Welcome Song<\/span> Clap Your Hands, Clap Your Hands<\/span> from “Tickles and Tunes” by Kathy Reid-Naiman<\/a> Stomp your feet, stomp your feet Nod your head, nod your head Jump up and down, up and down Open Shut Them Roll Your Hands<\/span>\u00a0from “Toddlers on Parade” by\u00a0<\/strong>Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel<\/a> Clap, clap, clap your hands Tap, tap, tap your feet Roll, roll, roll your hands Twinkle Twinkle<\/span> from “Walt Disney\u2019s Children\u2019s Favorite Songs Volume 1”<\/a> Twinkle, twinkle little star. Counting Song<\/span> (I used books here, but you can substitute anything for that!)<\/em><\/p>\n Row, Row, Row Your Boat<\/span> from “Songs for Wiggleworms” by\u00a0The Old Town School of Folk Music<\/a> Row, row, row your boat Twist, twist, twist\u00a0your boat Row, row, row your boat The Itsy Bitsy Spider<\/span> from\u00a0\u00a0“It’s Toddler Time” by Carol Hammett and Elaine Bueffel<\/a> 2 Little Blackbirds<\/span> from\u00a0Fingerplays and Footplays for Fun and Learning by\u00a0Rosemary Hallum and Henry \u201cBuzz\u201d Glass<\/a> Storytime’s Over<\/span> We sing a lot of fun songs in our storytimes, and sometimes you want to be able to sing them at home as well! \u00a0Here are the lyrics for the songs that we are using in this session of toddler storytime. TODDLER STORYTIME SONGS Welcome Song (to the tune of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-storytimes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p71KT0-y3","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2111"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2116,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111\/revisions\/2116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(to the tune of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”)
\nWelcome, welcome everyone!
\nNow we’re here, let’s have some fun!
\nFirst we clap our hands just so.
\nThen we bend and touch our toes.
\nWelcome, welcome everyone!
\nNow we’re here, let’s have some fun!<\/p>\n
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/jeninthelibrary.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/ticklesandtunes.jpg?w=120&h=120\" "\\"TicklesandTunes\\"")
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\nClap your hands, clap your hands
\nAnd sing a happy song.
\nClap your hands, clap your hands
\nand sing a happy song.
\nClap your hands, clap your hands
\nand sing a happy song
\nAnd then you shake them, shake them, shake them right along.<\/p>\n
\nAnd sing a happy song.
\nStomp your feet, stomp your feet
\nand sing a happy song.
\nStomp your feet, stomp your feet
\nand sing a happy song
\nAnd then you shake them, shake them, shake them right along.<\/p>\n
\nAnd sing a happy song.
\nNod your head, nod your head
\nand sing a happy song.
\nNod your head, nod your head
\nand sing a happy song
\nAnd then you shake it, shake it, shake it right along.<\/p>\n
\nAnd sing a happy song.
\nJump up and down, up and down
\nand sing a happy song.
\nJump up and down, up and down
\nand sing a happy song
\nAnd then you shake it, shake it, shake it right along.<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Open, shut them. (Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
\n<\/em>Open, shut them. (Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
\n<\/em>Give a little clap, clap, clap. (Clap hands on \u201cclap\u201d)
\n<\/em>Open, shut them. (Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
\n<\/em><\/em>Open, shut them. (Spread fingers wide, then close into fists)
\n<\/em><\/em>Place them in your lap, lap, lap (Pat lap with hands on \u201clap\u201d)
\n<\/em>Creep them, crawl them (creep\u00a0fingers up stomach to chin)
\n<\/em>Creep them, crawl them (creep\u00a0fingers up stomach to chin)
\n<\/em>Right up to your chin, chin, chin (tap chin with hands on \u201cchin\u201d)<\/em>
\nOpen up your little mouth (open mouth wide and pretend to put fingers in)
\n<\/em>But do not let them in! (Hide hands behind your back quickly)<\/em><\/p>\n
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/jeninthelibrary.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/toddlersonparade.jpg?w=120&h=120\" "\\"ToddlersOnParade\\"")
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\n<\/span>Roll, roll, roll your hands
\nas fast as fast can be.
\nDo it now,\u00a0Let me see,
\nDo it now with me.<\/p>\n
\nas loud as loud can be.
\nDo it now,\u00a0Let me see,
\nDo it now with me.<\/p>\n
\nas softly as can be
\nDo it now,\u00a0Let me see,
\nDo it now with me.<\/p>\n
\nas fast as fast can be.
\nDo it now,\u00a0Let me see,
\nDo it now with me.<\/p>\n
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/8\/86\/Disney_Childrens_Favorites_1.jpg\")
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\nHow I wonder what you are.
\nUp above the world so high.
\nLike a diamond in the sky.
\nTwinkle twinkle little star,
\nHow I wonder what you are.<\/p>\n
\n(to the tune of “10 Little Indians”)
\nOne little, two little, three little\u00a0books
\n<\/em>four little, five little, six little\u00a0books<\/em>
\nseven little, eight little, nine little\u00a0books.<\/em>
\nTen little\u00a0books\u00a0<\/em>together.<\/p>\n
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/jeninthelibrary.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/songsforwiggleworms.jpg?w=120&h=120\" "\\"SongsForWiggleWorms\\"")
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\nGently down the stream.
\nMerrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
\nLife is but a dream.<\/p>\n
\nGently down the stream.
\nMerrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
\nLife is but a dream.<\/p>\n
\nGently down the stream.
\nMerrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
\nLife is but a dream.<\/p>\n
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.byoplayground.com\/image\/product\/er\/KIM0815CD.jpg\")
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\nThe itsy-bitsy spider went up the water spout.
\nDown came the rain
\nAnd washed the spider out.
\nUp came the sun and dried out all the rain.
\nAnd the itsy-bitsy spider went up the spout again.<\/p>\n
\n
\n<\/a>![\"\"](\"http:\/\/jeninthelibrary.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/11\/fingerplaysandfootplays.jpg?w=120&h=120\" "\\"FingerplaysandFootplays\\"")
<\/a>2 little blackbirds sitting on a hill.\u00a0(hold up pointer finger of right and left hand)<\/em>
\nOne named Jack and the other named Jill.\u00a0(raise the right pointer higher first, then the left pointer)<\/em>
\nFly away Jack. Fly away Jill.\u00a0(hide right hand behind back, then hide left hand behind back)<\/em>
\nCome back Jack. \u00a0Come back Jill.\u00a0(bring right hand forward again, then bring left hand forward.)<\/em>
\n2 little blackbirds sitting on a hill.\u00a0\u00a0(hold up pointer finger of right and left hand)<\/em>
\nOne name Jack and the other named Jill.\u00a0(raise the right pointer higher first, then the left pointer)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHands up high!
\nNow give a big sigh.
\nOur storytime’s over,
\nSo let’s wave good-bye!
\nBye!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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