1. The Wheels on the Bus

Let’s get moving on our big yellow bus…

The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round
All through the town.

The people on the bus bounce up and down …
The wipers on the bus go wash, wash, wash…

Lehet további versszakokkal bővíteni:

The doors on the bus go open and shut… [Karokat nyitni-zárni. Zárásál taps.]
The driver on the bus says, “Move on back.”… [Hátrafelé mutatni]
The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep… [A gyermek orrát vagy pocakját finoman megnyomkodni]
The engine on the bus goes brrrm, brrrm, brrrm…
The windows on the bus go up and down… [fel-lehúzást imitálni]
The children on the bus play peek-a-boo … [kezekkel arcot eltakarni, kukucskálni]
The babies on the bus cry waah, waah, waah … [szemet dörzsölni, mint sírásnál]
The mommies on the bus go, shh, shh, shh [száj elé a mutatóujj]
The daddies on the bus go read, read, read… [olvasást imitálni]
The mommies on the bus say, “I love you.” [gyermeket megölelni vagy ölelést imitálni]

Számtalan változat létezik még, a versszakok végződhetnek így is: “All day long. (Ez inkább a brit változatokra jellemző.)”
Ha van kedvetek filccel is eljátszani, el lehet készíteni hozzá a szereplőket (lásd kép fent) – mi most beleszerettünk a filcbe.

2. Slide! (Patricia McNamee Hansen)

Up the ladder
to the top -
OH… it’s high-
But I won’t stop.

Slide!

Sit right down.
I’ll push off soon.
Hey, there’s a boy
with a red balloon.

Slide!

Sure I’ll go.
In just a minute
See the wagon and
the big dog in it?

Slide!

Almost ready -
I’m not afraid
Look, some kids
selling lemonade!

Slide!

Now I’m set.
It’s not so steep.
Close my eyes
and breathe in deep…

One, two, three…
And a big heave-ho
And whoosh and swoosh
And down I go!

3. We Skip and We Skip and We Stop!

We skip and we skip and we stop!
We skip and we skip and we stop!
We skip and we skip and we skip and we skip and we skip and we skip and we skip!

Saltamos, saltamos, paramos
Saltamos, saltamos, paramos
Saltamos, saltamos, saltamos, saltamos, saltamos, saltamos, paramos.

We hop and we hop and we stop!
We hop and we hop and we stop!
We hop and we hop and we hop and we hop and we hop and we hop and we stop!

Brincamos, brincamos, paramos
Brincamos, brincamos, paramos
Brincamos, brincamos, brincamos, brincamos, brincamos, brincamos, paramos.

We shake and we shake and we stop!
We shake and we shake and we stop!
We shake and we shake and we shake and we shake and we shake and we shake and we stop!

Nos movemos, movemos, paramos
Nos movemos, movemos, paramos
Nos movemos, movemos, movemos, movemos, movemos, movemos, paramos.

4. Traffic Ten!

It’s time to count to traffic ten!

One aardvark checks a roadway plan
Delivering goods in an aardvark van!

Two hyenas are speedy pacers
Zooming in their hyena-racers!

Three bears visit Uncle Gus
Tooting the horn of their big bear-bus!

Four tucans make a grab
For the driver’s seat in their tucan-cab!

Five frogs leap and croak and squeal
Bouncing in their frog-mobile!

Six lean lions with a tambourine
Sing in their lion-limousine!

Seven tigers have to duck
Under a bridge in their tiger-truck!

Eight jaguars on a mountain steep
Revving up in their jaguar-jeep!

Nine crocodiles, each with a guitar
Plucking tunes in their croco-car!

Ten wolves polish up the dragon
Painted on their pink wolf-wagon!

5. Down by the station

Down by the station
Early in the morning
See the little puffer-bellies
All in a row

See the station master
Give the starting signal
Puff, puff, toot, toot
Off they go!

Down by the airport
Early in the morning
See the little airplanes
All in a row

See the air controller
Give the starting signal
Wroom, wroom, zoom, zoom
Off they go!

6. The Merry-Go-Round

On a merry-go-round
We go up, we go down
And around and around and around.

The music keeps playing
An oom-pah-pah song
I wish I could ride on it all the day long.

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!

Autumn Leaves
(Írta: Leland B. Jacobs)

Green leaves,
Yellow leaves,
Red leaves, and brown,
Falling,
Falling,
Blanketing the town.
Oak leaves,
Maple leaves,
Apple leaves, and pear,
Falling,
Whispering,
“Autumn’s in the air!”
Big leaves,
Little leaves,
Pointed leaves, and round,
Falling,
Nestling,
Carpeting the ground.

(Jacobs, Leland B. 1993. Just Around the Corner: Poems about the Seasons. New York: Henry Holt)

Gyűjtsetek őszi, színes leveleket és tanuljátok meg a verset.

Ajánlják még hozzá Lois Ehlert Leaf Man c. könyvét, ami tényleg szupernek tűnik (valódi levelekből készült az illusztráció, a kiadó oldalán jobb oldalt a Sample Page-re kattintással bele tudunk nézni), van hozzá egy színező-feladatlap is (a leveleket lehet kivágni és összerakni a saját levél-emberkénk  – lásd Activity Sheet ugyanitt).

A Ladybug-ban van egy mozgásos dal is egy madárijesztőről, ezt is megtaláltam kicsit más verzióban:

Scarecrow, Scarecrow
(A Twinkle, Twinkle dallamára)

Scarecrow, scarecrow turn around.
Scarecrow, scarecrow touch the ground.
Stand up tall and blink your eyes.
Raise your hands up to the sky.
Clap your hands, then tap your knees.
Turn around and tap your feet.

Scarecrow, scarecrow touch your toes.
Scarecrow, scarecrow tap your nose.
Swing your arms so very slow,
Now real fast to scare the crows!
Tough your head, jump up and down.
Now sit down without a sound.

Jó játékot!

A hivatalos Carle weboldalon elolvashatod (angolul) a könyv mögött meghúzódó koncepciót is: nagyon érdekes betekinteni a rajzok születésébe, látni, hogy születtek meg a könyvet alkotó oldalak. A szöveghez dallam is tartozik, amelyre a youtube-on találtam rá (kivételesen nem ágyazom be, itt találod).

If you’re happy (továbbfejlesztett változat haladóknak szöveggel: http://www.songsforteaching.com/folk/ifyourehappyandyouknowitclapyourhands.htm)

Head, shoulders, knees and toes (izgalmas továbbfejlesztett változat haladóknak sokkal több cselekvéssel és testrésszel: http://www.songsforteaching.com/learningstation/headshoulders.htm)

Open, shut them (továbbfejlesztett szövegváltozat haladóknak: http://www.songsforteaching.com/fingerplays/openshutthem.htm)

Itt megnézheted mind a nyolc dvd-t: http://www.schoolspecialtypublishing.com/store/brand.aspx?BrandId=19&f2=41 (Nem kapok jutalékot! )