This is a collection of some new songs Rose and I found to sing together.  Some are actions and some are bedtime songs.  The Wheels on the bus is an old favourite, but this version has some new actions/verses we didn’t do before. There are also other songs I remember, but forgot the words.

We also love: If You’re Happy and You Know It, Shake your Silly’s Out, Do the Hokey Pokey, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and Ring around the Rosy. 

Elephants Have Wrinkles
Elephants have wrinkles, wrinkles, wrinkles
Elephants have wrinkles,
Wrinkles everywhere
On their nose (Have child repeat “on their nose”)
No one knows (no one knows)
Why-y-y-y
Elephants have wrinkles, wrinkles, wrinkles
Elephants have wrinkles, wrinkles everywhere
On their ears (on their ears)
On their nose (on their nose)
No one knows
Why-y-y-y
Elephants have wrinkles, wrinkles, wrinkles
Elephants have wrinkles, wrinkles everywhere

Continue with:
On their tummies (on their tummies)…..ears, nose On their knees (on their knees) …..tummies, ears, nose
On their toes (on their toes) ….. knees, tummies, ears, nose
On their teeth
Spoken: On their teeth? That’s ridiculous!

Go Bananas
Peel bananas, peel bananas, (pretend to “peel” yourself”)
Peel, peel, peel bananas.
Chop bananas, chop bananas, (with one arm straight out, “chop” it with opposite hand)
Chop, chop, chop bananas.
Eat bananas, eat bananas, (pretend to eat)
Eat, eat, eat bananas.
GO BANANAS! (wiggle whole body around)

Here comes a choo choo train
Here comes a choo choo train
Chugging down the track
Now its going forward
Now its going back
Now the bell is ringing
Now the whistle blows
What a lot of noise it makes
Everywhere it goes!

Sleeping Bunnies
See the sleeping bunnies, Sleeping ’till past noon
Come help me wake them, With our merry tune
Oooooh so still… (child pretends to sleep)
Could the bunnies be ill?

Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop little bunnies
Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop little bunnies
Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop little bunnies
(during hopping child hops around like a bunny)
STOP!

Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around
Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground
Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch your nose
Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch your toes
Teddy bear, teddy bear, run up the stairs
Teddy bear, teddy bear, say your prayers
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn out the light
Teddy bear, teddy bear, say goodnight!

The Shiverees
Dot, dot, dot, dot (gently poke your child’s back with your index finger)
Line, line, (gently draw lines on your child’s back with your finger)
Spiders crawling up your spine (use all fingers to be a “spider” across your child’s back)
Big squeeze (give child a gentle squeeze)
Cool breeze (blow softly on your child’s back)
Now you got the shiverees! (gently tickle your child everywhere)

Sometimes Mom Says
(to the tune of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”)
Sometimes Mom says “Don’t do this”
Sometimes Mom says “Don’t do that”
Still she loves me that I know.
Why? Because she tells me so.
Sometimes Mom says “Let’s do this”.
Sometimes Mom says “Kiss, kiss, kiss!”

Teatime
Here’s a cup, (cup one hand)
And here’s a cup, (cup the other hand)
And here’s a pot of tea. (make a teapot with 3 of the middle fingers bent over, thumb and little finger stuck out for spout and handle)
Pour a cup, (make motion of pouring)
And pour a cup, (make motion of pouring)
And drink it up with me. (pretend to drink out of “cup”)

Special Me
(to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle)
Special, special, special me
How I wonder what I’ll be
In this big world I can be
Anything I want to be
Special, special, special me
How I wonder what I’ll be

The Cuddle Song
It’s so nice to have a cuddle
With someone that you love
It’s so nice to have a snuggle,
With someone that you love

If you ever are in trouble
It will vanish like a bubble
It’s so nice to have a cuddle
With someone that you love

Little Green Frog
Um, ah, went the little green frog
Um, ah, went the little green frog one day
And we all went um, um, aaaaaah
But we all know frogs go
“La di da di da”
“La di da di da”
“La di da di da”
We all know frogs go
“La di da di da”
They don’t go um, um, ah.
Actions:
Blink your eyes while saying “um”
Stick out your tongue after saying “ah”
Clap before each line of “la di da di da”
Kiss, kiss, went the little green fish one day
Kiss, kiss, went the little green fish
Kiss, kiss, went the little green fish one day
And we all went kiss, kiss, kiss
But we all know fish go
“Scooby-doobie-do”,
“Scooby-doobie-do”,
“Scooby-doobie-do”,
We all know fish go
“Scooby-doobie-do”,
They don’t go “kiss, kiss, kiss”.
Actions:
Purse your lips and make a kissing sound while saying “kiss”
Put your hands together and make them “swim” like a fish when saying “little green fish”
Clap before each line of “scooby-doobie-do”

“Ring, ring” went the little green phone one day
“Ring, ring” went the little green phone
“Ring, ring” went the little green phone one day
And we all went “ring, ring, ring”
But we all know phones go
“Ding-a-ling-a-ling”,
“Ding-a-ling-a-ling”,
“Ding-a-ling-a-ling”
We all know phones go
“Ding-a-ling-a-ling”
They don’t go “ring, ring, ring”.
Actions:
Pretend to dial a phone when you say “ring” Rock your head back and forth from shoulder to shoulder when you say “ding-a-ling-a-ling”.

