Poems & Rhymes for Kids



Poems Rhymes for Kids

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I'm A Little Airplane

(tune "I'm a Little Teapot")

I'm a little airplane,

(children raise arms at sides to shoulder height.)

Now watch me fly!

(They spin one of their arms in front of them as if it were a propeller)

Here are my instruments

From down low to up high.

(With their other arm, they reach from the ground to above their heads.)

First I get revved up.

(Children make engine noises while still spinning their arms.)

Then I can fly,

(Children raise arms to shoulder height.)

Lifting off the runway

(They start walking forward.)

Up into the sky!

(They go up on their tiptoes and continue to move forward. Let them circle awhile before returning to their original positions.)

The Zoo

At the zoo we saw a bear

He had long, dark fuzzy hair

  pretend to walk etc. like a bear

We saw a lion in a cage.

He was in an awful rage.

  pretend to be a angry lion

We saw the big, long-necked giraffe,

And the silly monkeys made us laugh

   everybody laugh

But my favorite animal at the zoo

Is the elephant--how about you?

  swing arm from face like a nose

Five Little Speckled Frogs

Five little speckled frogs,

Sitting on a speckled log,

Eating the most delicious bugs...yum, yum.

One jumped into the pool

Where it was nice and cool.

Then there were four speckled frogs.

Continue until only one frog is left

One little specked frog.

Sitting on a speckled log,

Eating the most delicious bugs...yum,yum.

He jumped into the pool

Where it was nice and cool.

Now there are no speckled frogs.

Hands on Shoulders

Follow the actions 

described in each line

Hands on shoulders, 

hands on knees.

Hands behind you, 

if you please;

Touch your shoulders, 

now your nose, 

Now your hair and now your toes; 

Hands up high in the air,

Down at your sides, and touch your hair;

Hands up high as before, 

Now clap your hands, one-two-three-four!

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The Little Turtle

This nursery rhyme is done with appropriate hand gestures, then the preschool children can all run about after the last verse.

There was a little turtle,

He Lived in a box

He swam in a puddle,

He climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito,

He snapped at a flea,

He snapped at a minnow,

And he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito,

He caught the flea,

He caught the minnow,

But he didn't catch ME!

A Family Fingerplay

This is a family  hold up one hand, fingers spread

Let's count them and see, 

How many there are,

And who they can be    count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

This is the mother    touch pointer finger

Who loves everyone

And this is the father   touch big finger

Who is lots of fun.

This is my sister    touch ring finger

She helps and she plays,

And this is the baby    touch little finger

He's growing each day.

But who is this one?    touch thumb

He's out there alone,

Why it's Jackie, the dog,

And he's chewing a bone.   wiggle thumb.

BUMBLEBEE SONG

I’m bringing home a baby bumblebee, (cup hands together carefully)

Won’t my mommy be so proud of me?

I’m bringing home a baby bumble bee,

OUCH! It stung me! (fling hands apart as though stung)

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