Insects Poems and songs

Sung to: "She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain"

Oh, the ants are busy, busy as can be.
Oh, the ants are busy, busy as can be.
See them dig and dig and dig.
Lots of tunnels, oh, so big.
Oh, the ants are busy, busy as can be.

Sung to: "When John Comes Marching Home"

The ants came marching two by two, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants came marching two by two, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants came marching two by two
The little one stopped to tie his shoe.
They all go marching down in the ground and out of the rain,
Boom, Boom, Boom.
Other Verses:
The ants came marching three by three...
The little one stopped to climb a tree.
The ants came marching four by four....
The little one stopped to shut the door....
The ants came marching five by five...
The little one stopped to take a dive....
… The ants came marching ten by ten
The little one stopped to say THE END!

Once I saw an ant hill with no ants about.

(fist with fingers tucked in)
So I said, "Dear little ants, won't you come out?"
Then, as if the little ants had heard my call,
One, two, three, four, five come out-
(fingers are extended)
And that was all!

Ants, ants everywhere

Ants on my apple,
Ants on my pear.
Ants at a picnic
Are not so great.
I see five crawling
On my plate!
Sung to: "Do Your Ears Hang Low"
Can you wiggle like a worm?
Can you squiggle? Can you squirm?
Can you flutter? Can you fly like a gentle butterfly?
Can you crawl upon the ground
Like a beetle that is round?
Can you move with me?
Can you flip? Can you flop?
Can you give a little hop?
Can you slither like a snake?
Can you give a little shake?
Can you dance like bee
Who is buzzing round a tree?
Can you move with me?

(tune of When Johnny Comes Marching Home)

A bee is buzzing round the room,
Buzz buzz, buzz buzz.
A bee is buzzing round the room,
Buzz buzz, buzz buzz.
He'll buzz around the room once more,
And then he'll buzz right out the door.
And we'll all be glad when
He is gone once more.

Here is the bee hive (hold fist together)

But where are all the bees (hold up hands)
Hiding away where nobody sees
Here they came creeping out of the hive
1,2,3,4,5 (Hold up fingers one at a time)
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (You can also use both hands and have 10 bees.)

Here is the chrysalis on a twig on a tree

Something is stirring. Let's wait and see
Something comes out with wings folded tight
Now they are spreading all ready for flight
It's a beautiful fluttery butterfly
Away it goes flying - goodbye, goodbye.

(Tune: Adams Family)

My tummy is fat (snap, snap)
I like it like that (snap, snap)
I wiggle around
I jiggle around
My tummy is fat (snap, snap)
I'm a striped caterpillar
I'm such a chubby feller
I love to eat and eat
Those leaves are a treat (repeat first 5 lines)

When strolling through the garden

You should chance to see
A ladybug out walking,
Please say hi for me
For a ladybug is a good bug
And she helps the garden grow
She's supposed to bring good luck
So be sure to say hello.

One little ladybug

(hold up one finger)
With spots on its wings
Landed right beside me
As I played on the swings
Two little ladybugs
(hold up two fingers)
Flew around a flower,
Then crawled beneath a leaf
(one hand over two fingers)
To nap for half an hour.
(lay heads on hands)

Sung to: "Oh Christmas Tree"

Oh, butterfly, Oh, butterfly
Oh how I love your colors.
Oh, butterfly, Oh, butterfly
Oh how I love your colors.
You fly so high and beautiful,
You are so soft and fragile,
Oh, butterfly, Oh, butterfly,
How I love your colors.

Sung to: Skip to my Lou

I'm a tiny egg under a leaf
I'm a tiny egg under a leaf
I'm a tiny egg under a leaf
That's the first part of my metamorphosis.

I'm a hungry caterpillar eating up leaves

I'm a hungry caterpillar eating up leaves
I'm a hungry caterpillar eating up leaves
That's the second part of my metamorphosis.

I make a chrysalis and take a nap inside

I make a chrysalis and take a nap inside
I make a chrysalis and take a nap inside
That's the third part of my metamorphosis.

I wake up and emerge as a butterfly

I wake up and emerge as a butterfly
I wake up and emerge as a butterfly
That's the fourth part of my metamorphosis

A friendly caterpillar
(Fingers crawl up arm)
Made its chrysalis one day.
(close hands together)
It turned into a butterfly
(Open hands with thumbs hooked together)
And quickly flew away. (flap hands)

What do you suppose?

