This little nursery rhyme is sung in the same tune as Row, Row, Row Your boat, so it is quite easy to remember. This is a nice and short nursery rhyme that you can teach to children to help them understand what teeth are as well as the importance of brushing your teeth every day.

Brush, Brush, Brush Your Teeth (Toothbrush Song) Act out the words with your hands and emphasise the location where you got stung. Repeat the rhyme from the beginning with a different body part being stung. In this nursery rhyme, you can switch up the body part that the bumblebee stings to incorporate more than just the hand. This nursery rhyme is a highly popular song about a child who got stung by a bee, this song is not only a good song to use in the teaching of body parts, but it is also has a good lesson in it about not touching bees. Roll them, Roll them (roll your hands around each other) Shake them, Shake them (shake/wiggle your hands) There is an alternative set of verses that can be sung instead of or Creep them, Creep them or inbetween the two sections which is: Open, Shut them, (Open hands, close hands)Ĭreep them, Creep them (slowly creep hands from lap to the chin) Although the body parts are not explicity said, when teaching the movements you will be saying to your child open your hands and fingers, now close them, clap your hands etc…

This nursery rhyme is a favourite with my three year old and he loves opening and closing his hands and the creeping part at the end.

Some of these nursery rhymes are similar to each other, but each one can still be useful to teach to children, as the more songs they know about the body, the better their understanding will be, so it is recommended to teach as many different nursery rhymes to a child that you possibly can.īelow are a great list of nursery rhymes that you can useto help teach your children or class about all the different body parts that we have. There are a large number of nursery rhymes that exist today that you can utilize when teaching body parts to children. Nursery rhyme can be used by teachers, parents and carers to teach children about many different aspects of life, and body parts are no exception.

When To Start Teaching About Body Parts.

Brush, Brush, Brush Your Teeth (Toothbrush Song).

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