Songs and Nursery Rhymes for Kids
Five little flowers standing in the sun (hold up five fingers)
See their heads nodding, bowing one by one? (bend fingers several times)
Down, down, down comes the gentle rain (raise hands, wiggle fingers and lower arms to simulate falling rain)
And the five little flowers lift their heads up again! (hold up five fingers)
Ring around the rosy,
A pocket full of posies.
Ashes! Ashes!
We all fall down.
Rub-a-dub-dub,
Three men in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick-maker,
Turn ’em out, knaves all three.
(Tune: “Row Your Boat“)
Ride, ride, ride the train
Quickly down the track.
Clickety, clickety, clickety clack
When will you be back?
Download this instrumental version of Row Your Boat to listen and practice offline.
(Traditional Tune)
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream.
Download this instrumental version of Row Your Boat here.
Rock-a-bye, Baby, upon the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock;
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
Down tumbles cradle, Baby and all.
Also known as Hush-A-Bye, this song can be either a lullaby (though slightly disturbing at that) or an action song (much more fitting). As an action song, hold the infant or child cradled in your arms. Gently rock the little one back and forth as the wind blows. The when the cradle falls and down tumbles baby, gently lower your arms quickly, and “catch” your little one. Older preschoolers love this song and you can be a little more active in your actions.
(Tune: “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star“)
Red and orange, green and blue
Shiny yellow, purple, too.
All the colors that we know,
Live up in the rainbow.
Red and orange, green and blue
Shiny yellow, purple, too.
Download this instrumental version of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star to listen and practice offline.
(Tune: “The Hokey Pokey”)
You put your antlers in. You put your antlers out.
You put your antlers in and you shake them all about.
You do the Reindeer Pokey and you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about!
Additional verses:
You put your hooves in…
You put your red nose in…
You put your fluffy tail in…
You put your reindeer body in…
Ride away, Ride away,
Johnny shall ride,
And he shall have pussycat
Tied to one side.
And he shall have little dog
Tied to the other;
And Johnny shall ride
To see his grandmother.
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!
