Nursery rhymes and poems

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Nursery rhymes and poems

• Maths and counting.

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Five crispy pancakes

• Five crispy pancakes in a frying pan, Flip them
  and toss them and catch them if you can. Along
  came (choose a child), For a pancake one day
  Sprinkled it with sugar and took it away. Four
  crispy pancakes in a frying pan...

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Five currant buns

• Five currant buns in a bakers shop, Round and
  fat with a cherry on the top. Along came (choose
  a child), With a penny one day. Bought a
  currant bun and took it away. Four currant buns
  in a bakers shop...

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Five green speckled frogs

• Five green and speckled frogs, Sat on a speckled
  log. Eating the most delicious worms YUM, YUM.
  One jumped into the pool, Where it was nice and
  cool. Then there were four green speckled frogs
  GLUG, GLUG. Four green and speckled frogs

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Five little ducks

• Five little ducks went swimming one day, Over
  the pond and far away. Mummy duck said, Quack,
  quack, quack, quack. But only four little ducks
  came back. Four little ducks went swimming one
  day, Over...........etc

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Five little monkeys

• Five little monkeys swinging from a tree,
  Teasing Mr crocodile, "You can't catch me"
  Along came the crocodile, as quietly as can be
  and SNAP! Went the crocodile, and then there
  were Four little monkeys swinging from a tree
  
• Continue until there are no little monkeys.
  Instead of a crocodile a tiger can be used who
  goes GRRRR instead of snap.

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One, two three, four, five

• One, two, three, four, five, Once I caught a
  fish alive. Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, Then
  I let it go again. Why did I let it go? Because
  it bit my finger so. Which finger did it bite?
  The little finger on the right.

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Ten fat sausages

• Ten fat sausages, sizzling in the pan, Ten fat
  sausages, sizzling in the pan, And if one went
  POP! and the other went Bang! There'll be eight
  fat sausages, sizzling in the pan, Eight fat
  sausages, sizzling in the pan. And if one went
  POP! and the other went BANG!
• Continue counting down until all the sausages
  have gone. Sung to the tune of Ten Green bottles

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Ten green bottles

• Ten green bottles, hanging on the wall, Ten
  green bottles, hanging on the wall. And if one
  green bottle, Should accidently fall. There'll
  be, nine green bottles, hanging on the wall.
  Nine green bottles, hanging on the wall. And
  if one green bottle, Should accidently fall.
  There'll be, eight green bottles, hanging on the
  wall. Eight green bottles, hanging on the wall.
  And if one......... There'll be one green
  bottle, hanging on the wall, One green bottle,
  hanging on the wall. And if that green bottle,
  Should accidently fall, There'll be no green
  bottles, hanging on the wall.

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Ten in the bed

• There were ten in the bed, And the little one
  said, 'Roll over, roll over'. So they all rolled
  over, And one fell out, There were nine in the
  bed, And the little one said, 'Roll over, roll
  over'. So they all rolled over, And one fell
  out. There were eight in the bed etc... There
  was one in the bed, And the little one said,
  'Roll over, roll over'. So he rolled over, And
  he fell out, There were none in the bed, So no
  one said, Roll over, Roll over

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The pirate song

• When I was one, I banged my drum. The day I
  went to sea. I jumped aboard a pirate ship, And
  the captain said to me. We're going, this way,
  that way, Forwards and backwards, Over the
  Irish Sea. A bottle of rum, to warm my tum, And
  that's the life for me. When I was two, I
  buckled my shoe..... When I was three, I
  banged my knee.... When I was four, I knocked
  on the door.... When I was five, I learned to
  dive.....

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Theres a cow on the mountain

• There's a cow on the mountain, the old saying
  goes, On her legs are four feet, on her feet are
  eight toes. Her tail is behind on the end of her
  back, And her head is in front on the end of her
  neck.

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The little frog

• This little frog has two eyes, Four legs, One
  mouth, no tail, Says croak, croak and Plops
  into the water. These little frogs have four
  eyes, Eight legs, Two mouths, no tails, Say
  croak, croak and Plop into the water.

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Nursery rhymes and poems

• Action songs

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Five little peas

• Five little peas in a pea-pod pressed, One grew,
  two grew, and so did all the rest. They grew and
  they grew ...and did not stop, Until one day the
  pod went ...POP!
• Line one - Clench all the fingers on one hand.
  Line two - Slowly open out the fingers. Line
  three - Stretch fingers wide apart. Line four -
  -When it says POP! clap loudly

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Grandma and Grandpa

• Here are Grandma's spectacles, And here is
  Grandma's hat, And here is the way she folds her
  hands, And puts them in her lap. Here are
  Grandpa's spectacles, And here is Grandpa's hat,
  And here's the way he folds his arms, And takes
  a little nap. Alternative ending to Grandma's
  verse Grandma claps her hands like this, and
  folds them in her lap.
• To show Grandma and Grandpa's spectacles put
  thumb and forefinger together on each hand and
  bring them up to your eyes. With your hands make
  the shape of a hat on top of your head. For
  Grandma put one hand on top of the other to 'fold
  her hands' and then place them on your lap. For
  grandpa, just fold your arms and tilt head
  forward, eyes closed.

