Ten Little… songs are wonderful fingerplays, and Bumping Up and Down is a super fun lap bounce, but you still might want to play it on ukulele once in a while. You can Ten Little just about anything, so this is a perfect song for incorporating elements of repetition with variation into your storytime. Try a new one each week!
I was feeling very spacey this week, so I’m featuring Jbrary’s Space Shuttle variation alongside my Ten Little Astronauts felt story/colour matching game. If you’d like to make it yourself, here’s the template I adapted mine from.
Bumping Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon
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Bumping up and down in my little red wagon
G7
Bumping up and down in my little red wagon
C
Bumping up and down in my little red wagon
G7 C
Won’t you be my darling
Verses
Wheel feel off and the axle's broken...
Grandma's gonna fix it with her hammer...
Alternate Verses
Driving around in my little ______________... (any vehicle)
Bumping Up and Down in My Little Space Shuttle
C
Bumping up and down in my little space shuttle
G7
Bumping up and down in my little space shuttle
C
Bumping up and down in my little space shuttle
G7 C
Won’t you go to the moon with me?
Verses
My space suit's on and my boots are too...
We step on the moon and bounce up and down...
Ten Little Astronauts
C
One little, two little, three little astronauts
G7
Four little, five little, six little astronauts
C
Seven little, eight little, nine little astronauts
G7 C (stop)
Ten little astronauts lifting off
5... 4... 3... 2... 1... Blast Off!
Ten Little Raindrops
C
One little, two little, three little raindrops
G7
Four little, five little, six little raindrops
C
Seven little, eight little, nine little raindrops
G7 C
Ten little raindrops on my head
Verses
Ten little raindrops on my _______ (other body parts)
Other Variations Include
Bumping Up and Down in My Little Blue Sled
Bumping Up and Down On Mommy’s Knee
Various Ten Littles from KCLS Tell Me a Story
C
One little, two little, three little planets
G7
Four little, five little, six little planets
C
Seven little, eight little, Pluto’s not a planet
G7 C
orbiting around the sun
I use this version I adapted for my space theme program. The parents always laugh at Pluto’s not a planet. 🙂
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Oh, I love it! I’m definitely going to borrow that for my storytimes.
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Bumping up and down in Santa’s sleigh. Thanks for all your great songs. I started using this one in my storytimes and it has been going over well.
Dialogue: We get to go out and help Santa. Pretend to bump up and down in Santa’s Sleigh.
Action: Bump up and Down.
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Bumping up and down in Santa’s sleigh
G7
Bumping up and down in Santa’s sleigh
C
Bumping up and down in Santa’s sleigh
G7 C
HO HO HO HO HO
Dialogue: Oh no the reindeer ran and way and we have to find them
Action: hand over eyes looking
Reindeer ran away and we have to find them
Reindeer ran away and we have to find them
Reindeer ran away and we have to find them
Look Look Look Look Look
Dialogue: Now we have to help deliver presents to good boys and girls
Action: Pretend to pick stuff up
Delivering presents to good boys and girls
Delivering presents to good boys and girls
Delivering presents to good boys and girls
I wonder what they will get
Dialogue: Santa must be hungry for some cookies!
Action: eating cookies – hand to mouth
Santa’s hungry for some cookies
Santa’s hungry for some cookies
Santa’s hungry for some cookies
Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum
Dialogue: Oh No we have to deliver all the presents in time, we better hurry up. 2nd time we have to hurry quicker!
Action: Bump up and down
FASTER x2
Bumping up and down on Santa’s sleigh
Bumping up and down on Santa’s sleigh
Bumping up and down on Santa’s sleigh
HO HO HO HO HO
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Thanks so much for sharing!
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