The Nurturing Nest - February 2025 Music

The Nurturing Nest
Family Child Care & Preschool
February 2025 Music

Dancing with Health & Fitness

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 - Pizza Dough Boogie Pizza, pizza dough boogie Pizza, pizza dough boogie Right hand, left hand Knead the dough Sauce and cheese Wiggle jiggle - freeze! Spread sauce, spread it and boogie Spread sauce, spread it and boogie Move your hips, let me see it - move your hips and boogie Sprinkle, sprinkle cheese and boogie Sprinkle, sprinkle cheese and boogie Leg up, leg down, leg up, leg down and boogie Add mushroom, add mushroom and boogie Add mushroom, add mushroom and boogie Step side to side, step side to side Step side to side and boogie Pepperoni, pepperoni and boogie Pepperoni, pepperoni and boogie Slide, slide, slide, slide, slide, slide and boogie	Track 7 - Eat Broccoli There is something I ate That was green on my plate It looked like a tiny tree But my mama told me It's broccoli Green broccoli Eat broccoli And be healthy I bit off the top Then I couldn't stop Thinkin' how great it'd be To have another broccoli
Track 2 - Funky Fruit Do the funky The funky fruit Do the funky The funky fruit Let me see you do the strawberry shake! Banana bend! Bend it! Watermelon wave! Let me see you wave! Do the kiwi kick! Kick it!	Track 8 - Fruit Salad All around the fruit salad bowl The apple chased the banana The apple stopped to cut out his core And jump into the fruit bowl Slice a pear and slice an orange Slice a big banana Mix it up, enough to share Jump in the fruit bowl
Track 3 - Catch and Throw Catch and throw Catch and throw The ball comes high The ball comes low Swing the bat Run the bases Go on, run it Hey, batter batter! Hear the call Swing your bat and hit the ball A ball comes flying in the air Try to catch it if you dare	Track 9 - Keep Movin' and Groovin' Don't give up Keep movin' and groovin' Just don't give up Bounce back, baby Just bounce back Grab on, don't let go Reach and grab, reach and grab!
Track 4 - Grow Up Grow up and disco dance Grow up This is your chance To walk and talk And play in your very own way So grow up	Track 10 -Ready, Set, Go! Are you ready? Take your places On your mark, get set, go! Slide side to side Gallop! Giddy up, now gallop! Ahh, take a break! Rest On your mark, get set, march! Knees high, swing your arms Come on, let's jump! It's time to run You're almost done - 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
Track 5 - Dairy Disco Dance Drink milk, eat cheese Or yogurt, if you please Now you know Dairy helps you grow Dairy, dairy ah - ah dairy Do you know it's good for your bones? From your head and your nose Down to your toes	Track 11 - We Are Winners We are winners when we try our best We can help each other finish the contest Together, hand in hand We'll run a good race We are all winners Whether last or first place! Oh oh, oh oh Ay ay, ay ay
Track 6 - Meatball Fall What happened to you? What did I do That made you roll Out of my bowl? Where did you go? I just don't know I'm tryin' to see Where you might be Meatball You roll round and round Oh, meatball You fall on the ground On my knees I crawl Looking for my meatball You have disappeared This is what I feared Looked under my chair You are not there I really miss you What will I do? As I sit back on my seat Ask what will I eat? Only noodles and sauce Because my meatball is lost	Track 12 - Balancing Bear Be a balancing bear This is how it goes Walk on hands and toes To be a balancing bear Balance on just on foot Be very still And balance on just one foot Stretch arms up in the air Be very big Stretch arms up in the air Slowly touch your toes Be very small And slowly touch your toes