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SONGS

The Manners Song

tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

We say, "Thank you. We say, "Please."We don't interrupt or tease.

We don't argue. We don't fuss --Listen when folks talk to us.

Share our toys and take our turn.Manners are easy to learn.

Mary Had a Little Lamb

by Sarah Josepha Hale

Mary had a little lamb,Its fleece was white as snow,And everywhere that Mary wentThe lamb was sure to go;He followed her to school one day-That was against the rule,

It made the children laugh and playTo see a lamb at school.

And so the teacher turned him out,But still he lingered near,And waited patiently about,Till Mary did appear.And then he ran to her and laidHis head upon her arm,As if he said, "I'm not afraid-You'll shield me from all harm."

"What makes the lamb love Mary so?"The little children cry;"Oh, Mary loves the lamb, you know,"The teacher did reply,"And, you, each gentle animalIn confidence may bind,And make it follow at your call,If you are always kind."


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Baby Bumblebee

I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee,Won't my mommy be so proud of me,(Cup hands together as if holding bee)

I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee,Ouch! It stung me!(Shake hands as if just stung)

I'm squishing up the baby bumblebee,Won't my mommy be so proud of me,('Squish' bee between palms of hands)

I'm squishing up a baby bumblebee,Ooh! It's yucky!(Open up hands to look at 'mess')

I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee,Won't my mommy be so proud of me,(Wipe hands off on shirt)

I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee,Now my mommy won't be mad at me!(Hold hands up to show they are clean)

Here's a cute verse to add to the song...

I'm bringing home my baby dinosaurWon't my mommy hide behind the doorI'm bringing home my baby dinosaur

Ooh eee it stepped on me!

Three Blind Mice

Three blind mice, three blind mice,See how they run,See how they run,

They all ran after the farmer's wife,Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,Did you ever see such a sight in your life,

As three blind mice?

"Old MacDonald"


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Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-OAnd on his farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-OWith a "moo-moo" here and a "moo-moo" thereHere a "moo" there a "moo"Everywhere a "moo-moo"

Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O

Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-OAnd on his farm he had a pig, E-I-E-I-OWith a (snort) here and a (snort) thereHere a (snort) there a (snort)Everywhere a (snort-snort)Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O

Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-OAnd on his farm he had a horse, E-I-E-I-O

With a "neigh, neigh" here and a "neigh, neigh" thereHere a "neigh" there a "neigh"Everywhere a "neigh, neigh"Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O

Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-OAnd on his farm he had a chicken, E-I-E-I-OWith a "cluck, cluck" here and a "cluck, cluck" thereHere a "cluck" there a "cluck"Everywhere a "cluck, cluck"Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O

Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-OAnd on his farm he had a duck, E-I-E-I-OWith a "quack, quack" here and a "quack, quack" thereHere a "quack" there a "quack"Everywhere a "quack, quack"Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O

Alice the Camel

Alice the camel has five humps.Alice the camel has five humps.Alice the camel has five humps.So go, Alice, go.

Alice the camel has four humps.Alice the camel has four humps.Alice the camel has four humps.So go, Alice, go.

Alice the camel has three humps.

Alice the camel has three humps.Alice the camel has three humps.


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So go, Alice, go.

Alice the camel has two humps.Alice the camel has two humps.Alice the camel has two humps.

So go, Alice, go.

Alice the camel has one hump.Alice the camel has one hump.Alice the camel has one hump.So go, Alice, go.

Alice the camel has no humps.Alice the camel has no humps.Alice the camel has no humps.Now Alice is a horse

Fruit Salad (Divide your group into sections, each one takes a different verse. Theverses are chanted, not sung. Bring the verses in one by one and then using yourhand to indicate whether the Fruit Salad should be loud or soft!)

Apples, peaches, pears and plums!Apples, peaches, pears and plums!Banana-na-na-na-na-na!Banana-na-na-na-na-na!Grapes, grapes, doo-ah doo-ah!Grapes, grapes, doo-ah doo-ah!Papaya, papaya, p-p-papaya!Papaya, papaya, p-p-papaya!

Watermelon, watermelon, (spit out seed, spit out seed)Watermelon, watermelon, (spit out seed, spit out seed)Raspberry, raspberry, (raspberry, raspberry, raspberry)Raspberry, raspberry, (raspberry, raspberry, raspberry)

Alive Alert Awake (to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It")I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiasticI'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiasticI'm alive, alert, awake,I'm awake, alert, alive,I'm alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic!Actions:Alive: hands on your headAlert: hands on shouldersAwake: cross arms over chestEnthu-: hands on thighs

-si-: clap-astic: snap with both hands


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Repeat the song a number of times, getting faster as you go![Second verse to the song:I am dead to the world and very sleepy I am dead to the world and the world is dead to meI am dead to the world and very sleepy]

Elephant Song (actions in brackets)

What is that noise (cup hand to ear)Up in the attic (point over your head)It is an elephant (make a trunk with your arm)Cycling round and round. (cycling motion with legs)It is an elephant (make a trunk with your arm)All chic and elegant (fashion model pose)

With one tail here (make trunk with your arm)And one behind. (point to where your tail would be if you had one!)Repeat the song a number of times, each time, you stop singing one line of the song,

but continue to do the action for that line. By the end of the song all you're doing is

actions, no singing.