A bee sat on my nose.
Then what do you think?
He gave me a wink
And said, "I beg your pardon,
I thought you were the garden!"

Sung to: "A- Hunting we will go"

A-hunting we will go
A -hunting we will go
We'll catch a (insert any insect here)
and put it in a box
(loudly) and then we'll let it go!
Sung to: Old MacDonald
I'm a termite in a log
Living peacefully
I bore through wood and eat my fill
It's a rotten home for me
With a crunch, crunch, gulp
And a crunch, crunch, gulp
Firewood, plywood
Any kind of wood would
Suit me fine and always be
A rotten home for me!

Sung to: "Do your ears hang low"

Do you like to buzz.
Are you covered all in fuzz?
Do you call a hive a home
In the garden where you roam?
Do you know how to make honey,
Are your stripes a little funny?
Do you like to buzz?

Sung to: La Cucaracha)

Little grasshopper, little grasshopper,
Hop across the grassy land.
Little grasshopper, little grasshopper,
Hop into my open hand.
Little grasshopper, little grasshopper,
Sweet and green as you can be.
Little grasshopper, little grasshopper,
Hop away so safe and free.

Sung to: "Over the River"

Over the river, along the trail,
The hikers march along.
And as they go, they love to sing
Their favorite hiking song.

Over the river, along the trail,

They love to hike and sing.
They're filled with all the wonders
A nature hike can bring.
Seasons songs and poems
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Spring is showery, flowery, bowery,
Summer is hoppy, croppy, poppy.
Autumn is slippy, drippy, nippy,
Winter is breezy, sneezy, freezy.

Tune: Jolly Old St Nick

Yellow, yellow daffodil, dancing in the sun,
Oh yellow, yellow daffodil, you tell me spring has come.
I can hear a blue bird sing, and hear a robin call.
But yellow yellow daffodil I love you most of all.

Five little flowers standing in the sun

See their heads nodding, bowing one by one?
Down, down, down comes the gentle rain
And the five little flowers lift their heads up again!

I love the flowers.

I love the budding trees.
I love the chirping birds.
I love the buzzing bees.
I love the Springtime,
When the sun is warm and bright,
Boom de-a-da, boom de-a-da,
Boom de-a-da, boom, boom.

(Tune:Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)

First you dig a little hole,
Then you drop some seeds in there.
Cover them with lots of dirt.
Give them water, sun, and care.
Now the seeds will start to sprout,
Flowers blooming all about!

(Tune:Farmer in the Dell)

The farmer plants the seeds
The farmer plants the seeds
Hi, Ho, the derry O
The farmer plants the seeds

Additional Verses:
The rain begins to fall
The sun begins to shine
The plants begin to grow
The buds all open up
The flowers smile at me

Sung to: "Frere Jacques"

Dance like snowflakes
Dance like snowflakes
In the air
In the air
Whirling, twirling, snowflakes
Whirling, twirling, snowflakes
Here and there
Here and there.

Sung to: "Sailing, Sailing"

Snowflakes, snowflakes
Falling to the ground.
Each one rest so gently
They never make a sound.
Snowflakes, snowflakes
Are so pure and white.
The special thing about them is
No two are alike.

I'm a little snow person,

Short and fat
Here are my buttons,
And here is my hat.
When the snow comes out,
I cannot stay.
Slowly I just melt away

A chubby little snowman

Had a carrot nose.
Along came a bunny,
And what do you suppose?
That hungry little bunny,
Looking for his lunch.
Ate that snowman's carrot nose,
Nibble, nibble, crunch!!

Five little snowmen standing in a row,

They each have a hat,
And a big red bow
When the sun shines
Where will they go?
(shrug shoulders)
They melt, melt, melt, melt, melt...
(sink down to floor)

Warm hands, warm

Do you know how?
If you want to warm your hands,
Warm your hands right now.
(Discuss various ways to warm hands).

Where did you get that little red nose? (Point to nose)
Jack frost kissed it I suppose (kissing noise)
He kissed it once (hold up one finger)
And he kissed it twice (hold up 2 fingers)
Poor little nose is cold as ice! (Pretend to shiver)

Sung to: "Hokey Pokey"

You put your right mitten in,
you take your right mitten out,
you put your right mitten in
and you shake it all about.
You do the snowkey pokey
and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.

