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Rickety, Rickety, Rockety Horse (video)

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

How to use this song with babies

Gently rock your baby in your arms while singing the song. As you sing ‘whoa, whoa, whoa’, lower your arms slightly to give a falling sensation, or slow down the rocking.

How to use this song with toddlers

Sit your toddler on your knee facing towards you. Bounce them to the beat of the song, then on ‘whoa’ lower them backwards down to the ground!

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

If you have a soft toy horse, it can gallop by bouncing on a sheet of Lycra or a blanket while you sing the song.

Song and rhyme words

Rickety, rickety, rockety horse

Over the fields we go.

Rickety, rickety, rockety horse

Woah, woah, woah!