Mission

Nurturing from the HeART (NFTH) offers expressive arts sessions to the most vulnerable people in our community. Using the arts as our tools (music, art, reading, writing, movement, theater, etc.) each session brings joy, comfort, education, exploration of inner self, and stress reduction to the participants. . NFTH offers a Lullaby Group (infants and caregivers connect), Rhythm and Rhyme Group (toddler through preschool and caregiver connect), Empowered Mom=Empowered Family (pregnant women including teen mom's group), and more.

Songs!

I Caught a Fish~traditional
1,2,3,4,5, I caught a fish alive.
6,7,8,9,10 I let it go again.
Why did I let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
The little one on the right! 

This is a call and response chant.

Five Little Fishies~composer unkown

Five little fishies swimming in a pool,
(wiggle five fingers)
The first one said, "This pool is cool."
(wiggle one finger and give self a hug)
The second one said, "This pool is deep."
(wiggle two fingers and then wiggle down between two fingers of other hand)
The third one said, "I want to sleep."
(Wiggle three fingers and put hand on head)
The fourth one said, "Let's take a dip."
(Show four fingers then dive into the water)
The fifth one says, "I spy a ship!"
Wiggle five fingers and then make a telescope with hands to look through)
Fisher boat came,
(Make V with fingers and move through the water)
Line goes in kersplash.
(Hold a pretend fishing pole and throw the line in)
Away the five little fishies dash.
(Five wiggly fingers scatter)



Kitchen Band and Cooking Song



Song about Feet

Taking Turns Song

Exercises for Babies

Bubble Bath Song




Spring Time from Caterpillars to Butterflies

 “Flutter, Flutter, Butterfly” by Bonnie  Woodard
(Tune of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
Flutter, flutter, butterfly,
Floating in the summer sky.
Floating by for all to see,
Floating by so merrily.
Flutter, flutter, butterfly
Floating in the summer sky.

Caterpillar Mary Dawson
Creepy crawly caterpillar
Looping up and down,
Furry tufts of hair along 
Your back of golden brown.
You will soon be wrapped in silk,
Asleep for many a day;
And then, a handsome butterfly,
You'll stretch and fly away.

The Fuzzy Caterpillar
(to the tune of "The Eensy Weensy Spider")
The fuzzy caterpillar
Curled upon a leaf,
Spun her little chrysalis
And then fell asleep.
While she was sleeping,
She dreamed that she could fly,
And later when she woke up
She was a butterfly!


Songs about Apples!
Apple Songs
Apple Action Rhyme
Way up high in the apple tree. (Point up.)
Two little apples smiled at me. (Make a shape of a apple with your hand.)
I shook that tree as hard as I could. (Pretend to shake a tree.)
Down fell the apples— (Raise hands and let them fall.)
MMMMMM, were they good! (Circle tummy.)

I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas
(Now change the vowel sound to A: )
I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays
I like to ate, ate, ate ay-ples and ba-nay-nays
(Now change the vowel sound to E: )
I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees
I like to eat, eat, eat ee-ples and bee-nee-nees
(Now change the vowel sound to I: )
I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and bi-ni-nis
I like to ite, ite, ite i-ples and bi-ni-nis
(Now change the vowel sound to O: )
like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos
I like to ote, ote, ote oh-ples and bo-no-nos

Ring around the Apple Tree (to the tune: Ring Around the Rosie)
Ring around the apple tree
All full of apples
Shake it
Shake it
They all fall down!!!

"1 little 2 little 3 little Apples" (to the tune: 1 little 2 little 3 little Indians)
1 little 2 little 3 little apples,
4 little 5 little 6 little apples,
7 little 8 little 9 little apples, on my apple tree.

Munch little, munch little, munch little apples
Crunch little, crunch little, crunch little apples
Bunch of little, bunch of little, bunch of little apples,
Good for you and me!

Apple Song: (Tune: Itsy Bitsy Spider)
Once a little apple seed was planted in the ground.
Down came the rain, falling all around.
Out came the sun as bright as bright could be
And that little apple seed grew up to be a tree!!


These and other songs can be found at: http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/preschool_themes/apples/apple_songs.htm

http://www.preschoolexpress.com/music_station.shtml

Shake Shake that Mango Tree!