Posts Tagged ‘bedtime’

Go To Bed First

Go to bed first
A golden purse;
Go to bed second,
A golden pheasant;
Go to bed third,
A golden bird.

Rock-a-bye Baby

Rock-a-bye, Baby
In the tree top
When the wind blows
The cradle will rock
When the bough breaks
The cradle will fall
And down will come baby,
Cradle and all.

This is traditionally a lullaby although the words aren’t that comforting!

Other rhymes that use this song:

Here is the Beehive

The Man in the Moon

The man in the moon looked down from the moon
Looked down from the moon and said,
“Tis time for all children on the earth
To think about going to bed.”

Wee Willy Winkie

Wee Willy Winkie runs through the town
Upstairs, downstairs in his nightgown
{Run fingers up and then down your child}
Rapping on the window and crying through the lock,
{Knock on a hard surface}
“Are your children in their beds? For now it’s eight o’clock!”

When we read this in a book, our little ones love to knock on the book.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle twinkle little star
{Hold hands up about shoulder height. Open and close hands}
How I wonder what you are
{Raise shoulders and hold hands out}
Up above the world so high
{Raise hands high in the sky and open and close them again}
Like a diamond in the sky
{Form forefinger and thumb from each hand in a diamond shape}
Twinkle twinkle little star
{Hold hands up about shoulder height. Open and close hands}
How I wonder what you are
{Raise shoulders and hold hands out}

Check out this variation on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Check out these Twinkle Twinkle Little Star activities.