“Toot, toot” went the little green flute one day
“Toot, toot” went the little green flute
“Toot, toot” went the little green flute one day
And we all went “toot, toot, toot”
But we all know flutes go
“Toot-a-loot-a-loo”
“Toot-a-loot-a-loo”
We all know flutes go
“Toot-a-loot-a-loo”
They don’t go “toot, toot, toot”

Wheels On The Bus
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
Round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
All through the town
The doors on the bus go open and shut….
The people on the bus go on and off….
The money on the bus goes clink, clink, clink….
The driver on the bus goes, “Move on back”….
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep….
The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish….
The children on the bus go up and down….
The babies on the bus go, “Whaa! Whaa! Whaa!”
The mommies on the bus go, “I love you”…..
The daddies on the bus go, “Love you, too”…..

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
Zoom, zoom, zoom, We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom, We’re going to the moon.
If you want to take a trip,
Climb aboard my rocket ship.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Blast off!

Zoom, zoom, zoom, We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom, We’re going to the moon.
Upside down and all around,
I’ll take you where the stars are found.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Blast off!

I Had a Little Turtle
I had a little turtle (make a fist with thumb sticking out)
Who lived in a box (cup hands together for box)
He swam in a puddle (wiggle hand back and forth)
And climbed on the rocks (fingers climb up other fist)
He snapped at the mosquito. (fingers and thumb come together to mimic snapping mouth)
He snapped at the flea (snap!)
He snapped at a minnow (snap!)
And he snapped at me! (snap!)

He caught the mosquito, (clap, gulp!)
He caught the flea (clap, gulp!)
He caught the minnow (clap, gulp!)
But he didn’t catch me! (wag pointer finger back and forth)

Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Hickory, dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one
The mouse ran down,
Hickory, dickory dock

Hickory, dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck two
The mouse said “BOO!”,
Hickory, dickory dock

Hickory, dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck three
The mouse said “Whee!”,
Hickory, dickory dock

Hickory, dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck four
The mouse said “No more!” (stop abruptly)

The Sweetest Name
(child name)  is the sweetest girl I know
And she’s just the same, as her lovely name
That’s the reason why I love her so
For (child name)  is the sweetest girl I know

The Kissy Game
Kissy kissy fingers. Kissy, kissy toes.
Kissy, kissy (child name) on your kissy, kissy nose.
I love to kiss your fingers, I love to kiss your toes.
I love to kiss my (child name) on her kissy, kissy nose.

Ten Little Fingers
I have ten little fingers,
And they all belong to me.
I can make them do things,
Would you like to see?
I can shut them up tight,
Or open them wide.
I can put them together,
Or make them all hide.
I can make them jump high,
Or make them jump low.
I can fold them up quietly,
And just sit so.

Finger Game
One finger, two fingers, they’re to see (from fist raise pointer and middle fingers)
Up pops another, then there are three(raise ring finger)
Here comes another one, that makes four, (raise pinky finger)
And this is your thumb, the one next door! (wiggle thumb)

Grandma’s Glasses
Here are Grandma’s glasses (make “glasses” over eyes with fingers)
And here is Grandma’s hat (fold hands over head)
Here’s the way she folds her hands (fold hands)
And puts them in her lap (place hands in lap)
Here are Grandpa’s glasses (make “glasses” over eyes with fingers)
And here is Grandpa’s hat (put hands straight up on head)
Here’s the way he folds his arms (fold arms)
And has his little nap (pretend to go to sleep)

The Bird
There was one little bird in a little tree,
He was all alone, and he didn’t want to be.
So he flew far away, over the sea,
And brought back a friend to live in the tree.
(Continue the song with two birds, three birds….)

Last verse:
There were four little birds, in a little tree,
They were all alone but they didn’t want to be.
So they flew far away, over the sea
And brought back a friend to live happily!

Hurry, Hurry, Drive The Fire Truck
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck (Hands on steering wheel)
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck
Hurry, hurry, drive the fire truck
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
(Ring bell)
Hurry, hurry, climb the ladder
(Pretend to climb ladder)
Hurry, hurry, climb the ladder
Hurry, hurry, climb the ladder
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
(Ring bell)
Hurry, hurry, squirt the water
(Pretend to spray hose)
Hurry, hurry, squirt the water
Hurry, hurry, squirt the water
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
(Ring bell)
Slowly, slowly, back to the station
(Lean slowly to the left and right)
Slowly, slowly, back to the station
Slowly, slowly, back to the station
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
(Ring bell)