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A baby sits on the couch as the two parents huddle in front.

I love Mummy/Daddy

(9 votes, average: 3.44 out of 5)
(To the tune of: Frere Jacques) I love mummy, I love mummy, Yes, I do, yes, I do, Mummies are for hugging, (Hug child) Mummies are for kissing, (Blow a kiss) I love you, yes I do! (point to child)   Tips You can replace...
A close up of honey comb.

Here is the beehive

(3 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5)
Here is the beehive (Make hand into a fist, fingers tightly coiled) But where are all the bees? (Shrug shoulders) Hidden away where nobody sees (Point to top of fist) Watch and they will come out of the hive 1,...
A girl jumps on the bed as her parents look on smiling.

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed

(5 votes, average: 4.20 out of 5)
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed (Show 5 fingers, jump up and down) One fell off and bumped his head (Rub head with a sad face) Mummy called the doctor and the doctor said (Pretend telephone) No more monkeys...
Father and son enjoying bath time. Father shows the baby a rubber ducky.

Bath rhyme

(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
As you wash the baby's legs Rub a dub dub Give your legs a scrub With soap and water In a nice clean tub   Repeat the song, replacing 'legs' with other body parts while bathing the baby Download the printable...
Baby's hand.

Sore hand rhyme

(5 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
Children often get upset when they hurt themselves and look to parents or carers to make them feel better. This is a really useful rhyme that you can sing to them whenever a mild...
Calf nursing from its mother.

This little cow

(4 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
This is a hand game – starting with the thumb This little cow eats grass (Point to thumb, make a munching sound) This little cow eats hay (Point to index finger, make a munching sound) This little cow drinks...
A boy and a girl riding horses slowly through the grass.

Horse ride

(4 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
Place baby on your knee This is the way the ladies ride Trit trot trit trop (Move knees gently up and down) This is the way the gentlemen ride Gallop a gallop a gallop (Move knees up and down more...
A mother lifts her baby above her head.

Baby, baby look at me

(5 votes, average: 3.40 out of 5)
Baby, baby look at me (Point to self) Tell me, tell me, What do you see? Two little eyes, a nose (Point to eyes and nose) And a mouth, just like me (Point to mouth) Baby, baby, one two, three (Show counting fingers...
Sleeping baby with spikey black hair in a crib.

Hush little baby

(2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
Hush little baby, don’t say a word, Papa’s gonna buy you a mockingbird. And if that mockingbird won’t sing, Papa’s gonna buy you a diamond ring. If that diamond ring turns to brass, Papa’s gonna buy you a looking...
Mother with sleeping baby.

Rock me easy, rock me slow

(2 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
(To the tune of Elvis, Love me tender, love me true) Rock me easy, rock me slow Rock me where the robins go Rock the branch and rock the bough Rock the baby robins now Rock me up and...
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