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Verbs & Prepositions

Present

- Wheels on the bus.- Polly put the kettle on.

- Everywhere we go.

- My bonnie lies over the ocean.- Ring a ring a rosies.

- Incy wincy / Itsy bitsy spider.

- Twinkle twinkle.- Two little dickey brids.

- Wee willie winkey.

- If youre happy and you know it.- The sun has got his hat on.

- Row row row your boat

- Hey ho any body home. [The canoeing song]

Past

- Three little kittens.- Three little fishies (They swam and they swam).

- The grand old duke of York.

- I had a little brother / teddy / turtle his name was tiny Tim.- Jack and Jill.

- Georgie Porgie.

- Humpty Dumpty.

- A sailor went to sea sea sea.- This little piggy.

- The quarter masters store [Rhymes for objects and actions].

- Oh roe the bracken bog. [Verse accumulation song, add an extra one each time]

Future- Going on bear hunt.

- Shell be coming round the mountain.

- See saw Marjorie daw.

Numbers

- Annie the Camel.- Nick nack paddy whack.

- Three little ducks.

- Ten green bottles. / 99 bottles of beer- Hickory dickory dock.

- The animals went in 2 x 2

- 10 little Indians / Aeroplanes.- One for sorrow

- 10 in the bed and the little one said

- This old man.

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Animals

- The animals went in 2 x 2- There was a little (fox and he was wearing socks)

- Old Mc Donald

- There was an old woman who - In the ning nang nong. (by Spike Milligan)

Body Parts

- Hokey pokey. [Let the students pick which body part to put in once they have the hang of it].

- Heads, shoulders, knees and toes. [This is an old reliable but try changing the order if they know it]- Singing in the rain.

- I think mice are rather nice.

Instruments

- I am the music man.

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs

http://www.learnenglish-a-z.com/learn-english-songs.htmlhttp://www.songsforteaching.com/preschoolkindergarten.htm

http://childstoryhour.com/gamesclapping.htm

http://www3.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/mothergoose/rhymes/menu.html

Singing in the Rain (To the tune of Singing in the Rain.)

Im singing in the rain

Just singing in the rain

What a glorious feelingIm happy again.

Hold it! Thumbs up! [act out the body action]

A roo ta cha, a roo ta cha, a roo ta cha cha. [wiggle you body in time to this]

[Keep the thumbs up throughout the next verse then add the next one and accumulate the body actions

until the end when youre so twisted you can barely sing or move. Very funny! Here is the list of body

actions you can add your own.]

Thumbs up, Arms in, Elbows back, Knees together, Bum out, Head down, Tongue out

"Happy and you know it"?

If you're happy and you know it clap you hands. X2

If you're happy and you know and you really want to show it.If you're happy and you know it clap you hands.

(Repeat with stamp your feet and the third verse is turn around could then add nod your head and

others)

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