The Grand Old Duke of YorkThe grand old duke of YorkHe had ten thousand menHe marched them up to the top of the hillAnd he marched them down againAnd when they were up they were upAnd when they were down they were downAnd when they were only half-way upThey were neither up nor down!Act ions:Every time you sing the word "up", stand up. When you sing the word

"down", sit down. On "half-way up", stand up with knees bent. Repeat the song a

number of times, getting faster. To totally confuse everyone, reverse the actions (e.g.

sit down on "up", stand up on "down"!)

The Long Legged Sailor

Have you ever ever ever in your long legged lifeSeen a long legged sailor with a long legged wife?No I've never ever ever in my long legged lifeSeen a long legged sailor with a long legged wife!Have you ever ever ever in your short legged life... (replace long legged with shortlegged)Have you ever ever ever in your one legged life...Have you ever ever ever in your bow legged life...Have you ever ever ever in your knock kneed life...Have you ever ever ever in your pigeon toed life...Last verse:

Have you ever ever ever in your long legged life


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Seen a short legged sailor with a one legged wife?No I've never ever ever in my bow legged lifeSeen a knock kneed sailor with a pigeon toed wife!Act ions:

Long Legged: Both arms raised high above head one at a time

Short legged: Both arms bent up making a fist beside your faceOne legged: One arms raised high above headBow legged: both arms raised high above head but making a big circleKnock kneed: Knock your elbows togetherPigeon toed: Turn your hands out so that the back of your wrists are touching (Knock

them together)

No Bananas in the Sky (to the tune of "There is a Tavern in the Town")There are no bananas in the sky, in the sky

There are no bananas in the skyThere's a sunAnd a moonAnd a coconut cream pieBut there are no bananas in the sky, in the sky!(Repeat taking out bananas, sky, sun, moon, coconut cream pie)Act ions:

No: hand motion both hands together then apart (like "cut" for a movie, sort of)Bananas: peel a bananaIn the sky: point upward on sky (each time)Sun: gesture a round object in the sky

Moon: another round object on the other sideCoconut cream pie: gesture a fluffy object (like clouds)Then each time you sing the song, you leave off some words and just do the actions,until you're left with:There are (action) (action) in the (action) in the (action) (repeat)Just a (action) and a (action) and a (action)But there's (action) (action) in the (action) in the (action).

On Top of Spaghetti (to the tune of "On Top of Old Smokey")

On top of spaghetti all covered with cheeseI lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezedIt rolled off the table and onto the floorAnd then my poor meatball rolled out of the doorIt rolled into the garden and under a bushAnd then my poor meatball was nothing but mushThe mush was as tasty as tasty could beThen early next summer it grew into a treeThe tree was all covered with beautiful mossIt grew lovely meatballs with tomato sauceIf you have spaghetti all covered with cheeseHang onto your meatball and don't ever sneeze!


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POETRY

Limericks

STARby Kaitlyn Guenther

There once was a wonderful starWho thought she would go very farUntil she fell down

And looked like a clownShe knew she would never go far.

Limerick: There was an Old Man with aBeard

by Edward Lear

There was an Old Man with a beard,Who said, "It is just as I feared! --

Two Owls and a Hen,Four Larks and a Wren,

Have all built their nests in my beard.

Limerick: There was a Young Lady ofRyde

by Edward Lear

There was a Young Lady of Ryde,Whose shoe-strings were seldom untied.

She purchased some clogs,


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And some small spotted dogs,And frequently walked about Ryde.

Limerick: There was an Old Man with aFlute

by Edward Lear

There was an Old Man with a flute,A serpent ran into his boot;

But he played day and night,

Till the serpent took flight,And avoided that man with a flute.

POEMS

The Two Bears

by Carolyn Wells

Prince Curlilocks remarked one day

To Princess Dimplecheek,"I haven't had a real good play

For more than 'most a week."

Said Princess Dimplecheek, "My dear,Your majesty forgets--

This morning we played grenadier

With grandpa's epaulets.


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"And yesterday we sailed to Spain--

We both were pirates bold,

And braved the wild and raging mainTo seek for hidden gold."

"True," said the prince; "I mind me well--Right hardily we fought,

And stormed a massive citadelTo gain the prize we sought.

"But if your ladyship agrees,Methinks we'll go upstairs

And build a waste of arctic seas,And we'll be polar bears."

"Yes, if you'll promise not to bite,"Fair Dimplecheek replied,

Already half-way up the flight,His highness by her side.

"Princess, on that far window-seat,Go, sit thee down and wait,

While I ask nursie for a sheet,Or maybe six or eight."

A pile of sheets his highness brought."Dear princess, pray take these;

Although our path with danger's fraught,We'll reach the polar seas."

Two furry rugs his lordship bore,

Two pairs of mittens white;


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He threw them on the nursery floorAnd shouted with delight.

He spread those sheets--the funny boy--O'er table, floor, and chair.

"Princess," said he, "don't you enjoyThis frosty, bracing air?

