Nursery Rhymes, Songs, and Fingerplays for Kids
The bells on the sleigh go
ring, ring, ring
ring, ring, ring
ring, ring, ring
The bells on the sleigh go
ring, ring, ring
All through the sky!
The reindeer with the sleigh
Fly way up high,
Fly way up high,
Fly way up high
The reindeer with the sleigh
Fly way up high
All through the sky!
Additional verses:
The snow on the sleigh falls gently down
The driver on the sleigh says “Ho, ho ho!”
We wish you a Merry Christmas!
We wish you a Merry Christmas!
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
And a Happy New Year!
Good tidings we bring
To you and your kin
Good tidings for Christmas
And a Happy New Year!
Now bring us some figgy pudding!
Now bring us some figgy pudding!
Now bring us some figgy pudding,
And a cup of good cheer!
We won’t go until we get some!
We won’t go until we get some!
We won’t go until we get some,
So bring it out here!
We wish you a Merry Christmas!
We wish you a Merry Christmas!
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
And a Happy New Year!
Now let’s all do a little clapping!
Now let’s all do a little clapping!
Now let’s all do a little clapping,
And spread Christmas cheer!
Additional verses:
Now let’s all do a little jumping!
Now let’s all do a little hopping!
Now let’s all do a little whirling!
Now let’s all do a little dancing!
Now let’s all do a little stretching!
Now let’s all do a little waving!
(Tune: London Bridge is Falling Down“)
Head, thorax, abdomen
Abdomen
Abdomen
Head, thorax, abdomen
6 legs on an insect!
Old MacDonald had a farm, e-i-e-i-o
And on that farm he had a cow, e-i-e-i-o
With a moo, moo here
And a moo, moo there
Here a moo, there a moo
Everywhere a moo, moo
Old MacDonald had a farm, e-i-e-i-o
Repeat with various farm animals: chicken, horse, pig, duck, dog, cat, rooster, goat, etc.
Group activity idea: hand out stuffed animals or little figurines of farm animals, sit in a circle, each verse the next child holds their animal up and everyone sings that animal.
Are you hiding?
Are you hiding?
Leprechaun?
Leprechaun?
I’m searching for a rainbow.
Searching for a rainbow.
Leprechaun.
Leprechaun.
I’m a little leprechaun
Dressed in green.
The tiniest man
You have ever seen.
If you ever catch me, so it’s told,
I’ll give to you my pot of gold.
Red, orange, yellow
Then green, followed by blue
Indigo and violet
It’s a rainbow song for you
Thumb in the thumb place,
Fingers all together.
This is the song we sing
In mitten weather.
When it is cold
It doesn’t matter whether
Mittens are wool or
Made of finest leather.
Thumb in the thumb place,
Fingers all together.
This is the song we sing
In mitten weather.
Down by the station early in the morning
See the little pufferbellies all in a row.
See the engine driver pull his little lever
Chuff chuff, toot toot, off we go!
Chuff chuff, toot toot, off we go!