Laptime Songs

Nursery Rhymes, Songs, and Fingerplays for Kids

Skidamarink with actions

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Skidamarink

Skidamarink a dinka dink. 
(Put right elbow in left hand and wiggle  fingers)
Skidamarink a doo. 
(Put left elbow in right hand and wiggle fingers)
I love you.
(Point to eyes, hug yourself, and point to others)

Skidamarink a dinka dink.  
Skidamarink a doo.
I love you.

I love you in the morning. 
(Make a big circle overhead  like the sun)
And in the afternoon. 
(Hold arms in circle out in front of you)
I love you in the evening. 
(Move arms in circle down)
And underneath the moon. 
(Release arms and make another big circle overhead)

Skidamarink a dinka dink.
Skidamarink a doo.
I love you.

This Old Man

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This Old Man

This Old Man, he played one.
He played nick nack on my thumb.
With a nick nack paddywack
Give a dog a bone.
This Old Man came rolling home.

This Old Man, he played two.
He played nick nack on my shoe.
With a nick nack paddywack
Give a dog a bone.
This Old Man came rolling home.

This Old Man, he played three.
He played nick nack on my knee.
With a nick nack paddywack
Give a dog a bone.
This Old Man came rolling home.

This Old Man, he played four.
He played nick nack on my door.
With a nick nack paddywack
Give a dog a bone.
This Old Man came rolling home.

This Old Man, he played five.
He played nick nack on my hive.
With a nick nack paddywack
Give a dog a bone.
This Old Man came rolling home.

This Old Man, he played six.
He played nick nack on my sticks.
With a nick nack paddywack
Give a dog a bone.
This Old Man came rolling home.

This Old Man, he played seven.
He played nick nack up to heaven.
With a nick nack paddywack
Give a dog a bone.
This Old Man came rolling home.

This Old Man, he played eight.
He played nick nack on my gate.
With a nick nack paddywack
Give a dog a bone.
This Old Man came rolling home.

This Old Man, he played nine.
He played nick nack on my spine.
With a nick nack paddywack
Give a dog a bone.
This Old Man came rolling home.

This Old Man, he played ten.
He played nick nack over again.
With a nick nack paddywack
Give a dog a bone.
This Old Man came rolling home.

Butterfly Song

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The Butterfly Song

(Tune: “Up on the Housetop”)

First comes a butterfly and lays an egg.
Out comes a caterpillar with many legs.
Oh see the caterpillar spin and spin,
A little chrysalis to fall asleep in.
Oh, oh, oh, wait and see!
Oh, oh, oh, wait and see!
Out of the chrysalis, my oh my,
Comes a beautiful butterfly!

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Butterfly Pokey

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Butterfly Pokey

(Tune: “The Hokey Pokey”)

Put your right wing in.
Put your right wing out.
Put your right wing in
and you shake it all about.
You do the butterfly pokey
and you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about!

Additional Verses

Put your left wing in…
Put your antennae in…
Put your whole butterfly self…

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Fuzzy Little Caterpillar

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Fuzzy Little Caterpillar

(Tune: “Eensy, Weensy Spider”)

A fuzzy little caterpillar,
curled upon a leaf
spun her little chrysalis,
and then fell fast asleep.
While she was sleeping,
she dreamed that she could fly
and when she woke up from her nap,
she was a butterfly!

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Have You Ever Seen a Baby?

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Have You Ever Seen a Baby?

(Tune: “Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?”)

Have you ever seen a baby,
A baby, a baby
Have you ever seen a baby
Fly this way and that?
This way and that way
And this way and that way
Have you ever seen a baby
Fly this way and that?

Have you ever seen a baby,
A baby, a baby,
Have you ever seen a baby
Fly up and down?
Fly up and down,
Fly up and down,
Have you ever seen a baby
Fly up and down?