Songs and Fingerplays at the Mothergoose Storytime
Here are some of the songs and fingerplays you will see at the Mothergoose Storytime:
The More We Get Together
The more we get together, together, together
The more we get together the happier we’ll be
‘Cause your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends
The more we get together the happier we’ll be
The more we share together, together, together
The more we share together the happier we’ll be
‘Cause sharing is caring
And caring is sharing
The more we get together the happier we’ll be
Charlie Over the Water
Charlie over the water (point at child)
Charlie over the sea (point at child again)
Charlie catch a blackbird (clap twice for “black-bird”)
But can’t catch me. (shake head)
Open Shut Them
(hold out hands making fists)
Open (open hands) shut them (shut hands)
Open (open hands) shut them (shut hands)
Give a little clap, clap, clap (clap 3 times)
Open (open hands) shut them (shut hands)
Open (open hands) shut them (shut hands)
Lay them in your lap lap lap (pat lap 3 times)
Creep them creep them slowly creep them
Right up to your chin (walk fingers up chest to chin)
Open up your little mouth (open mouth wide)
But do not let them in! (thrust hands behind back)
The Eency Weency Spider
The eency weency spider
Went up the water spout (climb fingers up above head)
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out (open fingers and push down and out)
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain (touch fingers over head)
And the eency weency spider
Went up the spout again (climb fingers above head)
Boing Boing Squeak
(bounce child on lap in time to rhyme)
Boing boing squeak, boing boing squeak
A bouncing mouse is in my house
He’s been there for a week
He bounced from out of nowhere
And quickly settled in
I’m thankful that he came alone
I heard he has a twin
He bounces through the kitchen
He bounces through the den
He bounces through the living room
Look, there he goes again! (point)
Boing boing squeak, boing boing squeak
(Repeat)
10 Little Fingers
(hold up fingers in turn, wiggle them)
I have 1, I have 2, I have 3 little fingers
I have 4, I have 5, I have 6 little fingers
I have 7, I have 8, I have 9 little fingers
10 little fingers on my hands!
The Grand Old Duke of York
(start from a squatting position)
Oh, the grand old duke of York,
He had 10,000 men
He marched them up to the top of the hill (stand)
And he marched them down again (squat)
And when they were up they were up (stand)
And when they were down they were down (squat)
And when they were only half way up (stand bent over)
They were neither up (stand) nor down (squat)
(repeat 2 more times, faster each time)
Five Brown Teddies
Five brown teddies, sittin’ on a wall
Five brown teddies, sittin’ on a wall
And if one brown teddy should accidently fall
There’d be four brown teddies, sittin’ on the wall
(repeat until the last teddy, then..)
There’d be no more teddies sittin’ on the wall
The Wheels on the Bus
(make hands into fists, rotate hands around each other)
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
(move arms from elbows, move hands back and forth)
The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
Swish swish swish, swish swish swish
The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish, all day long
(hold out one hand palm forward, press for each beep)
The horn on the bus goes beep beep beep
Beep beep beep, beep beep beep
The horn on the bus goes beep beep beep, all day long
(hold out both hands, open and shut hands)
The lights on the bus go on and off
On and off, on and off
The lights on the bus go on and off, all day long
(hold arms together, elbow to wrist, spread and close arms)
The doors on the bus go open and shut
Open and shut, open and shut
The doors on the bus go open and shut, all day long
(hold out fingers as if putting a coin in a slot, move wrist)
The money on the bus goes clink clink clink
Clink clink clink, clink clink clink
The money on the bus goes clink clink clink, all day long
(motion over shoulder with thumb)
The driver on the bus says “move on back”
Move on back, move on back
The driver on the bus says “move on back”, all day long
(rock arms)
The mommies on the bus go rock rock rock
Rock rock rock, rock rock rock
The mommie on the bus go rock rock rock, all day long
(move finger up and down to make noise on lips)
The babies on the bus go buuu, buuu buuu,
Buuu, buuu, buuu, buuu, buuu, buuu
The babies on the bus go buuu, buuu, buuu , all day long
(hold hands over ears, shake head)
The kids on the bus make too much noise
Too much noise, too much noise
The kids on the bus make too much noise, all day long
(reach out arms and scoop towards body)
The daddies on the bus say “come up here”
Come up here, come up here
The daddies on the bus say “come up here” all day long
(make hands into fists, rotate hands around each other)
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
If You’re Happy and You Know It
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap twice)
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap 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 twice)
If you’re happy and you know it stomp your feet (stomp twice)
If you’re happy and you know it stomp your feet (stomp twice)
If you’re happy and you know it, and you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it stomp your feet (stomp twice)
If you’re happy and you know it, shout hurray! (Hurray, throw arms in air)
If you’re happy and you know it, shout hurray! (Hurray, throw arms in air)
If you’re happy and you know it, and you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it, shout hurray! (Hurray, throw arms in air)
If you’re happy and you know it do all three (clap twice, stomp twice etc)
If you’re happy and you know it do all three (clap twice, stomp twice etc)
If you’re happy and you know it, and you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it do all three (clap twice, stomp twice etc)
Mothergoose Storytime
Mothergoose Storytime at the Sturgeon Bay Branch is held Tuesday mornings from 10:30-11:05.
Storytime is "aimed at" children birth-3 years old and their adults, but all ages are welcome to attend. It is a lap-sit program, so caregivers are encouraged to fully participate in all the activities.
The storytime includes many familiar finger-plays, songs, and motion rhymes, as well as books relating to the theme of the week.
