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The Three Bears Rap  Tap shoulders
Once upon a time in a nursery rhyme there were three bears.
A mamma and a pappa and a wee bear.

(Striding arm action)
One ...

Handwriting Rhyme  1, 2, 3, 4,
Are my feet on the floor?
5, 6, 7, 8,
Is my back nice and straight?
9,10,11,12,
How is my pencil held?

Birthday Song   The children love singing this extended version.

"Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear ________,
Happy Birthday to ...

The telephone song  This song is a round robin for your class.

Another one that involves everyone and great to fill in that 5 mins.

It goes like this....

Teacher ...

Numbulwar Jingle bells  the traditional jingle bells doesn't really suit a remote indigenous school so we wrote our own-

Driving in the bush
In crowded toyota.
looking for ...

U.S. Coin Poems  Penny, Penny
Copper Brown
And worth one cent.

Nickel, Nickel
Thick and Fat
I'm worth five cents
I know that.

Dime, Dime
Little and thin
I ...

Alice  Alice where are you going?

Alice where are you going?
Upstairs to take a bath.
Alice with legs like toothpicks
and a neck like a gir-raf raf raf
...

Ten Fat Sausages   Ten fat sausages sizzling in a pan
One went pop! and one went bang!
Eight fat sausages sizzling in a pan
One went pop! and one went bang!
Six fat sausages ...

Teaching Songs - I am Special, to the tune of twinkle twinkle little star 
I am Special ( tune of twinkle twinkle)

I am special yes i am
In my way I am a star!
I have my own special smile
and my own special style....

Mitali Pandey - Nursery Rhymes  Hi Donna..
This is very good site. I'm a mother of 13 months old and I have already started to teach alphabets and pictures (some from your site).

I ...

Hands In Laps.  I hide my hands,
I shake my hands,
I give a little clap.
I clap my hands,
I shake my hands,
I lay them in my lap.

Said quickly and gets those hands ...

Quiet finger plays then Loud busy songs or the other way around!  At the beginning of the year while the children are settling in to Kindy, I've found, over the years, that the old finger plays are still the best. Do ...

Auditory Awareness songs  Phonemic Awareness activities are so important and listening to sounds in words is always helped with little rhymes, songs etc.
The kids love these simple ...

BINGO - an oldie but a goodie  My 5 year olds love the old song BINGO
When they have the choice this is the song they always want to sing...

"There was a farmer who had a dog
and ...

who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?  This is a rhyme that all the students get to star in. I use it when I have that spare 5 minutes to fill in, or when we are waiting for something...it goes ...

Open, shut them...   Open, shut them
Open, shut them...
Give a little clap.
Open, shut them
Open, shut them...
Lay them in your lap.
Creep them, creep them, creep them,...

Addition & Subtraction  Addition

I'm adding my numbers
And what do I see?
Too many ones
Looking at me.

What will I do?

The answer is clear
I'll send one lot of ten ...

How to spell 'because'  My kids use this word ALL the time in their writing - to help them remember how to spell it, we use the tune to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" - works wonders!...