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Heads, shoulders, knees and toes

Heads and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes, knees and toes.	(With your index fingers point to your head, then your shoulders, then your knees, then your toes, then point to your knees and toes again twice as you say ‘knees and toes’)
Heads and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes, knees and toes.	With your index fingers point to your head, then your shoulders, then your knees, then your toes, then point to your knees and toes again twice as you ‘knees and toes’)
We all clap hands together.	(Clap hands loudly)
Eyes and ears, mouth and nose, mouth and nose, mouth and nose.	With your index fingers point to your eyes, then your ears, then your mouth, then your nose, then point to your mouth and nose again twice as you say ‘mouth and nose’)
Eyes and ears, mouth and nose, mouth and nose, mouth and nose.	With your index fingers point to your eyes, then your ears, then your mouth, then your nose, then point to your mouth and nose again twice as you say ‘mouth and nose’)
We all clap hands together!	(Clap hands loudly)

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Miss Polly had a dolly

Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick,	(Cradle a ‘baby’ in your arms and rock them back and forth)
So she called for the Doctor to come quick, quick, quick.	(Hold a ‘phone’ to your ear and make a ‘come here’ motion with either your finger or your hand)
The Doctor came with his bag and his hat,	(Hold a ‘bag’ and touch your hand to your head to indicate a hat)
And he knocked on the door with a rat-a-tat-tat.	(Make a ‘knocking’ motion)
He looked at the dolly and he shook his head.	(Shake your head)
He said “Miss Polly put her straight to bed.”	(Shake your finger)
He wrote on a paper for a pill, pill, pill.	(Use a finger to ‘write’ on the palm of your hand)
“I’ll be back in the morning with my bill, bill, bill.”	(Hold your palm out on the words ‘bill, bill, bill’)

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If you’re happy and you know it

If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.	(Clap your hands twice)
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.	(Clap your hands twice)
If you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.	(Clap your hands twice)

If you’re tired and you know it, go to sleep.	(Place your head on your hands, using them as a pillow, close your eyes, and make a snoring noise)
If you’re tired and you know it, go to sleep.	(Place your head on your hands, using them as a pillow, close your eyes, and make a snoring noise)
If you’re tired and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you’re tired and you know it, go to sleep.	(Place your head on your hands, using them as a pillow, close your eyes, and make a snoring noise)

If you’re hungry and you know it, drink your milk.	(Pretend to drink from a cup, making slurping noise)
If you’re hungry and you know it, drink your milk.	(Pretend to drink from a cup, making slurping noise)
If you’re hungry and you know it and you really want to show it,
If you’re hungry and you know it, drink your milk.	(Pretend to drink from a cup, making slurping noise)

Tips

For older children use actions which would be more fun for them; such as stamping their feet, spinning in a circle, jumping up, and shouting hooray.

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Dingle dangle scarecrow

When all the cows are sleeping and the sun has gone to bed,	(Crouch down low and rest your head on your hands like they’re a pillow)
Up jumps the Scarecrow and this is what he says,	(Jump up)
“I’m a Dingle Dangle Scarecrow with a flippy floppy hat,	(Put hands on head)
I can shake my hands like this and shake my feet like that.”	(Shake hands and then feet)

When all the hens are roosting and the moon is behind a cloud,	(Crouch down and cover your face with your hands)
Up jumps the Scarecrow and shouts very loud,	(Jump up and raise your voice, cupping your hands around your mouth)
“I’m a Dingle Dangle Scarecrow with a flippy floppy hat,	(Put hands on head)
I can shake my hands like this and shake my feet like that.”	(Shake hands and then feet)

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Twinkle, twinkle little star

Boy holding a gold star above his head.

Twinkle, twinkle little star	(Hold hands up, spreading fingers and then closing fists)
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high	(Point up)
Like a diamond in the sky	(Make diamond shape with thumbs together and fingers together)
Twinkle, twinkle little star	(Hold hands up, spreading fingers and then closing fists)
How I wonder what you are.

Twinkle, twinkle little star	(Hold hands up, spreading fingers and then closing fists)
What a lovely child you are	(Point to child)
Nice soft hair and soft, soft cheeks,	(Point to body parts)
Shining eyes from which you peek
Twinkle, twinkle little star	(Hold hands up, spreading fingers and then closing fists)
What a lovely child you are.	(Point to child)

Tips

Sing as a quiet lullaby to soothe babies and children at bedtime.
Perform with actions as part of wind-down at the end of a play session.

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5 once I caught a fish alive

1, 2, 3, 4, 5 once I caught a fish alive	(Count with fingers on one hand)
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 then I let it go again	(Count with fingers on other hand)
Why did you let it go?	(Shrug shoulders)
Because it bit my finger so	(Bite in the direction of your finger)
Which finger did it bite?	(Shrug shoulders)
This little finger on my right.	(Wiggle little finger on your right hand)

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Zoom zoom zoom

Zoom zoom zoom	(Hold arms outstretched and tilt from left to right)
We’re going to the moon	(Point up to the sky)
Zoom zoom zoom	(Hold arms outstretched and tilt from left to right)
We’re going very soon
If you’d like to take a trip
Climb aboard my rocket ship	(Move arms and legs up and down in climbing motion)
Zoom zoom zoom	(Hold arms outstretched and tilt from left to right)
We’re going to the moon	(Point up to the sky)
5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Blast off!	(Crouch down gradually, and on ‘blast off!’ jump up with hands in the air. Alternatively, crouch down and hold child around waist, and on ‘blast off!’ lift them up into the air)

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The grand old duke of York

The grand old duke of York	(March on the spot)
He had 10,000 men
He marched them up to the top of the hill	(Keep marching and stretch up tall)
And he marched them down again.	(Keep marching and squat down low)

And when they were up they were up,	(Gradually get taller again, until on tiptoe)
And when they were done they were down,	(March crouched over)
And when they were nearly half way up,
They were neither up nor down.	(When you say ‘up’ raise your arms over your head, then squat down low when you say ‘down’)

He marched them all to the left,	(March to the left)
Then he marched them all to the right,	(March to the right)
He marched them round, and round, and round	(March around in a circle)
Then he marched them out of sight!	(Cover your eyes with your hands)

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Incy wincy spider

Incy wincy spider climbed up the water spout	(Alternately put your left thumb on the tip of your right forefinger, then your right thumb on the tip of your left forefinger. Move your thumbs and forefingers in turn as the spider climbs up the spout)
Down came the rain and washed poor Incy out	(Hold both hands up and wiggle your fingers as you lower them to imitate rain before throwing down your arms when the spider is washed out)
Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain	(Make a big circle with your arms to represent the sun)
So Incy wincy spider climbed up the spout again.	(Alternately put your left thumb on the tip of your right forefinger, then your right thumb on the tip of your left forefinger. Move your thumbs and forefingers in turn as the spider climbs up the spout)

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View the French version of this song

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Tiny Tim the turtle

Mother stands her baby up in the tub.

I had a little turtle	(Make a “turtle” with one fist with your thumb poking out)
His name was Tiny Tim
I put him in the bath tub
To see if he could swim	(Move arms in swimming motion)

He drank up all the water	(Pretend to drink from a cup, making slurping noise)
He ate up all the soap	(Open and close fingers as if they are eating, making munching noise)
And now he has a bubble
In the middle of his throat!	(Touch throat)

Bubble bubble bubble	(Slowly open arms wider and wider, trill lips to make bubbling noise)
Bubble bubble bubble
POP!	(Pop finger out of mouth to make a popping noise)

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