by Meredith Brustlin, CMNH Educator

This week I shared songs and rhymes about springtime and bunnies! 

Hello Song:

Hello it’s time to play
Let’s have some fun today!
Let’s clap our hands
And wiggle our toes
A hug...and a kiss...and away we go!

Hello (insert name here) it’s time to play
We’ll have so much fun...hooray! 

Open Them/Shut Them (action song)

Open them, shut them
Open them, shut them
Give a little clap-clap-clap

Open them, shut them
Open them, shut them
Lay them in your lap-lap-lap

Creep them, creep them, creep them, creep them
Right up to your chin-chin-chin
Open up your little mouth…
But do not let them in! 

Hurry, Scurry, Little Bunny (action rhyme/tickle)

Hurry, scurry, little bunny
Starts down at your toes…

Hurry, scurry, little bunny
Past your knees he goes... 

Hurry, scurry, little bunny
Past where your tummy is…

Hurry, scurry, little bunny…
Gives you a bunny kiss!

Splash! Fall the raindrops (action rhyme)

Splash fall the raindrops (clap hands together softly)

To the ground they go (tap on the floor)

We need raindrops (wiggle fingers down from the “sky”)

To help the flowers grow! (stretch up high!)

I bounce you here! (bounce)

I bounce you here, 
I bounce you there,
I bounce you, bounce you everywhere!

I hug you here,
I hug you there,
I hug you, hug you everywhere!

I tickle you here,
I tickle you there,
I tickle you, tickle you everywhere!

Little Bunny, Little Bunny (action song)

Little bunny, little bunny, turn around
Little bunny, little bunny, touch the ground!

Little bunny, little bunny, reach up high
Little bunny, little bunny, touch the sky!

Little bunny, little bunny, show your shoe
Little bunny, little bunny, I love you!

Little bunny, little bunny, slap your knees
Little bunny, little bunny, sit down please! 

Everyone can shake! (prop song)

Everyone can shake shake shake
Everyone can shake shake shake
Everyone can shake shake shake
And now it’s time to stop!

Everyone can tap tap tap
Everyone can tap tap tap
Everyone can tap tap tap
And now it’s time to stop!

Everyone can clap clap clap
Everyone can clap clap clap
Everyone can clap clap clap
And now it’s time to stop!

Everyone can wave, wave, wave
Everyone can wave, wave, wave
Everyone can wave, wave, wave
And now it’s time to stop!

Put a shaker in your hand! (prop song)

C’mon everybody put a shaker in your hand,
A shaker in your hand, a shaker in your hand!
C’mon everybody put a shaker in your hand,
Let’s see how we shake, shake, shake!

C’mon everybody shake your shaker way up high
C’mon everybody shake your shaker way up high,
C’mon everybody shake your shaker way down loooowwwww
Let’s see how we shake, shake, shake!

Shaker...fast/slow

Shaker...loud/soft

Goodbye Rhyme (action rhyme)

This is big, big, big
And this is small, small, small

This is short, short, short
And this is tall, tall, tall!

This is fast, fast, fast
And this is slow, slow, slow

This is yes, yes, yes
And this is no, no, no

This is hi, hi, hi
And this is bye, bye, bye!