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I Have a Little Spider

Song type: Actions, Active, Finger play, Rhymes, Tickling
Language: English
Genre: Animals
Age group: 0-2, 3-5
Audience: Baby, Children, Pre-school, Toddler
Topics: Bookbug, Heading outdoors

How to use this song with babies

Tickle babies with your spider fingers as you creep up their shoulder, chin, nose and head.

How to use this song with toddlers

Go nice and slowly so that your wee word-learner has a chance to join in.

How to use this song with 3 to 5-year olds

Lovely as a bedtime ritual with the “Night, night” ending. Perhaps your wee one can sing the song or say the rhyme and tickle you?

I Have a Little Spider lyrics

I have a little spider,

I'm very fond of him.

He crawls up to my shoulder,

and right round to my chin.

He jumps up to my nose,

And then on to my head,

And when he's very sleepy he runs back down to bed. Night night!