Remind me: incy wincy spider, this little piggy, round & round the garden ..... what else?

[toky]

Need to widen my repertoire of songs/rhymes with hand gestures/tickling etc. -- 9-month-old DS can't get enough!!

And while we're on the subject, why can I never get the hand gestures for incy wincy right???

1,2,3,4,5 once i caught a fish alive
6,7,8,9,10 then i let it go again
why did you let it go
because it bit my finger so
which finger did it bite
this little finger on my right

2 little dickie birds sitting on a wall
1 named Peter
1 named Paul
fly away Peter
fly away Paul
come back Peter
come back Paul

I know what you mean Toky about the hand gestures for Incy Wincy - I can nwever do it quite right either. DS doesn't see to mind though.

My ds loved all of these also at this stage, another nice one is little mousie brown.

All around the garden
When it's fine and sunny
Fuzzy, buzzy, bumble bees
Busy making honey

(do little tickles on the last line)

2 little dickie birds sitting on a wall
1 named Peter, 1 named Paul
Fly away Peter, fly away Paul
Come back Peter, Come back Paul.

Zoom,zoom, zoom, we're going to the moon(use your hands to make a rocket shape)
Zoom, zoom, zoom, We're going very soon.
5,4,3,2,1, (count down with fingers)
Blast off (throw child in the air)

oops too long typing

Aw yes, I remember those ones! Keep em coming!

round and round the garden (on hand)
like a Teddy bear
One step (to elbow)
Two steps (to shoulder)
and Tickly under there (tickle under chin)

2 little dickie birds sitting on a wall
1 named Peter
1 named Paul
fly away Peter
fly away Paul
come back Peter
come back Paul

Can anyone describe the incy wincy fingers?!

I do alternate little finger to thumb movements iykwim!!!

What's the one with them sitting on your lap facing you and you hold their hands - something to do with horses?

spread out hands and fold middle three fingers down towards palm
now make your hands be the spider doing its stuff by touching thumb to little fingers then pivoting top pair as you move your hands upwards

does that make sense?

horsey horsey don't you stop
just let your heels go clippety-clop
your tail goes swish and your wheels go round
giddy-up we're homeward bound

?

Row row row your boat gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream....

ds used to love this if I sat him on my lap held his hands and rowed him......

Noooo I still can't do it!!!!!! Or is it OK if your fingers come apart? When I see others do it it always looks like their hands are in continuous contact, iykwim. I know it doesnt matter, but it's driving me nuts!!!

Don't know the words to horsie horsie but I do see-saw marjorie daw in that position and also row row row your boat. Also do pat-a-cake.

Is there another horsey one where they're jumping over fences??

Oh yes blackduck! And the 2nd verse:

Row row row your boat gently down the stream
And if you see a crocodile
Don't forget to scream (aaaa!)

Awwwww my ds2 loves that one

what about

Wind the bobbin up, wind the bobbin up
Pull, pull, clap clap clap
Wind it back again, wind it back again
Pull, pull, clap clap clap
Point to the ceiling, point to the floor
Point to the window, point to the door
Put your hands together 1-2-3
Lay them gently on your knee

Wiiiiiiiind it (slowing doing a double handed winding action), wiiiiiind it, wiiiind it
(pause)
Faster faster faster faster faster faster (speeding up the action for comic effect)

oops slow typing. second verse to row your boat is first line same as verse then second line "and if you see a crocodile don't forget to scream". DS provides the scream which used to scare dd and i had to send him to other side of room but now she loves it.

slow typing again!

well you really should be in continuous contact too, toky, if you don't want to embarras your child in later life

and then there's

x little monkeys bouncing on the bed
one fell off and he bumped his head
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said
no more monkeys bouncing on the bed

Do you know wind the bobbin up? Just in case, here goes.
Wind the bobbin up
Wind the bobbin up
Pull, pull, clap, clap, clap

Wind it back again
Wind it back again
Pull, pull, clap, clap, clap

Point to the ceiling
Point to the floor
Point to the window
Point to the floor
Put your hands together
One two three
Put your hands upon your knee

ps - hand gestures for incy wincy - Start by making a diamond with your index fingers and thumb (like for twinkle twinkle little star), then turn one hand so each finger meets a thumb. Keep the higher finger and thumb touching and twist each hand so the lower finger and thumb swing outwards to describe a circle and meet at top - now the finger and thumb that were higher are lower, so they swing outwards to describe a circle...

errr... getting a bit stuck here. Beginning to sound like the rules of cricket. Hopefully I've been typing so long somebody else has posted a much better description...

jamiesam, I've got it I've got it!!!! Brilliant instructions!