"These snowy sheets are fields of ice,This is an iceberg grim."

"Yes, dear, I think it's very nice,"She said, and smiled at him.

And then they donned the rugs of fur,The mittens, too, they wore;And Curlilocks remarked to her,"Now you must roar and roar."

Dimplecheek looked out from the cowlFormed by her furry rug."I'm 'fraid of bears that only growl--I like the kind that hug."

The Tyger

by William Blake

Tyger Tyger, burning bright,In the forests of the night;What immortal hand or eye,Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies.

Burnt the fire of thine eyes?


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On what wings dare he aspire?What the hand, dare sieze the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art,Could twist the sinews of thy heart?And when thy heart began to beat,What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain,In what furnace was thy brain?What the anvil? what dread grasp,

Dare its deadly terrors clasp!

When the stars threw down their spearsAnd water'd heaven with their tears:Did he smile his work to see?Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger Tyger burning bright,

In the forests of the night:What immortal hand or eye,Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

A Mouse By The House

byArtie Knapp

A mouse in the grass ran about,Stopping by the water spout.

Nibbling on something I could barely see,

And didnt seem to notice me.

Not realizing he was trapped,

He just chewed on his meal tightly wrapped.

To get the mouses attention, I threw a pebble his way,

But he kept to his meal without sway.
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Again and again I tried, but to no effect;

Feeling put-off and puzzled by his disrespect.

But something changed inside me, as the mouse finally looked up;

His eyes were innocent and curious, like that of a newborn pup.

He didnt seem to mind, my being there;

Barely gave a look, much less a stare.

Then off he went back to the grass, nary a glance at me;

I learned later he got glasses, and now can clearly see

Narrative Poem

"The Broken-Legg'd Man" by John Mackey ShawI saw the other day when I went shopping in the storeA man I hadn't ever, ever seen in there before,A man whose leg was broken and who leaned upon a crutch-I asked him very kindly if it hurt him very much."Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.

I ran around behind him for I thought that I would see

The broken leg all bandaged up and bent back at the knee;But I didn't see the leg at all, there wasn't any there,So I asked him very kindly if he had it hid somewhere."Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man."Then where," I asked him, "is it? Did a tiger bite it off? Or did you get your foot wet when you had a nasty cough?

Did someone jump down on your leg when it was very new?


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Or did you simply cut it off because you wanted to?""Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.

"What was it then?" I asked him, and this is what he said:

"I crossed a busy crossing when the traffic light was red;A big black car came whizzing by and knocked me off my

feet.""Of course you looked both ways," I said, "before you crossed

the street.""Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man."They rushed me to the hospital right quickly, "he went on, "And when I woke in nice white sheets I saw my leg was gone;That's why you see me walking now on nothing but a crutch.""I'm glad," said I, "you told me, and I thank you very much!""Not at all!" said the broken-legg'd man.

Haiku

old and new technology- HaikuYou use computers

IPods, mobiles, cameras

Why not write letters?

(Says my grandma.)

Flying - Haiku

High up in the sky

They flop, flip, plop, skip, and fly

But I always fall!
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Noise - Haiku

Thwack, smash, stomp, king kong,

Crashing, kicking, screaming, bong,

I am noisy too!

The twins - Haiku

Ana and Fanny

They are equal looking twins

But which twin is which?

Flat Baby - Haiku

Moms really angryBecause our baby is flat

I ironed Julie

(Of course Julie is just a plastic doll... Mom told me...)

Spring! - Haiku

A breeze is blowing

Crickets chirp and bird twitterMy heart leaps with the sun

What earth day means to me... - HaikuIt makes me ashamed

'Cause of crime and destruction

Mother Earth suffers

But one day a year

We help animals and care

Since nature is rare

If we care for earth

We'll have a healthy nature

Like on nature's birth

I wish that our world
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Our life, our space, our nature

Were one unity

Christmas HaikusSanta is making

Some super duper presents

For all good children

Ten little angels

Dancing very merrily

To make children laugh

Snowmen are happy

To always be freezing cold

Cause else they would melt

Santas mini elvesAre working hard day and night

To make good presents

Rudolf is flying

Over chimneys and roofs

And Santa brings gifts

Nursery Rymes

Ten little Indians

One little, two little, three little Indians

Four little, five little, six little Indians

Seven little, eight little, nine little Indians

Ten little Indian boys.

Ten little, nine little, eight little Indians

Seven little, six little, five little Indians
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Four little, three little, two little Indians

One little Indian boy.

Animal sounds

The dog says bow, wow

The cat says meow

The sheep says baa-baa

The little pig says wee-wee

The frog says crook-crook

The hen says cluck-cluck

The cock says cock-a-doodle-do.

Peter peter pumpkin eater

Peter, peter, pumpkin eaterHad a wife and couldnt keep her,He put her in a pumpkin shellAnd there he kept her very well.

Just me

Eight pink fingers standing up tall,

Two little ears to head mummy call;

One little nose that I can blow,

Ten pink toes all in a row.

Two little thumbs that wiggle up and down;

Two little feet to stamp on the ground;

Hands to clap and eyes to see,

What fun it is to be just me!

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