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Rhyme: Open Them, Shut Them

Related to: Hearing Words, Sing

Rhymes with repetition are good for improving your child's listening skills. Rhymes with repetition also help strenghten connections in your child's developing brain

Open them, shut them,
Open them, shut them.
Give a little clap, clap, clap.

Open them, shut them,
Open them, shut them,
Put them in your lap, lap, lap.

Creep them, creep them,
Creep them, creep them,
Right up to your chin, chin, chin.

Open wide your little mouth… But do not put them in!

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