Mom and twins singing and clappingimage shared by maria

Routines are good for kids.  But song routines are extra fun!

Start learning, reading, or Bible time with the same poem or song to help children prepare to listen and sit quietly.


Story Time

Tune:  If You're Happy and You Know It

If you're ready for a story, take a seat.
If you're ready for a story, take a seat.
Clap your hands, stomp your feet
Make your hands, nice and neat
If you're ready for a story, take a seat.

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It's Learning Time

Turn on your listening ears
Zip up your lips
Give your hands a clap
Place them in your lap

Adapted from DLTK


Are You Criss-Cross? 

Tune:  Are You Sleeping?

Are you criss-cross, are you criss-cross
Eyes on me, eyes on me
Hands in your lap, hands in your lap
Quietly, quietly.  (whisper)

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Prayer Song 

Tune:  One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians

One little, two little, three little fingers
Four little, five little, six little fingers
Seven little, eight little, nine little fingers
Ten fingers folded in prayer.

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The Bible Chant

The Bible. The Bible.  (form book with hands)
God wants me to know.  (point up)
The Bible. The Bible.
That's how I can grow.  (bend down and stand up slowly)
The Bible. The Bible.
God wants me to see.  (point to eyes)  
The Bible. The Bible.
Is the book for me.  (point to self)
B-I-B-L-E  (clap or stomp on each letter)

Adaptation of chant by Marcia Hornok in Biblical Performances for Early Childhood