Directions for making the song card: Cut out the small and large pictures of the mouse, bunny, fish,
and heart on the next page. Laminate (or contact paper) them and velcro only the small pictures of
each onto the left side of the song card over the appropriate name. Use the larger pictures as described
in the last paragraph below.
This song card activity helps to reinforce steady beat, phrasing, and left to right tracking. It also helps
children develop handwriting skills. Help the children use the mouse cut-out to touch each dot on the
strong beat as they sing the words of the first phrase, ending on the pink heart at the right (on the word
“heart”). Start back at the first dot for each phrase, obviously helping to reinforce left to right tracking.
On verse two, do the same with the bunny, except the bunny “hops” on the “humps” (scallops), again
ending at the heart at the right at the end of the phrase. On verse three, the fish follows the “loops” to
reach the heart. On verse four, the heart cut-out touches the six small hearts on each beat to get to the
larger heart at the end of the phrase.
Before having the children use the song card, draw a larger version of the phrase markings (dots,
scallops, loops, and hearts) on a dry-erase board, chalkboard, etc. and have the children use the
large cut-outs to follow the markings.
The Mouse in my Heart
version by Karen Medley
Xylophone bars C, E, G, A
BBCD#4, Track #35
Nibble, nibble, nibble goes the mouse in my heart, (3x)
And the mouse in my heart is you.
Hippity, hippity hop goes the bunny in my heart, (3x)
And the bunny in my heart is you.
Flippity, flippity flop goes the fish in my heart, (3x)
And the fish in my heart is you.
Softly now goes the beating of my heart, (3x),
All for the love of you.
The Mouse in my Heart
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