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Hands upon your head

• Hands upon your head, Hands upon your head. Up
  and down and up and down, Hands upon your head.
  Hands upon your face, Hands upon your face.
  Up and down and up and down, Hands upon on your
  face. Hands upon your ears. . . Hands upon
  your chin. . .etc
• (Sung to the tune of jelly on a plate)

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Head, shoulders, knees and toes

• Heads and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and
  toes. Heads and shoulders, knees and toes,
  knees and toes. And eyes and ears, and mouth and
  nose. Heads and shoulders, knees and toes,
  knees and toes.
• A simple action song where children just touch
  the parts of the body that are mentioned as they
  sing the song. Once the children are confident
  the song can gradually get faster.

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Bees Buzz

• Here is the beehive But where are the bees?
  Hidden away Where nobody sees. Look and you'll
  see them Come out of the hive, One, Two, Three,
  Four, Five, Bzzzzzzzzzzzz.

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Kentucky

• I'm going to Kentucky, I'm going to the Fair.
  To see a senorita, With flowers in her hair.
  Shake it baby, shake it, Shake it all around.
  Shake it like a milk shake And pour it in a
  can. Rumble to the bottom, Rumble to the top.
  Twirl around and twirl around, Until I holler
  STOP!
• Walk quickly on the spot or around in a circle
  for the first four lines. 'Shake it' by standing
  and wiggling your hips before shaking your hands
  and arms like you were holding and shaking a
  bottle before pouring the milkshake in to a can.
  Rumble by rolling your arms round each other in
  front of you down to the ground and then up in
  the air. Finish by twirling around before
  shouting STOP.

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Miss Polly

• Miss Polly had a dolly, who was sick, sick, sick.
  So she called for the doctor to be quick, quick,
  quick. The doctor came with his bag and his hat,
  And he knocked on the door, with a
  rat-a-tat-tat. He looked at the dolly and he
  shook his head, And he said, " Miss Polly put
  her straight to bed". He wrote on a paper for a
  pill, pill, pill. That will make it better yes
  it will, will, will. An alternative ending is
  I'll be back in the morning with my bill, bill,
  bill.
• For the first line fold your arms and rock them
  as if you were holding the dolly. Then put one
  hand to your ear and use the other to dial. Pat
  your head to show your hat and then pretend to
  knock on the door. Shake you head and then
  point your finger to show sending dolly to bed.
  Write with a finger on the palm of your hand for
  the pill and then nod again to show that dolly
  will get better.

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Jemima

• Oh Jemima, look at your Uncle Jim, He's in the
  duck pond learning how to swim. First he's doing
  the breaststroke, Now he's doing the side, Now
  he's under the water, Swimming against the tide.

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Oranges and lemons

• 'Oranges and lemons', say the bells of St
  Clements. 'You owe me five farthings', say the
  bells of St Martins 'When will you pay me',
  say the bells of Old Bailey. 'When I grow
  rich', say the bells of Shoreditch, 'When will
  that be?' say the bells of Stepney. 'I do not
  know', says the great bell of Bow. Here comes a
  candle to light you to bed Here comes a
  chopper to chop off you head. Chop! chop! chop!
  chop! Chop

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Tall shops in the town

• Tall shops in the town, Lifts going up and down.
  Doors going in and out, People walking all
  about.
• Lift both arms up high for the tall shops, then
  with out stretched arms move them up and down,
  to show the lifts moving. Curve arms around in
  front and move them in and out for the doors,
  then wiggle hands round to show the people
  moving.

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Teddy bear, teddy bear..

• Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn around. Teddy
  Bear, Teddy Bear, Touch the ground. Teddy Bear,
  Teddy Bear, Tie your shoe. Teddy Bear, Teddy
  Bear, Goodbye to you.

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Cross the road

• This is the way we cross the road, We cross the
  road, we cross the road. This is the way we
  cross the road, We stop ,we look we listen. We
  stand at the kerb and we look both ways, Look
  both ways, look both ways. We stand ant the kerb
  and we look both ways, Before we cross the road.
  If the road is clear we cross the road, Cross
  the road, cross the road. If the road is clear
  we cross the road, We follow the green cross
  code.
• Sung to the tune of 'Here we go round the
  Mulberry bush'. By Green cross code

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Two fat gentlemen

• 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, Bowed most politely, bowed once again.
  How do you do? How do you do? How do you do
  again? Two little schoolboys met in a lane,
  Bowed most politely, bowed once again. How do
  you do? How do you do? How do you do again?
  Two little babies met in a lane, Bowed most
  politely, bowed once again. How do you do? How
  do you do? How do you again?
• This is a simple rhyme that uses your thumbs and
  all your fingers. Two fat gentlemen - thumbs
  Two thin ladies - forefingers Two tall
  policemen - middle fingers Two little school
  boys - ring fingers Two liitle babies - little
  fingers Start with your thumbs held up, facing
  each other so that they can bend towards each
  other to bow. Bow, twice and then alternately
  when you say 'How do you do?' and then together
  again for the last line. Repeat using other
  fingers.

