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: W - X
Actions are shown in italics
Washing baby’s back
Washing baby’s back
Up and down and round and round
Washing baby’s back
Washing baby’s knees…
Washing baby’s tummy…
Washing baby’s feet…
Way up high in the apple tree
Way up high in the apple tree
I saw a baby smiling at me
I shook that tree as hard as I could
And down came the baby
Mmmm it was good
What will we do with the lazy baby
Tune: “What will we do with the drunken sailor”
What will we do with the lazy baby
What will we do with the lazy baby
What will we do with the lazy baby
Early in the morning
Lie her on her tummy and tickle her all over
Lie her on her tummy and tickle her all over
Lie her on her tummy and tickle her all over
Early in the morning
The wheels on the bus
The wheels on the bus go round and round (move baby’s leg in a bicycle motion)
Round and round, round and round,
The wheels on the bus go round and round
All day long
The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish (move baby’s arms side to side)
Swish swish swish, swish swish swish,
The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
All day long
The ladies on the bus bounce up and down (bounce baby)
Up and down, up and down,
The ladies on the bus bounce up and down,
All day long
Wiggle fingers
Wiggle fingers, wiggle so
Wiggle high, wiggle low
Wiggle left, wiggle right
Wiggle fingers out of sight!
X Marks the Spot
X marks the spot, (trace patterns on baby's back as stated in rhyme)
With a dot, dot, dot,
And a dash and a dash,
And a big question mark.
Tickle up,
Tickle down,
Tickle baby all around.
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