Open, Shut Them

Open, shut them                (open and shut your hands)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap                (clap hands)
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Put them in your lap   (fold hands and put in lap)

Little arabella miller

Little Arabella Miller found a woolly caterpillar
First it crawled upon her mother, then upon her baby brother
All said, “Arabella Miller, take away that caterpillar”

To the tune of “Twinkle, twinkle little star”

Where is thumbkin?

Where is thumbkin? Where is thumbkin?  (Hands behind back.)
Here I am, here I am  (bring each thumb out from behind back, one at a time)
How are you today, sir?  (thumbs ‘talk to each other’)
Very well, I thank you
Run away, run away (put hands behind back again)

Where is pointer? ……………….
Where is tall man? ……………….
Where is ring man? ………………
Where is pinky? …………………….
Where is the family? ……………

Twinkle, twinkle little star

Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high (point upwards)
Like a diamond in the sky   (make diamond shape with hands)
Twinkle, twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.

The More We Get Together

The more we get together, together, together
The more we get together the happier we’ll be.
With …… and …… and …….. and ……… (children’s names)
The more we get together the happier we’ll be.

1-2-3-4-5

1-2-3-4-5 Once I caught a fish alive (count on fingers)
6-7-8-9-10 then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so
Which finger did it bite?
This little finger on the right.

Ten fat sausages

10 fat sausages sizzling in the pan  (hold up 2 hands)
10 fat sausages sizzling in the pan
One went pop (make popping noise) and the other went bang (clap hands)
There were 8 fat sausages sizzling in the pan

8 fat sausages sizzling in the pan ……… (hold up 8 fingers)
6 fat sausages sizzling in the pan ……..  (hold up 6 fingers)
4 fat sausages sizzling in the pan ……..  (hold up 4 fingers)
2 fat sausages sizzling in the pan ………  (hold up 2 fingers)
No fat sausages sizzling in the pan

Incy wincy spider

The incy wincy spider climbed up the waterspout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the incy wincy spider climbed up the spout again.
The big, fat spider …….
The teensy weensy spider ……
For the big, fat spider use a deep voice and clap hands for climbing.
For the teensy weensy spider use a squeaky voice and very small movement of thumb to pointer finger

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