Activities in March
Find out what's happening in Brooklyn this month.
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Colors. How Beautiful! |
Babies
(sung to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb")
| If you're wearing red today, | |
| Red today, red today | |
| If you're wearing red today | |
| Please wave hello! | |
(Continue with additional verses as you wave other colored scarves or point to articles of clothing) |
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To hear the tune, go to: http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/m003.html |
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Toddlers
(sung to the tune of "The Hokey Pokey")
(use colored scarves or articles of clothing for each color)
| You put red in, | (hold red scarf/clothing and move arm away from you) |
| You take red out | (hold red scarf and move arm back towards you) |
| You put red in and you shake it all about | (shake the red scarf) |
| You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around, | (clap hands, turn in a circle) |
| That's what it's all about! | |
(Continue with additional verses as you substitute other colored scarves or articles of clothing) |
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Preschoolers
(credit: Flint Public Library. Ring a ring o'roses: fingerplays for preschool children)
| Five little Easter eggs | (hold up five fingers) |
| Lovely colors wore | |
| Mother ate the blue one | (bend down one finger) |
| Then there were four! | (hold up four fingers) |
| Four little Easter eggs, | (hold up four fingers) |
| Two and two, you see | (point to two at a time) |
| Daddy ate the red one, | (bend down second finger) |
| And then there were three. | (hold up three fingers) |
| Three little Easter eggs, | (hold up three fingers) |
| Before I knew, | |
| Sister ate the yellow one | (bend down third finger) |
| Then there were two! | (hold up two fingers) |
| Oh, what fun! | |
| Brother ate the purple one, | (bend down fourth finger) |
| Then there was one. | (hold up one finger) |
| One little Easter eggs, | (hold up one finger) |
| See me run! | |
| I am the last one | (hold up one finger) |
| And then there were none. | (bend down last finger, rub tummy) |