DVD includes the following bonus features: Hap Palmer featurette, printable coloring pages, song lyrics and continuous play for each song and for the entire program. This DVD runs 50 minutes. Ages 2-6.

1. Baby Songs Theme
Words: Martha Cheney / Music: Hap Palmer

It's a wonderful day to go out and play
Hey, maybe you could come along
All you need to bring is a song to sing
A happy little baby song

We can sing about friends
And the people we know
We can sing about the places we go
We can sing about the world
And the things that we see
We can sing about you and me

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2. Alphabet In Motion
Words and Music by Hap Palmer

Learn the ABCs with ease
While getting fit and having fun.
Alphabetize your exercise
And do your moves one by one.

At the store or in the park
You'll cause a small commotion
If you suddenly stand and start
The alphabet in motion

No do some letters from your name
Sharing them with someone
Its a friendly way to end
The Alphabet in motion.

A-Arch
B-Bend
C-Clap
D-Droop
E-Expand
F-Flop
G-Grow
H-Hop
I-Itch
J-Jog
K-Kick
L-Leap
M-March
N-Nod
O-Open
P-Prance
Q-Quake
R-Rock
S-Squat
T-Turn
U-Uncurl
V-Vibrate
W-Walk
X-Make and X Shape
Z-Zig Zag

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3. Tap Your Sticks
Words and Music by Hap Palmer

Tap your sticks in the air with a 1 2 3
Tap your sticks on the floor with a 1 2 3
Tap you sticks in the air with a 1 2 3
Tap your sticks on the floor with a 1 2 3

Tap your sticks to the right with a 1 2 3
Tap your sticks to the left with a 1 2 3
Tap your sticks to the right with a 1 2 3
Tap your sticks to the left with a 1 2 3

Rub your sticks together
Shake them high above you
Rub your sticks together
Pass them both behind you

Cross your sticks tap your knee with a 1 2 3
Tap your sticks end to end with a 1 2 3
Cross your sticks tap your knees with a 1 2 3
Tap your sticks end to end with a 1 2 3

Hammer left with the right with a 1 2 3
Hammer right with the left with a 1 2 3
Hammer left with the right with a 1 2 3
Hammer right with the left with a 1 2 3

Repeat Third and First Verses

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4. Shapes That Surround You
Words and Music by Hap Palmer

Triangle, triangle where can you be?
What do we look for and what to we see?
I'm a sail on a boat or a hanger on your coat
I have three angles and three straight lines

Circle, circle where can you be?
What do we look for and what do we see?
I'm a wheel on a skate, a clock or a plate
I curve around in endless lines.

Square, square, where can you be?
What do we look for and what do we see?
I'm a check on a dress or a board to play chess
With four right angles and four equal sides.

Oval, oval where can you be?
What do we look for and what do we see?
I'm the path of the moon or the head of a spoon
An elliptical shape, with the curve of an egg.

Rectangle, rectangle where can you be?
What do we look for and what do we see?
I'm a dollar, a door, or a basketball floor
With four right angles and four straight side

Triangle, circle and square
Oval and rectangle too
As you go through the day pause on the way
And see all the shapes that surround you.

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5. Colors In Motion
Words and Music by Hap Palmer

Red stand up and nod your head
Purple, stand up and walk around red
Green and orange, stand and stretch
Blue and yellow, walk around green
'cause blue and yellow make green.

This is a song about colors
You see them all around
There is red on a stop sign, green on a tree
Blue in the sky and sea
Now everybody quickly jump up and sit down.

Yellow, stand up and circle your shoulders
Orange, stand up and march around yellow
Purple and green, stand and bounce
Red and blue, jump around purple
'cause red and blue make purple.

This is a song abut colors,
you see them al around
There is orange on a pumpkin, purple on a plum
Yellow on bananas yum, yum
Now everybody quickly jump up and sit down.

Blue, stand up and balance on one foot
Green, stand up and jog around blue
Orange and purple, stand and wiggle
Red and yellow, hop around orange
'cause red and yellow make orange.

