Early Childhood

Songs for Early Childhood

Animal Songs

Five Little Froggies

5 little froggies sitting on a well
One looked up, and down he fell.
Froggies jump high,
Froggies jump low.

4 little froggies sitting on a well
One looked up, and down he fell.
Froggies jump high.
Froggies jump low. (etc until )

One little froggy sitting on a well
He looked up and down he fell

Five Little Speckled Frogs

Five little speckled frogs,
Sitting on a speckled log,
Eating the most delicious bugs...yum, yum.
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool.
Then there were four green speckled frogs.

(etc. until only one frog is left )

One little specked frog.
Sitting on a speckled log,
Eating the most delicious bugs...yum,yum.
He jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool.
Then there were no green speckled frogs.

The Frog
A little green frog once lived in a pool
The sun was hot and the water cool,
He sat in the pool the whole day long,
And sung a dear little, queer little song,
Juaggery doo, Juaggery dee,
No-one was ever as happy as me.

2 little kookaburras sitting on the hill,

1 named Bobby and 1 named Bill,

Fly away Bobby, fly away Bill,

Flap your wings above the hill.

Come back Bobby, come back Bill,

Now those kookaburras are sitting still.

Five Little Ducks
5 little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away,
Mother duck said quack quack quack quack,
But only 4 little ducks came back.

4 little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away,
Mother duck said quack quack quack quack,
But only 3 little ducks came back.

3 little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away,
Mother duck said quack quack quack quack,
But only 2 little ducks came back.

2 little ducks went out one day
Over the hills and far away,
Mother duck said quack quack quack quack,
But only 1 little duck came back.

1 little duck went out one day
Over the hills and far away,
Mother duck said quack quack quack quack,
But no little ducks came back, came back.

Mother duck went out one day
Over the hills and far away,
Mother duck said quack quack quack quack,
And all of those 5 little ducks came back.

The Little Turtle

There was a little turtle,
He lived in a box
He swam in a puddle,
He climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito,
He snapped at a flea,
He snapped at a minnow,
And he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito,
He caught the flea,
He caught the minnow,
But he didn't catch ME!

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

Over in the barnyard, early in the morning,

See the yellow chickens standing in a row.

See the busy farmer giving them the breakfast.

Cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep - off they go.

Here is the beehive, where are the bees?
(clench fist)Hidden away were nobody sees
Here they come buzzing out of their hives,
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (bring out fingers 1 by 1 )
Buzz, buzz, buzz.

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed
One fell off and bumped his head
Mama called the doctor & the doctor said,
"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

Four little monkeys jumping on the bed...etc,

This little piggy went to market.
This little piggy stayed home.
This little piggy had roast beef.
This little piggy had none.
This little piggy cried, "Wee, wee, wee, wee."
All the way home.

Incy wincy spider climbed up the water spout,
Down came the rain and washed poor Incy out
Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain
And the Incy wincy spider climbed up the spout again

Five little monkeys sitting in a tree
Teasing Mr. Crocodile-- "You can't catch me."
Along comes Mr. Crocodile as quiet as can be... SNAP!

Five enormous dinosaurs
Letting out a roar
One went away, and then there were four.

Four enormous dinosaurs
Crashing down a tree
One went away, and then there were three.

Three enormous dinosaurs
Eating tiger stew
One went away, and then there were two.

Two enormous dinosaurs
Trying to run
One ran away, and then there was one.

One enormous dinosaur,
Afraid to be a hero
He went away, and then there was zero.

If you’re happy & you know it clap your hands

If you’re happy & you know it, then you really ought to show it,

If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands

If you’re happy and you know it stamp your feet

If you’re happy and you know it, then you really ought to show it. If you’re happy and you know it stamp your feet

If you’re happy and you know it Shout Hurrah

If you’re happy and you know it, then you really ought to show it

If you’re happy and you know it Shout Hurrah

Fingerplays are rhymes with hand movements to engage children's interest. Fingerplays can be either songs or rhymes. They help children develop fine motor skills and co-ordination.

Body Action Songs

Row row row your boat, gently down the stream, Merrily merrily merrily merrily...

Life is but a dream (sit and face child, hold hands and lean back and forward)

Jack is quiet down in his box

(child crouches down and sings quietly)

Until somebody opens the lid.

(child jumps up)

Heads & Shoulders, Knees & Toes,

Knees & Toes, Knees & Toes,

Heads and Shoulders, Knees and Toes,

Lets all clap hands together.

Eyes & Ears and Mouth and Nose,

Mouth and Nose, Mouth and Nose,

Eyes & Ears and Mouth and Nose,

Lets all clap hands together.

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

Hokey Pokey
You put your hand in,

you put your hand out
You put your hand in

and you shake it all about,
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn around,
That's what it's all about.

(Repeat with leg, head, whole self)

Here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush.

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

This is the way we wash our hands, wash our hands, wash our hands.
This is the way we wash our hands on a cold and frosty morning.

This is the way we...

(stamp our feet or shake our hands, or clap our hands or turn around etc.)

I wiggle my fingers,
I wiggle my toes,
I wiggle my shoulders,
I wiggle my nose.
Now no more wiggles are left in me,
So I can sit as still as can be.

Benefits of songs to children

Nursery rhymes

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

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.

Roll it and pat it and mark it with a "B"
And put it in the oven for baby and me.

Lots more Nursery Rhymes in alphabetical order

More songs at kidsongs

Transport Songs

The little train goes up the track.
It says, "Toot, toot" then comes right back.

Bumping up and down in the little red tractor,
Bumping up and down in the little red tractor,
Bumping up and down in the little red tractor,
Let's ride off together!

The wheels of the bus go round and round,
Round and round, round and round
The wheels of the bus go round and round
All day long.

The horn of the bus goes beep beep beep.
The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish.
The doors on the bus go open and shut.
The baby on the bus goes,"Wa-Wa-Wa"

The driver on the bus goes "Ssh- Ssh-Ssh"

I'm a little aeroplane on the ground,

Spin my propeller round and around
When I get all revved up,
Then I fly, off the runway to the sky!

Down by the station early in the morning
See the little puffing billies all in a row
See the station master pulling on the lever
Puff, puff, toot, toot
Off we go!

There were 5 in a bed and the little one said,
"Roll over, roll over." (roll hands)
So they all rolled over and one fell out.
There were 4 in the bed and the little one said,
"Roll over, roll over." So they all rolled over and one fell out.... etc

There was one in the bed and the little one said GOOD NIGHT

Physical development resources including fine motor & gross motor

Social and emotional resources

Craft Recipes and Activities

Book of the year awards

Resilience - Nature or Nuture? and scroll down page

Communication Skills

Physical Development

Toilet training and scroll down page

Books about Sharing, Friends and Cooperation

Multicultural songs

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