The Nurturing Nest - April 2025 Music

The Nurturing Nest
Family Child Care & Preschool
April 2025 Music

Dancing With Bees and Butterflies

Jump, sing and dance along! Explore new rhythms, theme-related lyrics and instruments unique to the featured musical genre of the month. While dancing along to the music, children build coordination and balance as they learn to creatively express ideas through movement.

Track 1 - Sweet Honey Sweet honey, don’t you see The big yellow bumble bee Sweet honey, don’t you see The big yellow bumble bee Buzzin’ here, buzzin’ there Makin’ honey we all can share Flower petal then ride the breeze All a day’s work for a busy bee Golden treasure in the comb Hidden in the bumble bee home Fill my jar with sticky treat Honey, honey you’re so sweet	Track 7 - Egg to Butterfly I’m a little egg on a leaf I’m a little egg on a leaf I’m a little round egg hiding on a leaf Now it’s time to hatch I’m a caterpillar eatin’ a leaf I’m a caterpillar eatin’ a leaf I’m a caterpillar, larva I’m called All I do is eat I’m a chrysalis with a secret I’m a chrysalis with a secret I’m a chrysalis, I’m changing inside No more time to hide. I’m a butterfl y in the sky I’m a butterfl y in the sky I’m a butterfl y looking high and low For somewhere safe for my egg to go
Track 2 - Honeycomb Harmony (Instrumental)	Track 8 - Caterpillar A munchin’ machine like I’ve never seen The caterpillar crunches those leaves of green A munchin’ machine like I’ve never seen The caterpillar crunches those leaves of green Eatin’ and a-growin’, eatin’ and a-growin’ Eatin’ and a-growin’ til your skin’s too tight Stretch out and shed, stretch out and shed Stretch out and shed, now it’s time to eat
Track 3 - How I Make Honey Come, come along with me Come along and you will see How I make that sweet, sweet honey Come, come along with me To the fl ower, fi rst we go Zippidee dee and zippidee da Up and down, up and down To the fl ower we go Under the petals, here we go Zippidee dee and zippidee da Crawling low, low Looking for nectar here we go Take a sip, here we go Zippidee dee and a zippidee da A drink full of nectar Now back to the hive we go Into the hive, here we go Zippidee dee and zippidee da Spit it out and fan your wings That’s how we make it, now you know	Track 9 - Changed Everything seems new, what’s happened to me Changed, now I’m livin’, livin’ free I was on the ground feeling low Didn’t know which way to go, changed I got wrapped up, stuck inside Only wanted to hide, but I fi nally tried, changed I am a butterfl y, butterfl y Watch me now, I’ll show you how Be free, fi nd peace in your heart Be free, this is where you start Be free, fi nd peace in your heart Be free, this is where you start Everything seems new, it can happen to you Changed… butterfly
Track 4 - Bee Body Bee, bee body Bee, bumble bee body Bee, bee body One, two, three, four, five eyes Bumble bee has five eyes Reach reach out antenna They help to smell and feel Roll, roll out a proboscis And drink up the nectar now Bend, bend, bend your legs And carry pollen to the hive Pat, pat, pat your abdomen And wiggle your stinger too	Track 10 - My Little Butterfly Will you be my butterfly? I’ll be your friend until the end Will you be my butterfly? I’ll be your friend until the end We can fly over a mountain We can ride on the wind We can fly over a mountain Then we’ll float back home again We can fly over the ocean We can ride on the wind We can fly over the ocean Then we’ll float back home again We can f y over the desert We can ride on the wind We can fly over the desert Then we’ll float back home again
Track 5 - Bee Buzz (Instrumental)	Track 11 - Land on My Flower Butterfly, butterfly, come to me now Butterfly, butterfly, land on my petals Butterfly butterfly, come to me now And gather up some pollen Butterfly, butterfly, carry my pollen Butterfly, butterfly, carry my pollen Butterfly, butterfly, carry my pollen And share it with another
Track 6 - Beekeeper Does A beekeeper keep a C, D, E Or does A beekeeper keep only a B? Does A beekeeper keep a C, D, E Or does A beekeeper keep only keep a B? Let’s look in the hive and C what we C I’m wondering if there is an F or a G There is an H and an I in the hive I’m sure Because a bee must survive in an H-I-V-E, hive Could a J, K, L and an M, N, O, P Make honey like a B or something else tasty? Q, R, S and T, U, V Rhymes with B, as does X, Y, Z	Track 12 - Butterfly Wings Stretch them out and shake them dry Ready, set, it’s time to fly Stretch them out and shake them dry Ready, set, it’s time to fly...fly Fly, butterfly, fly Round and round Feet off the ground Fly, butterfly, fly Soar, wings, soar Gliding there through the windy air Soar, wings, soar Flutter up, flutter down Forwards, backwards, all around Flutter up, flutter down Forwards, backwards, all around...all around