Beginning Song – Bend and stretch
(Suit actions to the words, with very small children – just move arms on your lap)

Bend and stretch, reach for the stars
There goes Jupiter, here comes Mars
Bend and stretch, reach for the sky
Stand on tip-e-toe, oh so high!

Song – Three currant buns in a baker’s shop

Three currant buns in a baker’s shop
Round and fat, with sugar on the top
Along came a boy with a penny one day
Bought a currant bun and took it away

Two currant buns... One currant bun…

1st Board book – Teatime with Woof / Caroline Jayne Church

Woof the dog is havinga friend over for tea and the story is told in rhyme, with key things to touch in different textures in the book.

Action rhyme – I’m a little teapot

I’m a little teapot, short and stout
Here is my handle (gently coax baby’s arm to rest on one hip)
Here is my spout (gently coax baby’s other arm to sit up and out to one side)
When I get all steamed up
Then I shout Tip me over! Pour me out! (gently tip baby to one side)

Clapping Rhyme – Pat a cake

Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker’s man
Bake me a cake as fast as you can
Prick it and pat it
And mark it with ‘B’
And put it in the oven for baby and me

2nd Board Book – Mealtime / touch and feel series

Similar in style to the first board book, told through direct description of what appears on each double page spread.

Action rhyme – Six fat sausages

6 fat sausages sizzling in the pan
One went POP! (Pop your finger in your cheek)
The other went BANG! (Clap your hands together loudly)

4 fat sausages sizzling in the pan
One went POP! (Pop your finger in your cheek)
The other went BANG! (Clap your hands together loudly)

2 fat sausages sizzling in the pan
One went POP!(Pop your finger in your cheek)
The other went BANG! (Clap your hands together loudly)

Bouncing rhyme – Jelly on a plate

Jelly on a plate, jelly on a plate
Wibble, wobble
Wibble, wobble
Jelly on a plate

Sweeties in the jar, sweeties in the jar,
Shake them up,
Shake them up,
Sweeties in the jar.

Closing song – Tommy Thumbs up

(using thumbs, follow actions)

Tommy thumbs up and Tommy thumbs down
Tommy thumbs dancing all around the town
Dance them on your shoulders
Dance them on your head
Dance them on your knees and…
Tuck them into bed. (make fists on last line)