Letter D: Songs & Rhymes

1) Down by the Station:

• Hold up these train pictures from Chirpy Chatterbox while singing the song. Let your child blow a train whistle when you say "puff, puff, toot, toot, off we go!" I found our train whistle at the dollar store.

Down by the station early in the morning (hold up station picture)

See the little puffer trains all in a row (hold up train picture)

Here comes the driver to start up the engine (hold up driver picture)

Puff, Puff, Toot, Toot (blow train whistle)

Off we go!

2) Days of the Week: 

• Shake egg shakers (plastic eggs filled with rice and taped shut) while singing this song. 

Days of the week (snap, snap)
Days of the week (snap, snap)
Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week.

There's Sunday and there's Monday,
Tuesday and there's Wednesday,
Thursdays and there's Friday,
And then there's Saturday.

Days of the week (snap, snap)
Days of the week (snap, snap)
Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week.

Tune: "The Adam's Family"

3) Dinosaur, Dinosaur Action Rhyme:

• Hold a play dinosaur while doing the actions to this rhyme.

Dinosaur, dinosaur turn around,

Dinosaur, dinosaur stomp the ground,

Dinosaur, dinosaur show your claws

Dinosaur, dinosaur snap your jaws

Dinosaur, dinosaur turn around,

Dinosaur, dinosaur sit back down

4) Five Little Ducks:

• Option One: Use rubber ducks (I found ours at the Dollar Store) as props for this song. You'll need one large duck and five little ducks. Remove a duck when prompted in the song. 

Five little ducks went out to play,

Over the hill and far away.

When the mother duck called

"Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!"

Four little ducks came waddling back.

(Repeat with four little ducks, three little ducks, two little ducks)

One little duck went out to play, 

Over the hill and far away.

When the mother duck called

"Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!"

Five little ducks came waddling back.

• Option Two: Print Five Little Ducks from Pickle Bum and use them to sing this song. You can use a magnet board, felt board (glue diaper fasteners onto the back of each duck to stick to a felt board), or glue them to popsicle sticks.

5) Drum Play: Pull out pots, pans and spoons for your children to play with. Pretend they are drums. Sing any song you'd like or tap to a rhythm.