Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734)994-2300 x53186
Marj Hyde, Director
hyde@aaps.k12.mi.us
Wiggle Worms Songs & Lap Rides
-Hello Song naming each baby (sung to tune of "The Farmer in the Dell")
- Jackson is here, Jackson is here
We all clap together 'cause Jackson is here.
- Sean is here, Sean is here
We all clap together 'cause Sean is here.
and so on for each baby.
- "Clap, Clap, Clap Our Hands"
Clap, clap, clap our hands
Clap our hands together.
Kick, kick, kick our feet
Kick our feet together.
(softly) Pat, pat, pat our heads
Pat our heads together.
- "We All Clap With 2 Hands & Then We Stop"
We all clap with 2 hands, 2 hands, 2 hands
We all clap with 2 hands & Then We Stop! (long pause)
We all kick with 2 feet, 2 feet, 2 feet
We all kick with 2 feet & Then We Stop! (long pause)
(softly) We all pat with 2 hands, 2 hands, 2 hands
We all pat with 2 hands & Then We Stop!
- Teddy Bear
- Take baby's right hand and trace circle in palm. 2nd time with left.
Round and round the garden, Like a Teddy Bear
Step once, Step twice
Tickle under there. (tickle chin)
Body Parts Song#1 (sung slowly for babies) (do this one twice)
- Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees & toes
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees & toes
And eyes, and ears and mouth and nose.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees & toes!
Body Parts Song#2 (do this one twice)
Oh, you see with your eyes, touch your eyes.
You smell with your nose, touch your nose.
You hear with your ears, touch your ears, touch your ears.
You kiss with your lips, kiss me here!
Lap Ride Songs
This is the way the Gentlemen Ride
- This is the way the Gentlemen Ride, trot, trot, trot (babies facing out)
- This is the way the Ladies Ride (apace, apace, apace)
- This is the way the Famers Ride (clippity, cloppity, clippity, cloppity, clippity, cloppity, clip)
- And this is the way the Babies Ride (Weeeeeeeeeee!)
Trot, trot to Boston (babies facing parent)
- Trot, trot to Boston to buy a loaf of bread
Home again, Home again, the poor horse is dead tired.
Trot, trot to Boston, Trot, trot to Lynn
Watch out baby, you won't fall in.
Give parents time to let babies pull up with their tummy muscles.
On last verse, have babies lay back down again for bicycle song.
Bicycle Song (move babies legs in circle like riding a bike)
I have a little bicycle, I ride it to the shop
And when I see a big red light, I know it is time to STOP (pause).
I have a little bicycle, I ride it to-and-fro
And when I see a big green light, I know it is time to Go, Go, Go, Go.
Standing Songs
Stand in circle, holding babies facing outward so they can see each other.
- In, In, In Song
Move circle inward, holding babies in outstretched arms saying:
In, in, in, in, in
Move circle back out, holding babies closer to body saying:
Out, out, out, out
Move circle inward, holding babies in outstretched arms saying:
In, in, in, in
Move circle outward, holding babies closer to body saying:
And Out, and out, and out.
Move circle inward, holding babies in outstretched arms saying:
Faster, faster, faster
Move circle back out, holding babies closer to body saying:
And slower, slower, slower,
Move circle inward, holding babies in outstretched arms saying:
Faster, faster, faster,
Move circle outward, holding babies closer to body saying:
And slower, slower, slower.
Take a breather.
- Coo-Coo Clock
Tick Tock, Tick tock
I'm a little coo-coo clock
Tick Tock, Tick tock
Now, I'm striking one o' clock
Coo-coo
Tick Tock, Tick tock
I'm a little coo-coo clock
Tick Tock, Tick tock
Now, I'm striking two o' clock
Coo-coo. Coo-coo.
Tick Tock, Tick tock
I'm a little coo-coo clock
Tick Tock, Tick tock
Now, I'm striking three o' clock
Coo-coo. Coo-coo. Coo-coo.
Take a breather and finish with,
- Grand Ole Duke of York
The Grand Ole Duke of York
He had 10,000 men.
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again.
And when they're up they're up
And when they're down they're down.
