Actions help children to remember the language, and also add an element of FUN.

5 little ducks went out one day Over the hill, and far away. Mother Duck said, “Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!” But only 4 little ducks came back. 4 little ducks went out one day Over the hill, and far away. Mother Duck said, “Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!” But only 3 little ducks came back. 3 little ducks went out one day Over the hill, and far away. Mother Duck said, “Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!” But only 2 little ducks came back. 2 little ducks went out one day Over the hill, and far away. Mother Duck said, “Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!” But only 1 little duck came back. 1 little duck went out one day Over the hill, and far away. Mother Duck said, “Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!” But none of those little ducks came back. No little ducks went out one day Over the hill, and far away. Mother Duck said, “Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!” And all the 5 little ducks came back.

There were ten in a bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over" So they all rolled over and two fell out There were eight in the bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over" So they all rolled over and two fell out There were six in the bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over" So they all rolled over and two fell out There were four in the bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over" So they all rolled over and two fell out There were two in the bed and the little one said "Roll over, roll over" So they all rolled over and two fell out There were none in the bed and the little one said "Get in, get in"

Little Arabella Miller Had a fuzzy caterpillar (Tickle palm with two fingers) First it crawled up on her mother (Walk fingers up left arm) Then upon her baby brother (Walk fingers up right arm) They said, "Arabella Miller! (Walk fingers up over head) Put away your caterpillar!" (hide hands behind back) Little Arabella Miller Had a fuzzy caterpillar First it crawled upon her brother Then upon her dear grandmother Gran said, "Arabella Miller, How I love your caterpillar." Arabella Miller

There was a farmer had a dog And BINGO was his name-o B.I.N.G.O, B.I.N.G.O, B.I.N.G.O, And BINGO was his name-o. (Replace letters with a clap) There was a farmer had a dog And BINGO was his name-o *.I.N.G.O, *.I.N.G.O, *.I.N.G.O, And BINGO was his name-o. There was a farmer had a dog And BINGO was his name-o *.*.N.G.O, *.*.N.G.O, *.*.N.G.O, And BINGO was his name-o. (and so on)

Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes Eyes and ears and mouth and nose Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes (repeat) *, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes Eyes and ears and mouth and nose *, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes (remove words and replace with actions … continue)

1 2 3 Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his nose Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his nose Little Peter Rabbit had a fly upon his nose So he flipped it and he flapped it and it flew away. 1. hands above head sticking up like rabbit ears 2. flicker fly flying movements with fingers of one hand 3. point to tip of nose 4. wave one hand across face 5. wave other hand across face 6.flickering fly flying movement from nose away.

1 st time: sing all, with all actions. 2 nd time: actions only for “rabbit” – Little Peter * had a fly upon his nose. So he flipped it and he flapped it and it flew away. 3 rd time: actions only for “rabbit” and “fly” - Little Peter * had a * upon his nose. So he flipped it and he flapped it and it flew away. 4 th time: actions only for “rabbit”, “fly” and “nose” – Little Peter * had a * upon his *. So he flipped it and he flapped it and it flew away. Continue with actions only on 4, 5, and 6 – finally “singing” whole song with actions only and no words at all.

Open... shut them, (open hands, palms forward, then close fingers) Open... shut them, Give a little clap. (clap) Open... shut them, Lay them in your lap. (hands folded in lap) Creep them, creep them, (fingers climbing chest) Creep them, creep them... Right up to your chin. (fingers stop at chin) Open wide your little mouth... (open mouth) But DO NOT LET THEM IN! (hands quickly placed behind back)

A Sailor went to sea, sea, sea, (tap hand to forehead like looking out to sea, 3 x) To see what he could see, see, see, And all that he could see, see, see, Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea. A Sailor went to chop, chop, chop, (tap hand at waist, 3 x) To see what he could chop, chop, chop, And all that he could chop, chop, chop, Was the bottom of the deep blue chop, chop, chop. A Sailor went to knee, knee, knee, (tap knee, 3 x) To see what he could knee, knee, knee, And all that he could knee, knee, knee, Was the bottom of the deep blue knee, knee, knee. A Sailor went to foot, foot, foot, (tap foot 3 x) To see what he could foot, foot, foot, And all that he could foot, foot, foot, Was the bottom of the deep blue foot, foot, foot. A Sailor went to sea, chop, knee, foot, (tap forehead, waist, knee, foot) To see what he could sea, chop, knee, foot, And all that he could sea, chop, knee, foot, Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, chop, knee, foot.

The wheels on the bus go round and round round and round, round and round the wheels on the bus go round and round all through the town The people on the bus go up and down up and down, up and down the people on the bus go up and down All through the town The wipers on the bus go swish,swish,swish swish,swish,swish,swish,swish,swish The wipers on the bus go swish,swish,swish all through the town The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep beep, beep, beep,beep, beep, beep The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep all through the town