This is a songs about colors
You see them all around
It's about the happiest song in town
Now everybody quickly jump up and sit down.

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6. We Are All Alike
Words and Music by Hap Palmer

Like each flake of snow, floating through the sky
We are all unique, we are all alike
Take a look around, you will see its true
You're a lot like me, I'm a lot like you.

Everybody has eyes, they come in different shapes
Some are brown, some are blue, some are gray or green
Everybody has skin, it comes in many shades
It may be dark, it may be light, or somewhere in between

Everybody lives, everybody breathes
Everybody needs, everybody dreams, everyone is born,
and changes through the years
We can laugh and cry, and share our hopes and fears.

We all have a body, any size will do
It may be thick, it may be thin, it could be short or tall
We all have a heart, let it beat with pride
A common bond goes on and on, we're people one and all!

Like each flake of snow, floating through the sky
We are all unique, we are all alike.
Take a look around, you will see it's true
You're a lot like me, I'm a lot like you.

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7. Bean Bag Alphabet Rag
Words and Music by Hap Palmer

A- Arm, put it on your arm
B- Back, put it on your back
C- Catch, throw the bag and catch
D- Drop, drop the bag and dance,
With the Bean Bag Alphabet Rag

E- Ear, put it on your ear
F- Foot, let it fall on your foot
G- Grab, grab and grip the bag
H- Hop, hold it on your head and hop
I-Ice, imaging it's made of ice
J-Jump, jiggle the bag and jump
K-Keep, keep it on your knee
L-Leg, lift it with your leg
M-March
N- Neck, put it on your neck and march
O- Off, let it ooze off your neck
P- Pat, gently pat the bag
Q- Quick, quickly make it quiver
R- Run, run around the bag
S- Slide, slide it up your side
T- Toes, tap it on top of your toes
U- Under, undulate under the bag
V- Vibrate, vibrate very fast
W- Waist, wipe it on your waist
X- W-ray, look through it with X-ray vision
Y- You, you make something up
Z- Zoom, zoom around the room
With the Bean Bag Alphabet Rag

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8. Jig Along Shapes
Words and Music by Hap Palmer

Now jig along my jolly friends
And travel the path of a triangle
Lift your feet and tap the beat
And travel the path of a triangle

Now jig along my jolly friends
And travel the path of a circle
Lift your feet and tap the beat
And travel the path of a circle

Now jig along my jolly friends
And travel the path of a square
Lift your feet and tap the beat
And travel the path of a square

Now jig along my jolly friends
And travel the path of a oval
Lift your feet and tap the beat
And travel the path of an oval

Now jig along my jolly friends
And travel the path of a rectangle
Lift your feet and tap the beat
And travel the path of a rectangle

Now travel the shape you like the best
Pick your favorite path my friends
Jig along with a merry song
And freeze when the music ends.

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9. Numbers Can Tell About You
Words and Music by Hap Palmer

Numbers can tell about size and speed
Time and temperature too
They can tell us how many, how far, how high
And numbers can tell about you.

What time do you rise in the morning?
What time do you go to bed?
How many people are in your family?
How many pets do you have if any?
May we ask how old you are?
How old would you like to be?
What time do you get home from school each day?
Do you remember your phone number?
Oh, numbers can tell about you.

How many books have you read this year?
How many hobbies do you have?
Do you have a favorite number?
If you could travel back in time, how far would you go?
Numbers can tell about size and speed

Repeat Chorus

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10. We’re On Our Way
Words and Music by Hap Palmer

Chorus:
We're on our way, on our way
Reaching out to the big wide world
We're on our way, on our way
Growing more and more each day
We're on our way, on our way
Reaching out to the big wide world
Life's a journey to be sure
And we're on our way.

Making friends and playing games together
Reading books and drawing pictures too
Taking trips, exploring different places
Each day we discover something new.

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And we use the magic of imagination
Build enchanted castles in the sky
We make believe we're tigers in the jungle
Or astronauts above the stars so high.

We on our way, on our way
Reaching out tot he big wide world
We're on our way, on our way
Growing more and more each day
We're on our way, on our way
Reaching out to the big wide world
Life's a journey to be sure
And we're on our way!

