Circle Time Songs & Fingerplays

Ring around the Rosy

Ring around the Rosy, a pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall down
Mommy's in the teapot, Daddy's in the cup, 1, 2, 3 and we all jump up!
Ring around the Rosy, a pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall down.

Open, Shut Them

Open, shut them, open, shut them. Give a little clap, clap, clap.
Open, shut them, open, shut them. Lay them in your lap, lap, lap.
Creep them, crawl them, creep them, crawl them, right up to your chin, chin, chin.
Open up your little mouth, but do not let them in, in, in.

Jack in the Box 

(children begin with their heads covered on the floor)
Jack in the box, still as a mouse, deep down inside your little dark house.
Jack in the box resting so still, won't you come out?  (Pop up!) Yes, I will!

Good-bye Everybody

Good-bye everybody, Yes indeed, yes indeed, yes indeed.
Good-bye everybody, yes indeed. We'll see you all next week.

It's time to blow some bubbles

It's time to blow some bubbles, some bubbles, some bubbles
It's time to blow some bubbles, let's blow some right now
There'll be big ones and little ones and teeny ones and tiny ones
It's time to blow some bubbles, let's blow some right now

I've Got A Rabbit On My Shoulder

(An echo song; …teacher sings, the group repeats line by line.)
I've got a rabbit on my shoulder. I've got a ducky in my shoe.
On top of my head, I've got a kangaroo.
There's a kitty in my ear. There's a monkey on my knee.
My mouth is full of elephants. And a goose is kissing me.
I'm sitting on a lion, while the puppies lick my nose.
And a little tiny chicken … is pecking at my toes.
I've got a goat in my throat. I've got a fly in my eye.
There's a bear on my tummy. Good-bye.

Raindrops

Some little raindrops come quietly down,
They hide in the grass and they don't make a sound
But some little raindrops are scolding us,
They splash on the window and make such a fuss.
So, come little raindrops so we can see,,,
Are you quiet little raindrops?
OR...Noisy as can be!

Fishies

Have you ever gone swimming on a hot summer day?
Did you see the little fishies swimming up and down the bay? (make hands
With their hands in their pockets and their pockets in their pants.
All the little fishies doing the hoochie, choochie dance!