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1. The Five Days of Springtime

On the first day of springtime my garden showed to me
A hive with a yellow honey bee.

On the second day of springtime my garden showed to me
Two spiders spinning and
A hive with a yellow honey bee.

On the third day of springtime my garden showed to me
Three ants all marching
Two spiders spinning and
A hive with a yellow honey bee.

On the fourth day of springtime my garden showed to me
Four beetles bumbling
Three ants all marching
Two spiders spinning and
A hive with a yellow honey bee.

On the fifth day of springtime my garden showed to me
Five crickets chirping
Four beetles bumbling
Three ants all marching
Two spiders spinning and
A hive with a yellow honey bee.

Can you help us count our backyard bugs one more time?

Here we go:

Five crickets chirping
(Here are some real crickets, listen to them chirp)
Four beetles bumbling
(Here are some genuine beetles, I bet they like to bumble)
Three ants all marching
(These real ants like to march, march, march)
Two spiders spinning
(Here are some genuine spiders that love to spin)
A hive with a yellow honey bee
(Here’s an actual hive with some busy yellow honey bees)

Now you know how to count the springtime days.

2. The Caterpillar

Here’s one bug that’s in for a big change.

Caterpillar, caterpillar, creep, creep, creep
Made a little crysalis, sleek, sleek, sleek
She curled up and waited, nap, nap, nap
And then became a butterfly, flap, flap, flap.

When a caterpillar becomes a butterfly, it’s called a metamorphosis.

Caterpillar, caterpillar, creep, creep, creep
(Butterflies begin their lives as caterpillars
They creep along trees and plants and eat lots of green leaves)

Made a little crysalis, sleek, sleek, sleek
(When caterpillars become too full to eat any more
They stop and create a comfortable place to rest called a crysalis)

She curled up and waited, nap, nap, nap
(Caterpillars nest in their crysalis for nearly two weeks
Where their bodies grow and prepare for a big change)

And then became a butterfly, flap, flap, flap
(Upon leaving the crysalis, the little caterpillar has become  a beautiful butterfly
And is ready to fly out into the world)

Come on little caterpillars, move with us, as we become beautiful butterflies!

Caterpillar…

Flap your wings with us, beautiful butterflies!

3. Inchworm

An inchworm lived on a wide green leaf. Day after day she measured the leaf.
“I’m tired of measuring the same leaf” – the inchworm said one day. “I want measure the world.”
She inched  along the leaf: one inch, two inches, out onto the stem. Three inches, four inches. Halfway up the stem, the inchworm met an ant.
“Where are you going?”
“I’m measuring the world.”
Five inches, six inches. “The world is huge. Everywhere I crawl, I see mountains of sand, rivers of dirt. No one can measure the world.”
“I can.”
Seven inches, eight inches. Up the stem, passed another leaf. Nine inches, ten inches. Purplap! A grasshopper landed on the leaf.
“Excuse me, please. I’m measuring the world.”
“Do you have any idea how big the world is? Everywhere I hop I see wide green trees, tall yellow plants. No one can measure the world!”
“I can.”
Eleven inches, twelve inches, passed a flower she inched. Thirteen inches, fourteen inches. A bee popped his head up over the flower.
“What are you doing?”
“I’m measuring the world.”
“Can’t be done. Everywhere I fly I see endless fields of flowers. The world goes on forever. No one can measure it up.” “I can.”
Fifteen inches, sixteen inches. Up the stem, and onto the topmost leaf. Seventeen inches, eighteen inches. The inchworm inched to the edge of the topmost leaf. Nineteen inches, twenty inches.
And off the end she fell front end over tail end, back onto her very own leaf.
“Twenty inches long. I knew I could measure the world.”
It had been a long day. All the way to the end of the world and back. So the inchworm stretched out on her very own leaf and fell asleep.

4. Five Little Ladybugs

Five little ladybugs dancing by the shore
One danced home, leaving only four

Four little ladybugs under a shade-tree
One chased a leaf, then there were three

Three little ladybugs pointing at the view
One met a friend leaving only two

Two little ladybugs bathing in the sun
One left for lunch, then there was one

One little ladybug sunning on alone
I gently picked her up and took her to my home

No little ladybugs dancing by the shore
Let’s call them back to dance once more

Come back, please
Little ladybug that came home with me

Come back, please
Little ladybug that danced off for lunch

Come back, please
Little ladybug that left with a friend

Come back, please
Little ladybug that chased a falling leaf

Come back, please
Little ladybug that danced off home

Now I am happy as happy as can be
Thank you for calling the ladybugs back to me

5. The Pawpaw Patch

Can you move with the crickets?

Where, oh where is pretty little Suzy?
Where, oh where is pretty little Suzy?
Where, oh where is pretty little Suzy?
Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch.

Pick up the pawpaws!

Pick up pawpaws, put them in your pocket,
Pick up pawpaws, put them in your pocket,
Pick up pawpaws, put them in your pocket,
Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch.

Roll your head!
Roll your head around and round in circles…

Stretch your arm!
Stretch your arms as high as you can reach them…

Raise shoulders!
Raise shoulders, try to touch your earlobes…

Pat your head!
Pet your head and rub-a-dub your tummy…

Hands on hips!
Hands on hips, draw circles with your elbows…

Walk a line!
Walk a line pretending it’s a tight rope…

Touch your toes!
Touch your toes, your forehead to your kneecaps…

Reach out wide!
Reach out wide then clap your hands together…

Sit down smiling!
Sit down smiling rocking to the music…

6. Bees, bees, bees

One bee, two bees, three bees, four
Five bees, six bees, seven bees, more?
Eight bees, nine bees, then bees – There!
I see another bee -
You do? Where?

Great counting!

(A spanyol verziót nem vállalom! )

7. Eensy Weensy Spider

The eensy weensy spider
Climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the eensy weensy spider
Climbed up the spout again

Now it’s your turn to move like a spider. Let’s go!

Now let’s pretend we are great big spiders!

The big enormous spider
Climbed up…

Rain or shine, spiders? Let’s keep trying!

Remember, if at first you don’t succeed, try and try again!