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Two little dickie birds

• Two little dickie-birds sitting on a wall, One
  named Peter, one named Paul. Fly away Peter, fly
  away Paul, Come back Peter, come back Paul.
• Stick a small piece of paper onto each
  forefinger to represent the two birds. Place the
  two fingers out in front. Wiggle one finger for
  each bird. For the birds to fly away raise each
  hand in turn but return it to starting position
  but with the middle finger out, so the pieces of
  paper look like they have gone. Then when you
  call the birds back repeat the hand movements but
  bring back the forefingers instead of the middle
  fingers and the pieces of paper will reappear.

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Nursery rhymes and songs

• Minibeasts

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Fire-fly

• Fire-fly, fire-fly, Come from the hill, Your
  father and mother Are waiting here still.
  They've brought you some sugar, Some candy, and
  meat, For baby to eat.

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Bees buzz

• Here is the beehive But where are the bees?
  Hidden away Where nobody sees. Look and you'll
  see them Come out of the hive, One, Two, Three,
  Four, Five, Bzzzzzzzzzzzz.

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Hong ching-ting

• Hong ching-ting. Ching ching ting. Shih shang
  ching ching ting, Shui shang ching ching ting,
  Feng li ching ching ting.
• Traditional Chinese nursery rhyme Translation
  to English Red dragonflies Gently stop. On
  the rocks gently they stop, On the water gently
  they stop, In the breeze gently they stop.

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Incy Wincy Spider

• Incy Wincy spider, climbed up the 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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Ladybird

• Ladybird, ladybird, Fly away home. Your house
  is on fire, And your children all gone. All
  except one, And that's Ann, For she has crept
  under, The frying pan.

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Little frog

• This little frog has two eyes, Four legs, One
  mouth, no tail, Says croak, croak and Plops
  into the water. These little frogs have four
  eyes, Eight legs, Two mouths, no tails, Say
  croak, croak and Plop into the water.

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Nursery rhymes and songs

• Food

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An apple a day

• An apple a day Sends the doctor away Apple in
  the morning Doctor's warning Roast apple at
  night Starves the doctor outright Eat an apple
  going to bed Knock the doctor on the head
  Three each day, seven days a week Ruddy apple,
  ruddy cheek.

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Chick, chick, chick chick chicken

• Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken, Lay a
  little egg for me. Chick, chick, chick, chick,
  chicken, I want one for my tea. I haven't had
  an egg since Easter, And now it's half past
  three. So, chick, chick, chick, chicken, Lay a
  little egg for me.

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Five crispy pancakes

• Five crispy pancakes in a frying pan, Flip them
  and toss them and catch them if you can. Along
  came (choose a child), For a pancake one day
  Sprinkled it with sugar and took it away. Four
  crispy pancakes in a frying pan ..

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Hot cross buns

• Hot cross buns, Hot cross buns. One a penny,
  Two a penny. Hot cross buns. If you have no
  daughters, Give them to your sons. One a penny,
  Two a penny. Hot cross buns.
• Hot cross buns are a traditional Easter
  celebration food

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Ice-cream, a penny a lump!

• Ice cream, a penny a lump! The more you eat, the
  more you jump. Eeper, Weeper, Chimney sweeper,
  Married a wife and could not keep her. Married
  another, Did not love her, Up the chimney he
  did shove her!

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Pat-a-cake

• Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, bakers man, Bake me a
  cake as fast as you can. Pat it and prick it,
  And mark it with B. Put it in the oven, For
  baby and me.

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Nursery songs and rhymes

• Transport

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Down at the station

• Down at the station Early in the morning See
  the little engines All in a row - The man
  inside the engine Turns a little handle
  Poop-poop, choof-choof Off we go!

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Five little spacemen

• Five little men in a flying saucer, Flew around
  the world one day. They looked left and right,
  But they didn't like the sight. So one man flew
  away. ZOOOOOOOOOM! Four little men in a flying
  saucer......

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Traffic lights

• Stop says the red light Go says the green Be
  careful says the yellow light Twinkling in
  between.

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The train

• Tickerty-tack Over the track Far, far away
  Puffing all day Tickerty-too Hurry up do!
  Trains cannot wait Must not be late
  Tickerty-tock Nickerty-nock Speeding along
  Singing this song Tickerty-tackerty
  Nickerty-nackerty Tickerty-tackerty Tock!

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Crossing the road

• This is the way we cross the road, We cross the
  road, we cross the road. This is the way we
  cross the road, We stop ,we look we listen. We
  stand at the kerb and we look both ways, Look
  both ways, look both ways. We stand ant the kerb
  and we look both ways, Before we cross the road.
  
• If the road is clear we cross the road, Cross
  the road, cross the road. If the road is clear
  we cross the road, We follow the green cross
  code.
• Sung to the tune of 'Here we go round the
  Mulberry bush'. By Green cross code

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Traffic lights

• Red light, red light, what do you say? I say
  stop, and stop right away Yellow light, yellow
  light, what do you mean? I mean wait till the
  lights turn green Green light, green light, what
  do you say? I say cross, but please look each
  way Thank-you, thank-you red, yellow, green
  Now we know what the traffic lights mean.