Free Poetry "I Can Read" Notebook Pages
Handjives, Coactive Chants and Singing Games
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Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?
Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?
_______ stole the cookies from the cookie jar.
Who, me?
Yes, you.
Couldn’t be.
Then who?
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Peas porridge hot,
Peas porridge cold.
Peas porridge in a pot,
Nine days old.
Some like it hot,
Some like it cold.
Some like it in a pot,
Nine days old.
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Miss Mary Mack
Miss Mary Mack
Mack Mack
All dressed in black,
black, black
With silver buttons,
buttons, buttons
All down her back,
back, back.
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Criss Cross Applesauce
Criss Cross
Applesauce
Spider climbing
Up my spine.
Tight squeeze,
Cool breeze.
Makes me get the
Giggles!
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X Marks the Spot
X marks the spot
With a dot, dot, dot
And a dash, dash, dash
And a question mark.
With a ripple up
And a ripple down
With the crack of an egg
And a warm summers breeze!
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Teddy Bear
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
turn around.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
touch the ground.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
show your shoe.
Teddy bear, teddy bear,
I love you!
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Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Head and shoulders, knees and toes.
Knees and toes!
Head and shoulders, knees and toes.
Knees and toes!
I’ve got eyes and ears
And mouth and nose,
Head and shoulders, knees and toes.
Knees and toes!
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One Potato
Two potato
Three potato
Four.
Five potato
Six potato
Seven potato
More.
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Pizza Hut
A pizza hut
A pizza hut
Kentucky fried chicken
And a pizza hut.
A pizza hut
A pizza hut
Kentucky fried chicken
And a pizza hut.
McDonald’s
McDonald’s
Kentucky fried chicken
And a pizza hut.
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