Wonderful Ones Songs & Rhymes to Sing Together

At the library, you may have brought your youngest children to the Wonderful Ones program.  This very popular program is specifically designed for babies 9 - 23 months and offers 15 minutes of stories, singing, and fingerplays along with an additional 15 minutes of playtime.  From the time they are infants, children learn language and other important skills that will help them learn to read.

At each session of Wonderful Ones, there is an opening and closing song and rhyme sung when we say hello and goodbye.  Songs are a fun activity you can do at home, at the park, or even in the car.  Clapping along helps children improve their motor skills.

Opening Song: Here We are Together
Here we are together, together, together
Yes, here we are together all here on the floor.
There's Josh and Maggie and Emma and Sam
There's parents and children and Paula and Jack
Yes, here we are together all here on the floor.

Opening Action Rhyme: The Wiggle Song
(Sung to the tune of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow")
My hands are starting to wiggle,
My hands are starting to wiggle,
My hands are starting to wiggle,
Around and around and around.

My feet are starting to wiggle,
My feet are starting to wiggle,
My feet are starting to wiggle,
Now all of me is a wiggle!

Closing Rhyme: Wave Goodbye
Wave high, wave low,
I think it's time we gotta go!
Wave your elbows, wave your toes,
Wave your tongue and wave your nose.
Wave your ears and wave your eyes,
Wave your hands and say goodbye.