(hold up hands with palms facing out and fingers extended)
All lit up for me
(wiggle fingers)
I'll make a wish and blow them out
Watch and you will see.
(blow and bend fingers down)
from www.thebestkidsbooksite.com
Five candles on a birthday cake
Five, and not one more.
You may blow one candle out,
[make blowing sound and motion]
And that leaves four!
Four candles on a birthday cake
There for all to see.
You may blow one candle out,
[make blowing sound and motion]
And that makes three!
Three candles on a birthday cake
Standing straight and true.
You may blow one candle out,
[make blowing sound and motion]
And that leaves two!
Two candles on a birthday cake
Helping us have fun.
You may blow one candle out,
[make blowing sound and motion]
And that leaves one!
One candle on a birthday cake
We know its task is done.
You may blow this candle out,
[make blowing sound and motion]
And that leaves none!
Print out this
Cake and Candle and make a magnet or flannel board for the above rhyme.
Since it was a party we danced to Jim Gill's "Silly Dance Contest" from
Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes
.
I also recommend
Mickey's Party Songs
for background music.
Craft:
Birthday Cake
Draw and copy a cake or use the template
here. Instead of using the candles that come with the pattern, I simply cut out strips of colored paper to use instead. I also gave the children yellow dot stickers to "light" their candles. A little bit of crayon coloring on the cakes, and I had happy kids on my hands.
by Leslie Patricelli
by Deborah Lee Rose and pictures by Lynn Munsinger
by Peter Sis
by Helen Oxenbury
by Jane Yolen and pictures by Bruce Degen
by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
by Nancy Coffelt 
by Clare Beaton
by Marianne Berkes
by Claire Freedman
by Julia Donaldson
