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Water Babies Songs
Hokey Pokey
You put your right foot in, You put your right foot out, You put your right foot in and you shake it all about. You do the hokey pokey and you turn around, that’s what its all about!
Verses: • Right arm • Left arm • Whole self • Goodbye (“you put your goodbye in, you put your goodbye out… waving goodbye as you do it)
Motor Boat
Motor boat, Motor boat go so slow, Motor boat, Motor boat go so fast, Motor boat, Motor boat step on the gas.
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall!
Pancake Song
(To the tune of I’m a little teapot”) I’m a little pancake on my back, I’m a little pancake nice and flat, I’m a little pancake on my back, Flip me over, just like that. I’m a little pancake on my tum, I’m a little pancake having fun. I’m a little pancake on my tum, turn me over just for fun.
This is the way
This is the way I kick my feet, kick my feet, kick my feet. This is the way I kick my feet, while I’m in the water. This is the way I paddle my arms, paddle my arms, paddle my arms. This is the way I paddle my arms, while I’m in the water.
Ring a Rosie
(With children laying on the mat, on their tummies, facing each other) Ring a ring a rosie, a pocket full of posies a tissue, a tissue, we all make splashes! Repeat first verse, but end with…we all do kicking! Repeat first verse, but end with…we all blow bubbles! Then continue with…Fishes in the ocean, fishes in the sea, we all jump, one, two, three! Sit the children on the mat and repeat first verse, but end with…we all fall down! Repeat “Fishes in the ocean…” and “…we all fall down” two more times.
If You’re Happy and You Know It
If you’re happy and you know it, turn around if you’re happy and you know it, turn around if you’re happy and you know it and you really want to show it If you’re happy and you know it, turn around.
Verses: • Jump up high • Kick your toes • Clap your hands • Make a splash • Wave to mum • Blow some bubbles • Stomp your feet • Wave goodbye
Good Morning Song
Jenna’s here today, Jenna’s here today, Everybody splash your hands Jenna’s here today.
Tick Tock
Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little cuckoo clock. Tick tock, tick tock, now I’m striking 1 o’clock. Cuckoo. Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little cuckoo clock. Tick tock, tick tock, now I’m striking 2 o’clock. Cuckoo, cuckoo. Tick tock, tick tock, I’m a little cuckoo clock. Tick tock, tick tock, now I’m striking 3 o’clock. Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo.
Dingle Dangle
When all the cows are sleeping and the sun has gone to bed, up jumped the scarecrow and this is what he said: “I’m a dingle dangle scarecrow with a flippy floppy hat, I can paddle my hands like this, and kick my legs like that”.
The 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 day long.
Verses:
- The children in the bus go up and down
The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep
The doors on the bus go open and shut, open and shut, open and shut
The mums and the dads say ‘I love you’, ‘I love you’ (giving hugs each time)
The children on the bus all wave goodbye, wave goodbye, wave goodbye