Learning Activities For Children » Rhymes And Songs And Finger Plays http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com Learning Activities for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and elementary school aged children. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:40:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Manners Chant http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com/manners-chant/ http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com/manners-chant/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:51:27 +0000 Melissa http://learningactivitiesforchildren.com/?p=228 Photobucket

I found this chant in a Scholastic’s flier. My kids enjoy clapping to this chant to remind themselves to use good manners:

We’ve got manners,
Yes we do. We’ve got
manners, how about you?

We say thank you,
Yes we do. We say
thank you, how about you?

We say excuse me,
Yes we do. We say
excuse me, how about you?

You can use other polite words such please, sorry, your welcome etc…

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How flowers grow

Flower Garden -Sing to the tune of “The Farmer In The Dell”. – author unknown

The farmer plants the seeds
The Farmer plants the seeds
Hi, Ho and Cheery O
The farmer plants the seeds.

The sun begins to shine
The sun begins to shine
Hi, Ho and Cherry O
The sun begins to shine

(continue with the following verses)
The rain begins to fall
The plants begin to grow
The flowers smile at us

Colors

A Song of Flowers- Sing to the tune of  “Sing A Song Of Sixpence”. – Author Unknown

Sing a song of flowers
flowers all around.
Flowers that are growing, growing in the ground
Flowers of each color make a pretty view.
Red and orange and yellow.
And blue and purple, too.

Different Types Of Flowers

If I Could Be A Flower – Sing to the tune of “The More We Get Together” – Taken from Fun with Mommy and Me: More Than 300 Together-Time Activities for You and Your Child, Birth to Age Five

If I could be a flower,
A flower, a flower,
If I could be a flower, what kind would I be?
A daisy, a pansy, a tulip, a lilac,
If I could be a flower, I’d be a (you choose a flower!).

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The Haunted House
 
The ghost in the house goes “Boo! Boo! Boo!”
“Boo! Boo! Boo!, Boo! Boo! Boo!”
The ghost in the house goes “Boo! Boo! Boo!”
On Halloween.

The steps in the house goes “Creek, creek, creek…”
The cats in the house go “Meow, meow, meow…”
The mice in the house go “Squeak, squeak, squeak..”
The people in the house go “Eek, eek, eek…”

Have fun making up new characters and sounds with your children!

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Sing I Am A Child Of God then toss a beanbag or soft object to a child as you say the words “I know a child of God named _________”. Have the child say their own name and give the beanbag back to you.

Primary 1 – I Am A Child Of God Manual

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