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Five Fat Sausages
Five fat sausages (hold up 5 fingers)
Sizzling in the pan (wiggle fingers)
All of the sudden (spread arms wide)
One went BANG!

(clap loudly)

Four fat sausages…  
Three …  
Two….  
One…  
Now there are no  
more sausages (show empty hands)
sizzling in the pan  

green frog
Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Five green and speckled frogs  
Sat on a speckled log (hold up 5 fingers)
Eating some most delicious bugs  
YYYYUUUUMMMM (pat tummy)
   
One jumped into the pool  
Where it was nice and cool  
Then there were  
Four green and speckled frogs  
GGGLLLUUUBB GGGLLLUUUBBB  
   
(Repeat in descending order.)  


Jack Be Nimble
Jack be nimble (bounce child on lap)
Jack be quick,  
Jack jump over (lift child up)
the candlestick  

Mom holding a baby
Skidamarink
Skidamarink a dink a dink,  
Skidamarink a doo,  
I - love - you!  
Skidamarink a dink a dink,  
Skidamarink a doo,  
I - love - you!  
   
I love you in the morning  
and in the afternoon,  
I love you in the evening  
and underneath the moon;  
   
Oh, Skidamarink a dink a dink,  
Skidamarink a doo,  
I - LOVE - YOU!!  


Knock Knock
(baby lying on floor facing parent)
   
Knock, Knock, Knock

(parent knocks on floor)

Peek in

(cover baby’s hands over eyes and quickly uncover)

Open the latch

(cross baby’s arms over chest then extend out to side)

And walk right in

(walk fingers up baby’s tummy)

How do you do Mr. Chinny chin chin?

(tickle baby under chin)


purple X
Criss Cross Applesauce
Criss cross applesauce

(draw an X on child’s back with finger)

Little mice running up your back

(walk fingers up child’s back)

Cool breeze

(gently blow on child’s neck and back of head)

Tight squeeze

(big hug)

Now you have the shivers

(tickle child gently all over)

 

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