Songs and Rhymes Book 1 1
Notes for parents and carers We sing lots of songs and rhymes in nursery. Here are a few of them. Please have fun helping your child to learn all of the words. Many of these songs can be found online if you are unsure of the tunes, or ask a member of staff to sing you a tune! E-safety: Please check that any websites you use with your children are carefully supervised. This is the first version of this little booklet. Please let nursery staff know what you think as you use it. We would be pleased to hear comments or suggestions. We hope your child will have fun with the songs on the following pages. See the little rabbits See the little rabbits sleeping, til it s nearly noon, Come and let us gently wake them With a merry tune. Oh how still Are they ill? Wake up soon.. Hop little rabbit Hop hop hop! Hop little rabbit Hop hop hop Hop little rabbit Hop hop stop! 2 15
I ve a picture book I ve a picture book, It is open look! Let me show you the pictures inside! There s a cat and a dog and a little green frog And a pony to take you for a ride a ride a ride! And a pony to take you for a ride! I will close my book, on the cover look, there s a big fat chicken on the nest. Cluck cluck! On the back there s a goat in a lily white coat... Oh I don t know which one I like the best the best the best! Oh I don t know which one I like the best! Woodfield Nursery song Woodfield Nursery is the place to come! We sing, we count, we play some games and have lots of fun! If you like painting and lots to do, Woodfield Nursery s waiting for you! 14 3
Baa baa black sheep Baa baa black sheep have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full! One for the master and one for the dame, And one for the little boy who lives down the lane. Heads, Shoulders Knees and Toes Heads shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes, Heads shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes, And eyes and ears and mouth and nose, Heads shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. 4 13
I ve got a body I ve got a body, A very busy body, And it goes every where with me! And on that body I ve got some hands and they go every where with me. And it s clap clap here, clap clap there, clap clap, clap clap every where! Twinkle, twinkle little star Twinkle, twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle,twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are. I ve got a body a very busy body and it goes every where with me! 12 5
Miss Polly Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick! So she phoned for the doctor to come quick, quick, quick! The doctor came with her bag and her hat, And she knocked on the door with a rat-a -at-tat. She looked at the dolly and she shook her head. She said, Miss Polly put her straight to bed. Wind the bobbin up! Wind the bobbin up Wind the bobbin up Pull, pull, clap clap clap! Wind it back again Wind it back again Pull, pull, clap clap clap! Point to the ceiling, Point to the floor, Point to the window, Point to the floor! Put your hands together 1 2 3. Put your hands upon your knee. She wrote on a paper for a pill, pill, pill. I ll be back in the morning yes I will, will, will. Good morning 6 11
Incy Wincy Spider Incy Wincy spider climbed up the water spout! Down came the rain and washed the spider out! Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain. Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king s horses and all the kings men, Couldn t put humpty together again! Incy Wincy spider climbed the spout again! I am a spooky spider I am a spooky spider, my name is Hairy Fred I do press ups in the morning and jog around the bed! Each morning, when I wake up I always bump my head, because I live under..... s bed! 10 7
Hickory Dickory Dock 1 2 3 4 5 Once I caught a fish alive Hickory Dickory Dock. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory Dickory dock. 1 2 3 4 5 Once I caught a fish alive, 6 7 8 9 10 Then I let it go again. Hickory Dickory Dock. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck two, The mouse said boo! Hickory Dickory dock. Why did you let it go? Because it bit my finger so. Which finger did it bite? This little finger on my right! 8 9