Peanut Butter
Kenn Nesbitt

It's delicate and luscious,
both the chunky kind and creamy.
There isn't any better food--
It's positively dreamy.

It's satisfying in your mouth,
it's scrumptious in your belly,
it's perfect on a piece of toast,
it's heavenly with jelly.

I like it more than any other
food I can remember.
I'd eat it every day from
January through December.

There's just one little problem
with this appetizing stuff...
Without some milk to wash it down
you mmmph mmmph mmmmph mmmmph mmmmmmmpphhh!


The Swing
Robert Louis Stevenson

How would you like to go up in a swing,
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do.

Up in the air and over the wall, 
Till I can see so wide, 
River and trees and cattle and all 
Over the countryside-- 

Till I look down on the garden green, 
Down on the roof so brown-- 
Up in the air I go flying again, 
Up in the air and down!


 Five Little Teddy Bears
One Little Teddy Bear Playing Peek-A-Boo
Along Comes Another Teddy,
Now There Are Two.

Two Little Teddy Bears Climbing Up A Tree
Along Comes Another Teddy, 
Now There Are Three.

Three Little Teddy Bears Going To The Store
Along Comes Another Teddy,
Now There Are Four.

Four Little Teddy Bears Playing With A Hive
Along Comes Another Teddy,
Now There Are Five.

Five Little Teddy Bears Dancing In The Sun
Along Comes A Bumble Bee,
Now There Are None.


Swimming 
 Swimming is an easy thing,
If you know how to do it.
You push the water wide apart,
And then you just go through it.


Thumbs 
Shel Silverstein

Oh the thumb-sucker's thumb
May look wrinkled and wet
And withered, and white as the snow,
But the taste of a thumb
Is the sweetest taste yet
(as only we thumb suckers know)


Hand Prints on the Wall
One day as I was picking
the toys up off the floor,
I noticed a small hand print
on the wall beside the floor.

I knew that it was something
that I'd seen most every day,
but this time when I saw it there
I wanted it to stay.

Then tears welled up inside my eyes,
I knew it wouldn't last
for every mother knows,
her children grow up way too fast.

Just then I put my chores aside
and held my children tight.
I sang to them sweet lullabies
and rocked into the night.

Sometimes we take for granted
all those things that seem so small.
Like one of God's great treasures.....
a small handprint on the wall.


 Tiny Handprints
Merideth Harris

Tiny handprints grow so fast
Their awkward groping soon will clasp
A ball, a book, a sweetheart's hand,
A diploma, breifcase, wedding band.

Tiny handprints grow so strong
It doesn't take them very long
To snap a shirt, to paint, to draw,
To labor hard, to drive a car.

Tiny handprints grow to be
A person that is quite unique
A wonderful mix of so many things
With his(her) own feelings, thoughts and dreams.

Tiny handprints grow to rely
On his (her) parents to bring him up just right
His (Her) parents pray that when he's (she's)grown
He'll (she'll) say their job has been well done.

Tiny handprints are ours to love
The sweetest gift from God above
A miracle that never is surpassed
How sad they grow up way too fast.


My Handprints 
My little hands play pat-a-cake
They play  peek-a-boo and wave...
They catch me while I learn to walk 
And splash me as I bathe.

My little hands reach up to you,
For hugs before I  sleep...
And fold together when I pray
The Lord my soul to keep.

My  little hands are tiny now
Buy yours will serve to guide me...
And when I'm  grown I'll still reach out
And know you're right beside me.


A Child's Hand
The promise of tomorrow
And the hope of dreams come true,
A reminder of the childhood
That is still a part of you.

The wonder of a miracle
From which this love began
There is so much found
In the touch of a child's hand. 



My Stepping Stool
This little stool is mine.
I use it all the time.
To reach the things I couldn't
And lots of things I shouldn't. 




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