Winter Wonderland
Winter’s chill is in the air – time to curl up indoors and share a good book with your child. Or warm things up by trying one of our action songs and rhymes. Either way, you’ll stay warm while having fun together!
Babies
| Rhyme: "Pease Porridge Hot" | |
| Clap in time as you say this rhyme | |
| Pease porridge hot, | |
| Pease porridge cold, | |
| Pease porridge in the pot nine days, | |
| Some like it hot, | |
| And some like it cold, | |
| And some like it in the pot, | |
| Nine days old! | |
Toddlers
| Rhyme: "Bate, Bate, Chocolate" | |
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from Texas State Library and Archives Commission El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros - a Celebration of Childhood and Bilingual Literacy http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/ninos/songsrhymes.html Children in Mexico often drink chocolate with breakfast. They stir it with a special utensil called a molinillo which is held between the palms and rotated back and forth. During the chorus of this rhyme, children rub their palms together and pretend to "stir" the chocolate with a molinillo. Children repeat the verse, faster and faster each time. |
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| Bate, bate, chocolate | |
| Tu nariz de cacahuate | |
| Uno, dos, tres, CHO! | |
| Uno, dos, tres, CO! | |
| Uno, dos, tres, LA! | |
| Uno, dos, tres, TE! | |
| Chocolate, chocolate! | |
| Bate, bate, chocolate! | |
| Bate, bate, bate, bate, | |
| Bate, bate, | |
| CHOCOLATE! | |
Preschoolers
| Rhyme: "Five Little Snowman" | |
| Five little snowmen standing round my door. | Hold up five fingers. |
| This one melted and then there were four. | |
| Four little snowmen beneath a green pine tree. | Hold up four fingers. |
| This one melted and then there were three. | |
| Three little snowmen with caps and mittens blue. | Hold up three fingers. |
| This one melted and then there were two. | |
| Two little snowmen standing in the sun. | Hold up two fingers. |
| This one melted and then there were one. | |
| One little snowman started to run. | Hold up one fingers. |
| But he melted away and then there was none. | |
