Another fun Groovi Pauli song for the kids to shake their 肩膀 to, and learn names of some fruits. It’s another echo song, so kids can sing along easy to it.  It’s also a cool way to discuss the word ‘nutritious’ in English to the pre-schoolers, and how it is much easier to say it in Chinese!

Here are the lyrics:

苹果，苹果，苹果 (píng guǒ, píng guǒ, píng guǒ) apple, apple, apple
香蕉，香蕉，香蕉 (xiāng jiāo, xiāng jiāo, xiāng jiāo) banana, banana, banana
葡萄，葡萄，葡萄 (pú táo, pú táo, pú táo) grapes, grapes, grapes
橘子 (jú zi) tangerine

水果，水果，水果 (shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ) fruit, fruit, fruit  
营养 (yíng yǎng) nutritious
水果，水果，水果 (shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ) fruit, fruit, fruit  
水果 好吃 (shuǐ guǒ hǎo chī) Yummy fruit

草莓，草莓，草莓 (cǎo méi, cǎo méi, cǎo méi) strawberry, strawberry, strawberry
西瓜，西瓜，西瓜 (xī guā, xī guā, xī guā) watermelon, watermelon, watermelon
梨，梨，梨 (lí, lí,  lí) pear, pear, pear
柚子 (yòu zi) pomelo / grapefruit

水果，水果，水果 (shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ) fruit, fruit, fruit  
营养 (yíng yǎng) nutritious
水果，水果，水果 (shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ, shuǐ guǒ) fruit, fruit, fruit  
水果 好吃 (shuǐ guǒ hǎo chī) Yummy fruit

This is the favourite for my kids by far!  It is a popular Chinese song and story.

Apart from an entertainment value treat (my kids always ask for it, so I use it as a bit of a reward at the end of a lesson for being in the learning space!), we often focus on the 不  and really emphasise it when we get up to not letting the wolf in the house!! I use it as a connection when we use 不 to negate verbs in other activities.

If you copy and paste 小兔子乖乖 into youtube you will get lots of other versions of this song too.

Here are the lyrics:

小兔子乖乖 把门儿开开

快点儿开开我要进来

不开不开我不开

妈妈没回来谁来也不开

小兔子乖乖 把门儿开开

快点儿开开我要进来

就开就开我就开

妈妈回来了快点把门开

Xiǎo tùzǐ guāiguāi bǎménr kāi kāi
Kuài diǎnr kāi kāi wǒ yào jìnlái
Bù kāi bù kāi wǒ bù kāi
Māmā méi huílái shuí lái yě bù kāi
Xiǎo tùzǐ guāiguāi bǎménr kāi kāi
Kuài diǎnr kāi kāi wǒ yào jìnlái
Jiù kāi jiù kāi wǒ jiù kāi
Māmā huíláiliao kuài diǎn bǎmén kāi

Translation: Little Good Rabbits, Open the door, quickly open the door, I want to come in, No, No, we won’t open it, Mum hasn’t returned yet, we won’t open it for anyone, Little Good Rabbits, Open the door, quickly open the door, I want to come in, of course we will open it, Mum has returned, quickly open the door.

This is a simple song sang regularly, as face parts are in many of our books and songs.  They are also used when I ask children to have eyes on me (眼睛看我）, ears listening （耳朵听我）, and mouths zipped! （嘴巴 zipped!).

Here is a video of my little girl singing this song for you:

(Sing to tune of Frere Jacque)
Yǎnjing méimao Yǎnjing méimao

bízi tóu bízi tóu

Ěrduo zuǐbɑ tóufà， Ěrduo zuǐbɑ tóufà

Wǒde liǎn， Wǒde liǎn

眼睛 眉毛 ，眼睛 眉毛

鼻子 头，鼻子 头

耳朵 嘴巴 头发 ，耳朵 嘴巴 头发

我的脸 我的脸

Eye, eye brow, Eye, eye brow,

Nose, head Nose, head

Ear, mouth, hair, Ear, mouth, hair

My face, My face

This song is taken from Dr Zhou’s Rhymes .

We sing this lots in our class, but not often as the original song was intended!  We mostly substitute friend for other words we are learning.  So if we are learning clothes, we will sing whilst looking for teddy bear’s clothes, eg teddy bear sings ‘我的袜子在哪里？’ (wǒde wàzi zài nǎli? / Where’s my sock?), or if Mr Potato Head is looking for his nose, we would sing 我的鼻子在哪里？ （wǒde bízi zài nǎli？/Where’s my nose？)

This is a very popular Chinese song, many versions available, but we watch a Wink to Learn version in class.  You can buy from their website, but you can watch this particular song for free on youtube as streamed below.

Here are the original lyrics:

yī èr sān sì wǔ liù qī

一二三四五六七

wǒ de péng yǒu zài nǎ li?

我的朋友在哪里？

zài zhè lǐ , zài zhè lǐ

在这里，在这里，

wǒ de péng yǒu zài zhè lǐ

我的朋友在这里。

English translation: 1234567, Where is my friend?, Here she is, here she is, my friend is here.  As above, once children know this song it can be substituted with any noun sets you want, family members and pre-school furniture and materials are another great option!