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Hibernation Song

Introduce preschoolers to the winter concept of hibernation with a catchy tune they’ll love! This playful bear song uses humor and repetition to help children understand how animals rest through the winter.

Bear is sleeping, bear is sleeping.
In a cave, in a cave.
I wonder when he’ll come out,
I wonder when he’ll come out.
In the spring, in the spring.

Puttin’ on Mittens

Make fine motor practice fun with this mitten-themed song! Using the familiar tune of The Farmer in the Dell, children sing, move, and practice putting on their winter gear.

Thumb in the thumb place
Fingers all together
This is the song we sing
When it’s mitten weather

Thumb in the thumb place
Fingers all together
This is the song we sing
When it’s mitten weather

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Verse: The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,
And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again.

Alternate Verse: The spider climbed up the spout again,
The rain came down and washed him away.
The sun came out and dried up the rain,
And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again.

Hickory Dickory Dock

Verse 1: Hickory Dickory Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory Dickory Dock.

Verse 2: Hickory Dickory Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck two,
The mouse said “boo,”
Hickory Dickory Dock.

Verse 3: Hickory Dickory Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck three,
The mouse said “whee,”
Hickory Dickory Dock.

Verse 4: Hickory Dickory Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck four,
The mouse said “no more,”
Hickory Dickory Dock.

Verse 5: Hickory Dickory Dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck five,
The mouse did a dive,
Hickory Dickory Dock.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Verse 1: Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

Verse 2: When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

Verse 3: Then the traveler in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark;
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

Verse 4: In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye
Till the sun is in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

Hokey Pokey

Verse 1: You put your right hand in,
You put your right hand out,
You put your right hand in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about!

Chorus: Hokey Pokey, pokey,
Hokey Pokey, pokey,
Hokey Pokey, pokey,
That’s what it’s all about!

Verse 2: You put your left hand in,
You put your left hand out,
You put your left hand in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about!

(Chorus)

Verse 3: You put your right foot in,
You put your right foot out,
You put your right foot in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about!

(Chorus)

Verse 4: You put your left foot in,
You put your left foot out,
You put your left foot in,
And you shake it all about.
You do the Hokey Pokey
And you turn yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about!

(Chorus)

This Old Man

Verse 1: This old man, he played one,
He played knick-knack on my thumb.
With a knick-knack paddywhack, give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

Verse 2: This old man, he played two,
He played knick-knack on my shoe.
With a knick-knack paddywhack, give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

Verse 3: This old man, he played three,
He played knick-knack on my knee.
With a knick-knack paddywhack, give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

Verse 4: This old man, he played four,
He played knick-knack on my door.
With a knick-knack paddywhack, give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

Verse 5: This old man, he played five,
He played knick-knack on my hive.
With a knick-knack paddywhack, give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

Verse 6: This old man, he played six,
He played knick-knack on my sticks.
With a knick-knack paddywhack, give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

Verse 7: This old man, he played seven,
He played knick-knack up in heaven.
With a knick-knack paddywhack, give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

Verse 8: This old man, he played eight,
He played knick-knack on my gate.
With a knick-knack paddywhack, give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

Verse 9: This old man, he played nine,
He played knick-knack on my spine.
With a knick-knack paddywhack, give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

Verse 10: This old man, he played ten,
He played knick-knack once again.
With a knick-knack paddywhack, give a dog a bone,
This old man came rolling home.

Did You Ever See a Lassie?

Verse 1: Did you ever see a lassie, a lassie, a lassie?
Did you ever see a lassie go this way and that?
Go this way and that way, go this way and that way,
Did you ever see a lassie go this way and that?

Verse 2: Did you ever see a laddie, a laddie, a laddie?
Did you ever see a laddie go this way and that?
Go this way and that way, go this way and that way,
Did you ever see a laddie go this way and that?