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11. Betty Beep
Words and Music Hap Palmer

Betty Beep could not sleep
Her mother said "try counting sheep"
The lights went out, she lay back down
Then she heard her puppy's barking sound,Woof woof

She counted barks instead of sheep
The noises never let her sleep
There were 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 barks
She flopped back down and tosses around
The heard her cat's meeowing sound, mee-ow, mee-ow

She counted mee-ows instead of sheep
The noises never let her sleep
There were 1,2,3,4,5 mee-ows
She flopped back down, tossed around
To baby sisters crying sound, waah, waah

She counted cries instead of sheep
The noises never let her sleep
There were 1,2,3, cries
She flopped back down, tossed around
Then heard a trucker's honking sound beep, beep

She counted beeps instead of sheep
The noises never let her sleep
There were 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, beeps
She flopped back down, tossed around

Next came grandpa's snoring sound, snore, snore
She counted snores instead of sheep
The noises never let her sleep
There were 1,2,3,4,5,6 snores, and Betty screamed,
"7 plus 5, plus 3, plus 8, plus 6!"

I've heard 29 noises now,
I need sleep but I don't know how
Daddy said, "here's just he thing"
And he began to sing, 29 bunnies go bouncing along
29 bunnies bounce, if one of those bunnies should snuggle in bed
29 bunnies go bouncing along.

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12. Parade Of Colors
Words and Music by Hap Palmer

Make way for the parade of colors
They are marching all around
There is purple and pink, red and gree,
Yellow, orange, blue, and brown.
Make way for the parade of colors
They are marching near and far
At the sound of the bell, they will stop
And stand right where they are.

Purple and pin, slowly shrink, yellow shake like Jello
Brown and green do a sideways lean, orange and black jump back.
White and pink, wiggle and wink, red and blue shake a shoe.
Purple, black, orange and brown, all tiptoe and turn around.

Make way for the parade of colors, they are marching all around
There is purple and pink, black and white
Yellow, orange, blue, and brown.
Make way for the parade of colors, they are marching near and far
At the sound of the bell, they will stop and stand right where they are.

Red nod your head, yellow wave hello
Blue and black both clap.
White reach high, yellow reach low,
Green reach somewhere in between.
Pink, blue, green and purple, hop and turn in a circle.
Orange and white, side step right,
Red and brown spin around.

Make way for the parade of colors, They are marching all around
At the sound of the bell, they will stop and all fall down.

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13. Weekly Rap
Words & Music by Hap Palmer

Monday, Monday reach and run day
Tuesday, Tuesday tap your shoes day
Wednesday, Wednesday stretch and bend day
Thursday, Thursday twist and turn day
Friday, Friday jump up high day
Saturday, Saturday pat you body day
Sunday, Sunday that's the one day
We can rest and do nothing at all.

Now clap, clap, clap, for the weekly wrap
Clap to seven and do it again!

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14. Homemade Band
Words and Music by Hap Palmer

Here's a little story about a Homemade Band
Some friends of mine made by hand
Sally sound a bolt and she hit it with a spoon
Then she smiled and sang this tune:
She cried, Oooh- aah- and everyone could understand
That Sally was having fun with the Homemade Band.

Jackie found some bottle caps
And nailed them to a piece of wook
He shook that thing with a jing a ling
And it was really sounding good
He cried, Oooh- aah- and everyone could understand
That Jackie was having fun with the Homemade Band

Steve and Susan saved several soda cans
And empty plastic bottles, too
They dropped in little beads, dry beans or rice
And made some shakers good as new
Rosa found some plywood scraps
And strips of wood that weren't too thick
With glue she made a hollow block
And tapped it with a little stick
She cried, Ooh-aah- and everyone could understand
That Rosa was having fun with the Homemade Band.

