Chants and Nursery Rhymes

1. Days of the Week Chant 4. Body Parts Chant

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday too, Head, shoulders, knees, and toes,

Wednesday, Thursday just for you, Knees and toes, knees and toes,

Friday, Saturday, that’s the end, Head, shoulders, knees, and toes,

Now we start all over again! Eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.

2. Colors Chant 5. Food Chant

Red, yellow, green, and blue, Apples, bananas, grapes, and pears,

These are colors just for you. Fruits are healthy, eat them with care.

Purple, orange, black, and white, Carrots, peas, and broccoli,

Colors make the world so bright! Vegetables are good for me!

3. Weather Chant 6. Feelings Chant

What's the weather? What's the weather? Happy, sad, angry, surprised,

What's the weather like today? Feelings show in our eyes.

Is it sunny? Is it rainy? Excited, scared, tired, and glad,

Is it cloudy? Is it snowy? Feelings change, and that's not bad!

What's the weather like today?

7. Transportation Chant Daily routines are what we do,

Car, bus, bike, and train, Practicing sentences, me and you!

Travel in the sun or rain.

Plane, boat, walk, or run, 10. My Family Chant

Transportation can be fun! This is my mother, she is kind,

This is my father, strong and wise.

8. Rhyming Words Chant This is my sister, she likes to play,

Cat, hat, bat, and mat, This is my brother, fun all day.

Rhyming words are where it's at. This is my family, we love each other,

Dog, frog, log, and hog, Practicing sentences with one another.

Rhyming words, come sing along. Family sentences are fun to say,

Sun, fun, run, and bun, We learn together every day!

Rhyming words are so much fun!

11. Hello, Hello

9. Daily Routine Chant Hello, hello, how are you?

I wake up in the morning, brush my teeth, I’m good, I’m great, how about you?

I eat my breakfast, time to leave. Hello, hello, what’s your name?

I go to school, I learn and play, Nice to meet you, let’s play a game!

I come back home at the end of the day.

I do my homework, then I eat,

I take a bath, then off to sleep.

12. Actions Airplane, boat, scooter too,

Clap, clap, clap your hands, How do you get to school?

Stomp, stomp, stomp your feet.

Jump, jump, jump around, 16. School

And then take a seat! Teacher, teacher, what do you do?

I help you learn all the day through.

13. Shapes Books, pencils, paper, and glue,

Circle, square, triangle, star, School is fun for me and you!

Shapes are everywhere, near and far.

Rectangle, oval, diamond too, 17. Seasons

So many shapes for me and you! Spring, summer, autumn, winter,

Seasons change, don’t you remember?

14. Greetings Warm and cold, sun and snow,

Good morning, good morning, Round and round the seasons go.

How are you today?

Good afternoon, good afternoon, 18. Clothes

Hope you’re doing okay. Shirt, pants, socks, and shoes,

Jacket, hat, what do you choose?

15. Transportation Dress and gloves, scarf and coat,

Car, bus, bike, and train, What to wear, let’s take a vote!

Transportation in the sun and rain.

19. House 22. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

Living room, kitchen, bedroom, hall, Baa, baa, black sheep,

Bathroom, attic, basement, and all. Have you any wool?

Home is where I love to be, Yes sir, yes sir,

With my family, happy and free. Three bags full.

One for the master,

20. Time One for the dame,

Tick tock, tick tock, what’s the time? And one for the little boy

It’s time to sing this little rhyme. Who lives down the lane.

Morning, afternoon, evening, night,

Time is passing, it’s out of sight. 23. Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

21. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, All the king's horses and all the king's men

How I wonder what you are. Couldn't put Humpty together again.

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky. 24. Mary Had a Little Lamb

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, Mary had a little lamb,

How I wonder what you are. Little lamb, little lamb,

Mary had a little lamb,

Its fleece was white as snow.

 And everywhere that Mary went, With a moo moo here,

Mary went, Mary went, And a moo moo there,

Everywhere that Mary went, Here a moo, there a moo,

The lamb was sure to go. Everywhere a moo moo.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

25. Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill went up the hill 28. Row, Row, Row Your Boat

To fetch a pail of water. Row, row, row your boat,

Jack fell down and broke his crown, Gently down the stream.

And Jill came tumbling after. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,

Life is but a dream.

26. Hickory Dickory Dock

Hickory dickory dock, 29. Itsy Bitsy Spider

The mouse ran up the clock. The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water
spout.
The clock struck one,
Down came the rain and washed the spider
The mouse ran down,
out.
Hickory dickory dock.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,

And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the

27. Old MacDonald Had a Farm spout again.

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

And on that farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O.

30. London Bridge Is Falling Down Put it in the oven for baby and me.

London Bridge is falling down,

Falling down, falling down, 33. Three Blind Mice

London Bridge is falling down, Three blind mice, three blind mice,

My fair lady. See how they run, see how they run!

Build it up with silver and gold, They all ran after the farmer's wife,

Silver and gold, silver and gold, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,

Build it up with silver and gold, Did you ever see such a sight in your life,

My fair lady. As three blind mice?

31. Little Miss Muffet 34. Hey Diddle Diddle

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, Hey diddle diddle,

Eating her curds and whey; The cat and the fiddle,

Along came a spider who sat down beside The cow jumped over the moon.
her
The little dog laughed to see such fun,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

32. Pat-a-Cake
35. This Little Piggy
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man,
This little piggy went to market,
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
This little piggy stayed home,
Pat it and prick it and mark it with B,
This little piggy had roast beef,
This little piggy had none, 39. Star Light, Star Bright

And this little piggy cried, "Wee, wee, wee," Star light, star bright,

All the way home. First star I see tonight,

I wish I may, I wish I might,

36. Rain, Rain, Go Away Have the wish I wish tonight.

Rain, rain, go away,

Come again another day. 40. Hot Cross Buns

Little children want to play, Hot cross buns, hot cross buns,

One a penny, two a penny,

37. Ring a Ring o' Roses Hot cross buns.

Ring a ring o' roses,

A pocket full of posies, If you have no daughters,

A-tishoo! A-tishoo! Give them to your sons.

We all fall down. One a penny, two a penny,

Hot cross buns.

38. Pop Goes the Weasel

All around the mulberry bush,

The monkey chased the weasel.

The monkey thought it was all in fun,

Pop! goes the weasel.