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Babies

Rhyme: Round and Round the Garden
(Try this rhymes while you tickle your baby's arm or tummy!)

Round and round the garden	circle fingers on baby's palm
When the teddy bear
One step, two steps,	walk fingers up baby's arm
Tickly under there.	tickle under arm
	(a little faster)
Round and round the garden,	circle fingers on baby's palm
When the little mouse,
One step, two steps	walk fingers up baby's arm
To his little house!	tickle under arm

Toddlers

Rhyme: 10 Bubbles
(Clap your hands as you follow the instructions in this counting rhyme)

1 bubble, 2 bubbles, 3 bubbles, TOP	tap top of head
4 bubbles, 5 bubbles, 6 bubbles, HOP	hop once
7 bubbles, 8 bubbles, 9 bubbles, POP	clap hands
10 bubbles floating down, time to STOP!	sit or crouch down

Preschoolers

Rhyme: Little Blue Whale

Little blue whale	hold hands apart
In a big blue sea	hold hands farther apart
Splish, splash, splish, splash	make splashing movements with hands
Swim with me!	make swimming motions with hands
Dip a little	make a diving motion with your right hand
Dive a little	make a diving motion with your left hand
Dunk a little, whale	make a diving motion with both hands
Come back up and flip your tail!	put hand behind back like a tail and "splash"

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