3 Little Ladybugs

One little ladybug
(hold up one finger)
With spots on its wings

Landed right beside me
(tap sides)

As I played on the swings
(sway forward and backward)

Two little Lady Bugs
(hold up two fingers)

Flew around a flower,
(move two fingers in a circle)

Then crawled beneath a leaf
(children cup one hand over two fingers)

To nap for half an hour.
(children lay their heads on their hands)

Two Little Ladybugs

One little ladybug
(hold up one finger)

With spots on its wings
Landed right beside me
(tap sides)

As I played on the swings
(sway forward and backward)

Two little Lady Bugs
(hold up two fingers)
Flew around a flower,
(move two fingers in a circle)

Then crawled beneath a leaf
(children cup one hand over two fingers)
To nap for half an hour.
(children lay their heads on their hands)

Five Little Birds

(count on fingers as rhyme indicates)

Five little blue birds, hopping by my door
One went to build a nest, and then there were four

Four little blue birds singing lustily
One got out of tune, and then there were three

Three little blue birds, and what should one do,
But go in search of dinner, leaving only two.

Two little blue birds singing for fun
One flew away, and then there was one.

One little blue bird sitting in the sun
He took a little nap, and then there was none.

A Caterpillar Crawled

A caterpillar crawled
(extend left arm and crawl right index finger up it like a caterpillar)

To the top of a tree.

"I think I'll take a nap," said he
(wiggle right index finger)

So under the leaf he began to creep.
(move under left hand)

He spun a cocoon and he fell asleep.
(make fist around index finger)

For two long weeks he slept in that cocoon bed,

Till spring came along and said,
"Wake up! Wake up! You sleepy head."
(shake arms)

Out of the leaf he did cry.
(hook thumbs and spread fingers to make a butterfly)
"Look, I am a butterfly."

Baby's Nap

This is a baby ready for a nap.
(hold up index finger)

Lay him down in his mother's lap
(place index finger on open palm of other hand)

Cover him up so he won't peep
(wrap fingers around index finger)

Rock him 'till he's fast asleep
(rock hands back and forth)