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Free Poetry ("I Can Read") Notebook Pages

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Favorite Fingerplays and Action Rhymes
The Eensy Weensy Spider

The eensy weensy spider

Went up the water spout.

Down came the rain

And washed the spider out.

Out came the sun

And dried up all the rain.

Then the eensy weensy spider

Went up the spout again.

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Five Little Monkeys

Five little monkeys

jumping on the bed.

One fell off and

bumped his head.

Mama called the doctor

and the doctor said,

“That’s what you get for jumping on the bed!”

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The Calming Rhyme

Let your hands go

Clap, clap, clap.

Let your fingers go

Snap, snap, snap.

Let your lips go very round,

But do not make a single sound.

Fold your hands.

Close each eye.

Take a deep breath

(Inhale-Exhale)

And softly sigh…..ahhh

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Here is the Beehive

Here is the beehive.

Where are the bees?

Hiding away where nobody sees.

Soon they come creeping

Out of their hive.

1, 2 - 3, 4, 5!

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Two Little Bluebirds

Two little bluebirds

sitting on a hill.

One named Jack.

One named Jill.

Fly away Jack. Fly away Jill.

Come back Jack.

Come back Jill.

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The Apple Tree

Way up high in the apple tree,

Two little apples smiled

down at me.

I shook that tree

just as hard as I could.

Down came the apples,

Mmmmmm … they were good!

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I’m A Little Tea Pot

I’m a little tea pot,

short and stout.

Here is my handle,

here is my spout.

When I get all steamed up,

then I shout.

“Tip me over and pour me out.”

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Here is a Bunny

Here is a bunny

with his ears so funny.

And here is a hole

in the ground.

When a noise he hears

he perks up his ears,

And he jumps in his hole

in the ground!

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Where is Thumpkin?

Where is thumpkin?

Where is thumpkin?

Here I am.

Here I am.

How are you today sir?

Very well, I thank you!

Run away.

Run Away.

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