Way up high in the snowy tree

Lots of little snowflakes smiled at me.
I shook that tree as hard as I could.
Down came the snowflakes
Oh, were they cold!
Sung to: Sing a Song of Sixpence
Sing a song of winter,
Frost is in the air,
Sing a song of winter,
Snowflakes everywhere,
Sing a song of winter,
Hear the sleighbells chime,
Can you think of anything,
As nice as winter time?

Let's go walking in the snow/rain (walk)

Walking, walking, on tiptoe (tiptoe)
Lift your one foot way up high
(hop on one foot)
Then the other to keep it dry
(hop on other foot)
All around the yard we skip
Watch your step or you might slip
(pretend to fall)

Sung to: "Deck the Halls"

Do you hear the pitter-patter? Hear the raindrops falling down.
Can you see the splashing water? All the raindrops on the ground.
Time to get our big umbrellas we don't want to get our hair all wet.
If you wear your boots and raincoat, we will go outside and splash a bit!

Sung to: "My Bonnie lies Over the Ocean"

My bubbles flew over the ocean
My bubbles flew over the sea
My bubbles flew over the rainbow.
Oh come back my bubbles to me.
Come back, come back,
Oh come back, my bubbles to me!

Sung to: "Teddy Bear, Teddy bear turn around"

Scarecrow, Scarecrow, turn around.
Scarecrow, scarecrow, jump up and down
Scarecrow, scarecrow, arms up high
Scarecrow, Scarecrow, wink one eye
Scarecrow, scarecrow, bend your knee
Scarecrow, scarecrow, flap in the breeze
Scarecrow, scarecrow, climb into bed
Scarecrow, scarecrow, rest your head

When all the cows were sleeping,

And the sun had gone to bed,
Up jumped the scarecrow,
And this is what he said,
"I'm a Dingle Dangle Scarecrow,
with a flippy, floppy hat,
I can shake my hands like this,
And I can shake my feet like that!"

Sung to: "The Grand Old Duke of York"

Oh, the frisky little squirrel
He gathers nuts and seeds.
He hides them for the winter months
So he'll have all he needs.
Oh, up up up he goes
And down down down he comes.
He runs around - goes up and down.
His work is never done.

These are brown leaves, fluttering down,

And this is the tall tree bare and brown;
This is the squirrel with eyes so bright
Hunting for nuts, with all of her might
This is the hole where, day by day,
Nut after nut she stores away
When winter comes, with its cold and storm
She'll rest curled up,
All snug and warm.

I'm an acorn, small and round,

Lying on the cold, cold ground.
People pass and step on me,
That's why I'm all cracked, you see.
I'm a nut, (clap, clap)
I'm a nut (clap, clap)
I'm a nut, (clap, clap)
I'm a nut. (clap, clap)

I looked out my window and what did I find?

Green leaves a-growing on my pumpkin vine. (twice)
Gree-een leaves, green leaves a growing (twice)
Gree-een leaves a growing on my pumpkin vine.
...yellow flowers growing
...black bugs crawling
...pumpkins growing

Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground

(crouch down)
How'd you get so big and round?
(make a circle with arms)
Once you were a seed so small,
(pretend to hold a seed)
Now you are a great big ball!
(make a circle with hands)
Pumpkin, pumpkin on the ground
(crouch down)
How'd you get so big and round?
(make a circle with arms)

Sung To: "Oh, Christmas Tree"

Oh, fall is here. Oh, fall is here,
And wintertime is coming.
The squirrels get ready. Yes, they do.
They gather nuts to get them through.
The wintertime, cold wintertime,
It’s fall and winter’s coming.
More verses:
The ducks get ready. Yes, they do.
They migrate south to get them through.
The bears get ready. Yes, they do.
They look for dens to get them through.

Autumn leaves are falling down

Falling down, falling down
Autumn leaves are falling down
Red, yellow, orange and brown

Sung to: "I'm a little teapot"

I'm a little scarecrow stuffed with hay.
Here I stand in a field all day.
When I see the crows,
I like to shout -
"Hey! You crows, you better get out!”

Here is the apple tree with leaves so green,

(arms like a tree)
Here are the apples that hang in between,
(make a small circle)
When the wind blows,
(sway body and arms back and forth)
The apples will fall,
(crouch down on the floor)
Let's use a basket to gather them all!
( pick up apples and put them into a basket)

When the leaves are on the ground,

Instead of on the trees
I like to make a pile of them,
Way up to my knees.
I like to run and jump in them,
And kick them all around -
I like the prickly feel of them
And the crickly, crackly sound.