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Up Like a Rocket

Song type: Actions, Active, Finger play, Rhymes
Audience: Baby, Families, 3-5, Toddler

How to share this rhyme with babies

Say this rhyme holding baby on your lap, facing you. Gently rock baby up, down, back and forward. Repeat several times, varying the pace.

How to share this rhyme with toddlers

Perfect for bouncing your toddler on your lap. Encouraging them to imitate as you point up, down, back and forward. Add some noises for your toddler to enjoy and imitate – ‘whoosh!’, ‘choo choo!’

How to share this rhyme with 3-5-year-olds

3-5 year-olds will enjoy moving around for this rhyme. Encourage them to touch make a triangle shape above their heads for the rocket, wiggle fingers for the rain and circle their arms by their side for the train. They might also like to add a ‘blast off’ or loud ‘choo choo’ at the end!

Song and rhyme words

Up like a rocket,

Down like the rain.

Back and forward like a choo-choo train.

Performed by Lucinda Geoghegan, National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCOS)