September 16 Baby Time: Elephants
September 22nd is National Elephant Appreciation Day so this week our Baby Time theme was Elephants!
Here are the songs and rhymes we used:
Elephant Songs and Rhymes:
Swishy Swishy Grass
Elephant, elephant, going stomp, stomp, stomp
through the swishy, swishy grass
The swishy, swishy grass
Elephant, elephant going stomp, stomp, stomp
through the swishy swishy, swishy, swishy grass
(elephant noise with movement)
Elephant, elephant with your big long trunk
through the swishy, swishy grass
the swishy, swishy grass
Elephant, elephant with your big, long trunk
through the swishy, swishy, swishy, swishy grass
(elephant noise with movement)
Elephant, elephant with your flippy, flappy ears
through the swishy, swishy grass
The swishy, swishy grass
Elephant, elephant with your flippy, flappy ears
through the swishy, swishy, swishy, swishy grass
(elephant noise with movement)
Elephant, elephant with your flicky, flicky tail
through the swishy swishy grass
The swishy, swishy grass
Elephant, elephant with your flicky, flicky tail
through the swishy swishy, swishy, swishy grass
(elephant noise with movement)
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Five Elephants
Adapted from: http://www.piercecountylibrary.org/files/library/wigglesfingerplays.pdf
Tune: Five Little Ducks
One elephant went out to play,
On a bright and sunny day.
He had such enormous fun
That he called another elephant to come.
Hey elephant!
Two… Three… Four
Five elephants went out to play,
On a bright and sunny day.
Time to go, they hear mama call
So wave goodbye to one and all.
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Elephant is so Slow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g06SgLoSF4A
An elephant goes like this and that,
he’s terribly big and he’s terribly fat.
He has no fingers but he has toes,
But goodness, what a long nose!
Hey dee hey dee ho! The great big elephant is so slow
Hey dee hey dee ho! The elephant is so slow
He swings his trunk from side to side
And he takes the children for a ride
Hey dee hey dee ho!
The elephant is so slow
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Boom Boom Ain’t It Great to be Crazy
http://www.theteachersguide.com/Songs/boom.htm
Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?
Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?
Giddy and foolish the whole day through
Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?
Way down South where bananas grow
A flea stepped on an elephant’s toe
The elephant cried, with tears in his eyes
“Why don’t you pick on someone your own size?”
Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?
Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?
Giddy and foolish the whole day through
Boom, boom, ain’t it great to be crazy?
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Beginning songs:
We Clap and Sing Hello
We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends
at story time,
We clap and sing hello!
*Hug *Kiss *Tickle
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Hello Hello
Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?
Hello hello
Can you stamp your feet?
Hello hello
Can you stamp your feet?
Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can give a kiss?
Can you say hello?
Hello hello
Can you clap your hands?
Hello hello
Can you stamp your feet?
Can you stretch up high?
Can you touch your toes?
Can you give a kiss?
Can you say hello?
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Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon
Adapted from: http://www.ala.org/alsc/issuesadv/borntoread/babyrhymesgames
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’
Lost my wheel and the axel’s draggin’… Going to Storytime
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon
Hammer the wheel back on the wagon… Going to Storytime
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon
Up and down in my little red wagon… Going to Storytime
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Ending Songs:
Elevator Song
Tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Oh, the city is great and the city is grand
There are lots of tall buildings
On a little piece of land
We live way up on the fifty-seventh floor
And this is what we do
When we go out the door!
Take the elevator up, take the elevator down (3 x)
Then we turn around!
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Peek-a-boo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I see you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I see you!
Peek-a-boo!
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Where is Baby? …. Peekaboo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo I love you!
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
toodle-loo coochie coo
Peek-a-boo peek-a-boo
I love you!
Peek-a-boo!
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Goodbye Song
Oh it’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
Storytime is done today (wave goodbye)
So come again another day
It’s time to say goodbye to our friends (clapclap)
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The books we read today were I Love My Mama and No Matter What.