So early in the morning.

Five Lilliputian Bunnies
Five little bunnies, (hold upward five fingers)
Knocked on the door, (employ manus to pretend to knock)
One hopped away,
And and then there were four. (hold up four fingers)

Four little bunnies, (hold upward five fingers)
Climbed up a tree, (use hands to pretend to be climbing)
1 hopped abroad,
And so there were three. (hold up iii fingers)

Three piddling bunnies, (hold upwardly iii fingers)
Looking at you lot, (look at a friend)
One hopped away,
And and then there were 2. (hold up two fingers)

Two little bunnies, (hold up two fingers)
Having lots of fun, (swing hand with 2 fingers from side to side)
One hopped away,
So in that location was one. (hold up one finger)

I little bunny, (concur upward one finger)
Sabbatum in the sun, (hold 2 hands together with fingers spread like a lord's day)
One hopped away,
And then there were none. (agree up manus with all fingers tucked into fist)

Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow
The children stand up in a circle with one child – the farmer – standing in the center of the circle. On the chorus, the players in the circle hold hands and skip the circle while singing. For each verse of the activity song, the farmer pretends to do the actions described and then points to another child to come to the eye every bit the farmer for the next verse.

Chorus:
Oats, peas, beans, and barley grow,
Oats, peas, beans, and barley abound,
Tin can yous or I or anyone know
How oats, peas, beans, and barley abound?

Poetry one:
First the farmer sows his seed,
Stands cock and takes his ease,
He stamps his foot and claps his easily,
And turns around to view his lands.

Repeat chorus

Verse 2:
Next the farmer waters the seed,
Stands erect and takes his ease,
He stamps his foot and claps his hands,
And turns around to view his lands.

Repeat chorus

Poesy 3:
Next the farmer hoes the weeds,
Stands erect and takes his ease,
He stamps his human foot and claps his hands,
And turns effectually to view his lands.

Repeat chorus

Verse 4:
Last the farmer harvests his seed,
Stands erect and takes his ease,
He stamps his foot and claps his hands,
And turns around to view his lands.

If y'all are looking for other fun means to get kids moving this Jump, over at Childhood 101 I accept a printable Walk Through the Garden yoga for kids routine available as a free download, plus activeness songs and more.

Contributing Author:

Christie Burnett is the instructor, author, and blogger behind the playful online infinite known as Babyhood 101. Christie's passion for play and creativity led her to start her award-winning blog before long after the birth of her outset girl. Nowadays she can typically be institute juggling the demands of family life with fourth dimension borer away at her keyboard, at to the lowest degree when she hasn't only dropped it all to join her daughters in any their latest game or project might be! Connect with Christie on her blog or via Facebook.

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