Paco cut some pieces from a hardwood dowel
And made a pair of sticks to play
Seiji strung some bells on a piece of string
And they sounded just like Santa's sleigh
Playing all together you could hear their sound
Ringing all across the land
People come from everywhere to listen to
The rhythm of the Homemade Band
They cried, Oooh-aaah- and everyone could understand
That my friends were having fun with the Homemade Band

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15. Bean Bag Shake
Words and Music by Hap Palmer

Shake it for seven and a rest on eight
Shake it for seven with a one-beat wait
If sounds great when you hesitate
And shake it for seven and a rest on eight

Clap for two beats
Stamp you two feet
Clap for two beats
Five! Ready, set, go!

Shake if for five and rest
It's a tricky test
Hear the beat suggest
Shake it for five and rest

Repeat Verse 2

Shake it for three
One two three
Three quick beats
Short and Sweet

Repeat Verses 2 and 1

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16. Rhyme Time Band
Words and music by Hap Palmer

Shake a part of your body that rhymes with sand
Rhymes with grand, rhymes with land
Everybody shake your hand

Jiggle a part that rhymes with peg, rhymes with egg
Rhymes with beg
Everybody jiggle your leg

Circle a part that rhymes with boulder
Rhymes with colder, rhymes with older
Everybody circle your shoulder

Wink a part that rhymes with buy
Rhymes with tie, rhymes with cry
Everybody wind your eye

We're that Rhyme Time Band
The prime time sound in all the land
We're the Rhyme Time Band
Come on and join the fun!

Swing a part of your body that rhymes with farm
Rhymes with charm, rhymes with harm
Everybody swing your arm

Bend a part that rhymes with tree
Rhymes with bee, rhymes with flea
Everybody bend your knee

Twiddle a part that rhymes with numb
Rhymes with crumb, rhymes with drum
Everybody twiddle your thumb

Twist a part that rhymes with line
Rhymes with nine, rhymes with fine
Everybody twist your spine

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17. Five Little Monkeys
Music by Hap Palmer
Based on traditional chant with additional words by Hap Palmer

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed
They all fell down and bumped their heads
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!
So they thought and thought then said.
Let's hop instead!

Five little monkeys hopping on the bed
They all fell down and bumped their heads
Mama call the doctor and the doctor said
No more monkeys hopping on the bed!
So they thought and thought then said
Let's turn instead!

Five little monkeys turning on the bed
They all fell down and bumped their heads
Mama called the doctor and the doctor said
No more monkeys turning on the bed
So they thought and thought and then said
Let's jump outside!

Five little monkeys jumping on the lawn
They just kept jumping on and on
The doctor told mama, there's nothing wrong
Just let those monkeys keep jumping on the law!
Let them jump, jump, jump
Then all fall down!

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18. Let’s All Clap Our Hands Together
Words and music by Hap Palmer

Let's all clap our hand together people everywhere
Let's all clap our hands together with the joy that we can share
Let's all clap our hands together, just stand up and try
Then reach high, high, high, stretching for the sky

Let's all shake and bounce together people everywhere
Let's all shake and bounce together with the joy that we can share
Let's all shake and bounce together, just stand up and try
The reach high, high, high, stretching for the sky.

Feel your body growing and your spirit soaring free
Reach up for the highest star and all that you can be-

Let's all swing and sway together people everywhere
Let's all swing and sway together with the joy that we can share
Let's all swing and sway together, just stand up and try
Then reach high, high, high- stretching for the sky.

Let's all hop and freeze together people everywhere
Let's all hop and freeze together with the joy that we can share
Let's all hop and freeze together, just stand up and try
The reach high, high, high- stretching for the sky.

Feel your body growing and your spirit soaring free
Reach up for the highest star and all that you can be-

Let's all jump and turn together people everywhere
Let's all jump and turn together with the joy that we can share
Let's all jump and turn together, just stand up and try
Then reach high, high, high- stretching for the sky.

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19. Baby Songs Theme
Words: Martha Cheney / Music: Hap Palmer

It's a wonderful day to go out and play
Hey, maybe you could come along
All you need to bring is a song to sing
A happy little baby song

We can sing about friends
And the people we know
We can sing about the places we go
We can sing about the world
And the things that we see
We can sing about you and me

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