Bathtime Songs and Nursery Rhymes for Babies and Toddlers
Bathtime is such a fun time for little ones and also the perfect time to sing and be silly. From your little newborn through to splashing and splishing with your toddlers these Bath Songs are great to sing together. So here you go our favourite Bath Songs and Nursery Rhymes for Babies and Toddlers.
Nursery Rhymes and Songs
Nursery Rhymes and songs may be silly and lots of fun to dance and sing along to but did you know that they have some really important benefits for your little ones in their early development?
Those silly lyrics expose children to a rich language environment. The rhythmic patterns, rhymes, and repetition in them help children develop their phonemic awareness, vocabulary, and early literacy skills. They learn to recognize and manipulate sounds, which lays a strong foundation for reading and writing later on.
Children learn to articulate words and phrases, practice pronunciation, and improve their speech clarity. Singing together also enhances listening skills as children learn to follow the rhythm, melody, and lyrics.
Nursery rhymes and songs often have repetitive patterns, which helps children strengthen their memory skills. So you know Baby Shark… all that repetition and getting on your nerves it’s actually good for your little ones and will be helping them to improve their memory. The fact that many nursery rhymes introduce children to basic concepts like counting, colours, shapes, and animals, all go towards helping your little ones’ academic success without a worksheet or flashcard in sight!
Bathtime
Bath time is a regular routine in most houses, and it’s the ideal opportunity to include some rhymes and songs with your little ones, sing with toys, use the sponge and splash around in the water.
Even your newborn baby will start to get a benefit from these simple songs it’s one of our easy activities to do with your newborn and such a great way to connect and maybe the bath will be the place that you get that first smile.
Bath Songs and Rhymes for Babies and Toddlers
We’ve put together our favourites for some sing-a-long time in the bath there are videos in case you don’t know the tune as well as the lyrics. So here you go.
Five Little Ducks
Grab the rubber ducks and start to sing this classic nursery rhyme, which will also help your little ones with their number skills.
Five little ducks went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack" But only four little ducks came back 1, 2, 3, 4 Four little ducks went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack" But only three little ducks came back 1, 2, 3 Three little ducks went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack" But only two little ducks came back 1, 2 Two little ducks went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack" But only one little duck came back 1 One little duck went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack" But none of the five little ducks came back Sad mother duck went out one day Over the hill and far away Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack" And all of five little ducks came back Five little ducks went out to play Over the hill and far away Mother duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack" And all of the five little ducks came back!
Five Green and Speckled Frogs
If your little one like five little ducks then maybe they will like Five Green and Speckled Frogs – it was our favourite when my two were tiny. I had a set of bath frogs and they would sit on the side and jump into the water whenever we sang this song.
Five green and speckled Frogs Sat on a speckled log Eating some most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum! One jumped into the pool Where it was nice and cool Then there were 4 green speckled frogs 4 green and speckled Frogs Sat on a speckled log Eating some most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum! One jumped into the pool Where it was nice and cool Then there were 3 green speckled frogs 3 green and speckled frogs Sat on a speckled log Eating some most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum! One jumped into the pool Where it was nice and cool Then there were 2 green speckled frogs 2 green and speckled frogs Sat on a speckled log Eating some most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum! One jumped into the pool Where it was nice and cool Then there was one green speckled frog One green and speckled frog Sat on a speckled log Eating some most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum! He jumped into the pool Where it was nice and cool Then there were no green speckled frogs
Down in the Jungle
Down in the jungle was one of my kids favourite jungle picture books and we had a version with this on CD! It was sung all the time but especially at bath time. This is one where you can make up your own verses too – just use whatever animals you can think of that may live in the jungle too!
Down in the jungle Where nobody goes There's a great big gorilla Washing his clothes With a rub-a-dub here A rub-a-dub there That's the way he washes his clothes Boom, boogie, boom, a boogie boogie woogie x3 That's the way he washes his clothes Down in the jungle Where nobody goes T here's a slithery snake Washing his clothes With a rub-a-dub here A rub-a-dub there That's the way he washes his clothes Boom, boogie, boom, a boogie boogie woogie x3 That's the way he washes his clothes Down in the jungle Where nobody goes There's a great big crocodile Washing his clothes With a rub-a-dub here A rub-a-dub there That's the way he washes his clothes Boom, boogie, boom, a boogie boogie woogie x3 That's the way he washes his clothes Down in the jungle Where nobody goes There's a great big elephant Washing his clothes With a rub-a-dub here A rub-a-dub there That's the way he washes his clothes Boom, boogie, boom, a boogie boogie woogie x3 That's the way he washes his clothes
One, Two, Three, Four, Five
Another classic number rhyme, 1 2 3 4 5 Once I caught a Fish Alive is perfect for some bath time singing. Why not see if you can catch some little toes or fingers as you sing along to this one.
One, Two, Three, Four, Five Once I caught a fish alive Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten Then I let him go again Why did you let him go? Because he bit me finger so! Which finger did he bite? This little finger on my right!
Row Row Row Your Boat
A firm family favourite in the Rainy Day house Row Row Row Your Boat is great fun to sing along to. As the crocodile scream can you get the water to shoot out of your hand into the air? How about a big splash at the end?
Row, row, row, your boat gentle down the stream,
merrily merrily, merrily, merrily,
life is but a dream.
Row, row, row, your boat gentle down the stream,
if you see a crocodile don’t forget to scream!
Row, row, row, your boat gentle down the river,
if you see a polar bear don’t forget to shiver!
Row, row, row, your boat gentle down the creak,
if you see a little mouse don’t forget to squeak!
Row row row your boat gentle to the shore,
if you see a lion don’t forget to roar!
Rock, rock, rock, your boat gentle to and fro,
merrily merrily merrily merrily into the water you go!
Incy Wincy Spider
A classic nursery rhyme for babies and toddlers, Incy Wincy Spider or Itsy Bitsy Spider if you are in the USA is fun. Grab the sponge and when the water goes down the spout let the water out!
ncy Wincy Spider, climbed up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain. And Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the spout again.
The Baby in the Bath
The Baby in the Bath is sung to the tune of Wheels on the Bus and is a great way to sing and do some actions together and possibly get reluctant toddlers to get clean as well.
The baby in the bath goes splash, splash, splash. Splash, splash, splash. Splash, splash, splash. The baby in the bath goes splash, splash, splash. Let’s take a bath. The baby in the bath goes wash, wash, wash. Wash, wash, wash. Wash, wash, wash. The baby in the bath goes wash, wash, wash. Let’s take a bath. The baby in the bath goes rinse, rinse, rinse. Rinse, rinse, rinse. Rinse, rinse, rinse. The baby in the bath goes rinse, rinse, rinse. Let’s take a bath. The baby in the bath sings la, la, la. La, la, la. La, la, la. The baby in the bath sings la, la, la. Let’s take a bath. The duck in the bath goes quack, quack, quack. Quack, quack, quack. Quack, quack, quack. The duck in the bath goes quack, quack, quack. Let’s take a bath.
Baby Shark
I had to do it – Baby Shark is such a fun song to sing in the bath with your toddlers. Can you all make shark fins and swim around the bath as you sing along to this one (and then have it forever in your head!)
Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Baby shark! Mommy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Mommy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Mommy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Mommy shark! Daddy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Daddy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Daddy shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Daddy shark! Grandma shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Grandma shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Grandma shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Grandma shark! Grandpa shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Grandpa shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Grandpa shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Grandpa shark! Let’s go hunt, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Let’s go hunt, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Let’s go hunt, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Let’s go hunt! Run away, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Run away, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Run away, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Run away! Safe at last, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Safe at last, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Safe at last, doo doo doo doo doo doo. Safe at last! It’s the end, doo doo doo doo doo doo. It’s the end, doo doo doo doo doo doo. It’s the end, doo doo doo doo doo doo. It’s the end!
Cocomelon Bath Song
If your kids love Cocomelon and really even if they don’t this Bath Song from the popular characters is great and sung to The Baby Shark song so how about you sing this as you wash the little ones as well.
I jump in the bathtub, it’s time to get all clean I’ll be the cleanest kid you’ve ever seen! The soap and the bubbles are filling up the tub, So I’ll jump in the water and scrub, scrub, scrub! Wash my hair, do do do do do do Wash my hair, do do do do do do Wash my hair, do do do do do do Wash my hair! Wash my face do do do do do do Wash my face do do do do do do Wash my face do do do do do do Wash my face! Wash my arms do do do do do do Wash my arms do do do do do do Wash my arms do do do do do do Wash my arms! Wash my hands do do do do do do Wash my hands do do do do do do Wash my hands do do do do do do Wash my hands! Wash my knees do do do do do do Wash my knees do do do do do do Wash my knees do do do do do do Wash my knees! Wash my toes do do do do do do Wash my toes do do do do do do Wash my toes do do do do do do Wash my toes!
There we are some great songs and rhymes for you and your little ones to sing, splash and have fun at bath time with.
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