And when they're only half way up,
They're neither up nor down.
-Hello Song naming each baby (sung to tune of "The Farmer in the Dell")
- Jackson is here, Jackson is here
We all clap together 'cause Jackson is here.
- Sean is here, Sean is here
We all clap together 'cause Sean is here.
and so on for each baby.
- "Clap, Clap, Clap Our Hands"
Clap, clap, clap our hands
Clap our hands together.
Kick, kick, kick our feet
Kick our feet together.
(softly) Pat, pat, pat our heads
Pat our heads together.
- "We All Clap With 2 Hands & Then We Stop"
We all clap with 2 hands, 2 hands, 2 hands
We all clap with 2 hands & Then We Stop! (long pause)
We all kick with 2 feet, 2 feet, 2 feet
We all kick with 2 feet & Then We Stop! (long pause)
(softly) We all pat with 2 hands, 2 hands, 2 hands
We all pat with 2 hands & Then We Stop!
- Teddy Bear
- Take baby's right hand and trace circle in palm. 2nd time with left.
Round and round the garden, Like a Teddy Bear
Step once, Step twice
Tickle under there. (tickle chin)
Body Parts Song#1 (sung slowly for babies) (do this one twice)
- Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees & toes
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees & toes
And eyes, and ears and mouth and nose.
Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees & toes!
Body Parts Song#2 (do this one twice)
Oh, you see with your eyes, touch your eyes.
You smell with your nose, touch your nose.
You hear with your ears, touch your ears, touch your ears.
You kiss with your lips, kiss me here!
Lap Ride Songs
This is the way the Gentlemen Ride
- This is the way the Gentlemen Ride, trot, trot, trot (babies facing out)
- This is the way the Ladies Ride (apace, apace, apace)
- This is the way the Famers Ride (clippity, cloppity, clippity, cloppity, clippity, cloppity, clip)
- And this is the way the Babies Ride (Weeeeeeeeeee!)
Trot, trot to Boston (babies facing parent)
- Trot, trot to Boston to buy a loaf of bread
Home again, Home again, the poor horse is dead tired.
Trot, trot to Boston, Trot, trot to Lynn
Watch out baby, you won't fall in.
Give parents time to let babies pull up with their tummy muscles.
On last verse, have babies lay back down again for bicycle song.
Bicycle Song (move babies legs in circle like riding a bike)
I have a little bicycle, I ride it to the shop
And when I see a big red light, I know it is time to STOP (pause).
I have a little bicycle, I ride it to-and-fro
And when I see a big green light, I know it is time to Go, Go, Go, Go.
Standing Songs
Stand in circle, holding babies facing outward so they can see each other.
- In, In, In Song
Move circle inward, holding babies in outstretched arms saying:
In, in, in, in, in
Move circle back out, holding babies closer to body saying:
Out, out, out, out
Move circle inward, holding babies in outstretched arms saying:
In, in, in, in
Move circle outward, holding babies closer to body saying:
And Out, and out, and out.
Move circle inward, holding babies in outstretched arms saying:
Faster, faster, faster
Move circle back out, holding babies closer to body saying:
And slower, slower, slower,
Move circle inward, holding babies in outstretched arms saying:
Faster, faster, faster,
Move circle outward, holding babies closer to body saying:
And slower, slower, slower.
Take a breather.
- Coo-Coo Clock
Tick Tock, Tick tock
I'm a little coo-coo clock
Tick Tock, Tick tock
Now, I'm striking one o' clock
Coo-coo
Tick Tock, Tick tock
I'm a little coo-coo clock
Tick Tock, Tick tock
Now, I'm striking two o' clock
Coo-coo. Coo-coo.
Tick Tock, Tick tock
I'm a little coo-coo clock
Tick Tock, Tick tock
Now, I'm striking three o' clock
Coo-coo. Coo-coo. Coo-coo.
Take a breather and finish with,
- Grand Ole Duke of York
The Grand Ole Duke of York
He had 10,000 men.
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again.
And when they're up they're up
And when they're down they're down.
And when they're only half way up,
They're neither up nor down.
