Nursery Rhymes Words & Lyrics for: Eeny Meeny Miny Moe, Where is Thumbkin, Teddy Bear Teddy Bear, Twas the Night Before Christmas, Three Little Kittens
Nursery Rhymes and finger plays provide building blocks for creative dramatics & imagination for your child. Children love to creatively act out the rhymes using their imagination and cues from adults. When children are encouraged by parents & teachers to be creative & imaginative without criticism they become confident in their expressions and feel good about themselves. | Here are the words/lyrics to our rhymes & finger plays for December. Have fun acting them out with your child.
Eeny Meeny Miny Moe
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, Catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.Where is Thumbkin
(Start with hands behind back)Where is thumbkin?
Here I am (Bring right thumb to front)
Here I am (Bring left thumb to front)
How are you today sir?
Very well, I thank you (Wiggle thumbs as if they are “talking” to each other)
Run away (Hide right hand behind back)
Run away (Hide left hand behind back) Where is Pointer?
Where is Pointer?
Here I am!
Here I am! How are you today, sir?
Very well, I thank you.
Run away.
Run away. Where is Middleman?
Where is Middleman?
Here I am!
Here I am! How are you today, sir?
Very well, I thank you.
Run away.
Run away. Where is Ringman?
Where is Ringman?
Here I am!
Here I am! How are you today, sir?
Very well, I thank you.
Run away.
Run away. Where is Pinkie?
Where is Pinkie?
Here I am!
Here I am!How are you today, sir?
Very well, I thank you.
Run away.
Run away.
Teddy Bear Teddy Bear
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around! Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground. Teddy Bear, Teddy bear, jump up high. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the sky. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, bend down low. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch your toes. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn off the light. Everybody say, ssh!Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, say goodnight.
Twas the Night Before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads. And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below. When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tinny reindeer. With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name! “Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! on, on Donner and Blitzen! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!” As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of Toys, and St Nicholas too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head, and was turning around, Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler, just opening his pack. His eyes-how they twinkled! his dimples how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face and a little round belly, That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly! He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself! A wink of his eye and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk. And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose! He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight, “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!”Clement Clarke Moore (1779 – 1863)
Three Little Kittens
The three little kittens, they lost their mittens, And they began to cry, “Oh, mother dear, we sadly fear, That we have lost our mittens.” “What! Lost your mittens, you naughty kittens! Then you shall have no pie.” “Meow, meow, meow.” “ Then you shall have no pie.” The three little kittens, they found their mittens, And they began to cry, “Oh, mother dear, see here, see here, For we have found our mittens.” “Put on your mittens, you silly kittens, And you shall have some pie.” “Purr, purr, purr, Oh, let us have some pie.” The three little kittens put on their mittens, And soon ate up the pie, “Oh, mother dear, we greatly fear, That we have soiled our mittens.” “What, soiled your mittens, you naughty kittens!” Then they began to sigh, “Meow, meow, meow,” Then they began to sigh. The three little kittens, they washed their mittens, And hung them out to dry, “Oh, mother dear, do you not hear, That we have washed our mittens?” “What, washed your mittens, then you’re good kittens, But I smell a rat close by.” “Meow, meow, meow, We smell a rat close by.”
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