Share these rainy day stories and rhymes with your child.
Babies
| Rhyme: "Rain is falling Down" |
| (Perform this rhyme with your baby on your lap. Your child will enjoy watching your hands and listening to the words.) |
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| Rain is falling down, |
Raise hands up high and flutter fingers down. |
| Splash! |
Slap floor with gusto. |
| Rain is falling down, |
Raise hands up high and flutter fingers down. |
| Splash! |
Slap floor with gusto. |
| Pitter-Patter, pitter-patter, |
Quietly flutter fingers. |
| Rain is falling down, |
Raise hands up high and flutter fingers down. |
| Splash! |
Slap floor with gusto. |
Toddlers
| "Splash! Fall the Raindrops" |
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| Splash! Fall the raindrops, |
Clap hands softly. |
| To the ground they go; |
Point to ground with hands. |
| We need the raindrops, |
Wiggle fingers down from head to waist. |
| To help the flowers grow. |
Make cup of hands for flowers. |
Preschoolers
| "If All the Raindrops" |
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| If All the Raindrops |
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| Were lemondrops and gumdrops, |
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| Oh, what a rain that would be! |
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| Standing outside, with my mouth open wide, |
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| Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! |
Throw head back and open mouth |
| If all the raindrops |
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| Were lemondrops and gumdrops, |
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| Oh, what a world that would be! |
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