Can’t make it to BabyTimes this week - why not try it at home? Click on the letters below to learn some of our favourite action rhymes to play at home.
The Rhymes: R - S
Actions are shown in italics
Rock your baby
Tune: “London Bridge is falling down”
Rock your baby side-to-side (x4)
Just like this
Rock your baby back and forth (x4)
Just like this
Lift your baby up and down (x4)
Just like this
Roly poly
Roly poly roly poly
Up up up
Roly poly roly poly
Down down down
Roly poly roly poly
Out out out
Roly poly roly poly
In in in
Round and round the garden
Round and round the garden
Ran the teddy bear,
One step, two step
And tickly under there!
Row row row your boat
Row row row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Life is but a dream
Smooth Road
A smooth road (x4) (Bounce baby on lap gently)
A curvy road (x4) (Bounce and sway)
A bumpy road (x4) (Bounce baby on your lap more vigorously)
A rough road (x4) (Make the bounces rougher!)
A hole! (Let baby fall through knees, without dropping!)
Swinging
Tune: “It’s a small world after all”
I’ll swing you high
I’ll swing you low
I’ll hold you tight
And I won’t let go
I’ll swing you high
I’ll swing you low
And I won’t let you go
Fly fly fly your plane
High up in the sky
Merrily merrily merrily merrily
Fly your plane up high
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