Happy Birthday Winnie the Pooh (and A. A. Milne)! Today we celebrated with two Winnie the Pooh books, two of my favorite Winnie the Pooh songs, and two songs I made up!

Here are the songs we used:

Here is the Winnie the Pooh theme song that I grew up with.

Deep in the hundred acre wood
Where Christopher Robin plays
You will find the enchanted neighborhood
Of Christopher’s childhood days

A donkey named Eeyore is his friend
And Kanga and little Roo
There’s Rabbit and Piglet
And there’s Owl
But most of all Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh
Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff
He’s Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh
Willy nilly silly old bear

I am a Little Black Rain cloud is my other favorite song. This is the one where Pooh bear pretends to be a rain cloud so that he can trick the bees and take some honey!

I’m just a little black rain cloud
Hovering under the honey tree
I’m only a little black rain cloud
Pay no attention to little me

Oh, everyone knows that a rain cloud
Never eats honey, no, not a nip
I’m just floating around over the ground
Wondering where I will drip

And now for the two songs I made up for my favorite silly old bear and his friends!

The Honey Song
Tune: Spider on the floor

There’s honey in the tree in the tree
There’s honey in the tree in the tree
There’s honey in the tree
Oh my oh golly gee
There’s honey in the tree in the tree

There’s honey on my hand on my hand
There’s honey on my hand on my hand
There’s honey on my hand
I just don’t understand
How there’s honey on my hand on my hand

There’s honey in my tummy in my tummy
There’s honey in my tummy in my tummy
There’s honey in my tummy
It sure was very yummy
There’s honey in my tummy in my tummy!

Tigger Bounces Up
Tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low

Oh the woods are great
and the woods are grand
There are lots of tall trees
On this little piece of land
Owl lives way up
at the top of the tree
And this how Tigger
Takes Roo up to see

Oh Tigger bounces up and Tigger bounces down
Tigger bounces up and Tigger bounces down
Oh Tigger bounces up and Tigger bounces down
And spins Roo around!

Beginning Songs:

We Clap and Sing Hello
Adapted from: https://storytimekatie.com/songs-rhymes/openingclosing-songs/
Tune: The Farmer and the Dell.

We clap and sing hello,
We clap and sing hello,
With our friends
at story time,
We clap and sing hello!
*Hug *Kiss *Tickle

Hello Hello
Adapted from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmd5Gs5FKuc
Tune: 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?

Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon
Adapted from: http://www.ala.org/alsc/issuesadv/borntoread/babyrhymesgames
Tune: Bumpin Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon

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

Ending songs:

Elevator Song

Rhymes

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!

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!

Goodbye from Storytime
Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It

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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