CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: Animals

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Wag your tail

Lyrics:
Clap, clap, clap your hands.
Clap your hands with me.

Clap them fast. Clap them slow.

Clap your hands with me.

Wag your tail like a dog

Wag wag wag your tail.

Wag your tail with me.

Wag it fast. Wag it slow.

Wag your tail with me.

Thump your chest like a gorilla.

Thump, thump, thump your chest.

Thump your chest with me.

Thump it fast. Thump it slow.

Thump your chest with me.

Bend your knees like a camel.

Bend, bend, bend your knees.

Bend your knees with me.

Bend them fast. Bend them slow.

Bend your knees with me.

Wiggle your ears like a hippopotamus.

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle your ears.

Wiggle your ears with me.

Wiggle them fast. Wiggle them slow.

Wiggle your ears with me.

Language focus:
Body parts, animals.

Classroom Benefits:
Learning to follow the rythm and speed, difference between fast and slow.

Activities:
1. We can add so many other body parts and animals.
2. Imitate the animals while singing.
3. Play "freeze dance", when the music stops they have to keep the posture as an statue.

Everybody wants to be a cat

Lyrics:
Everybody wants to be a cat,
because a cat’s the only cat
who knows where it’s at.
Everybody’s pickin’ up on that feline beat,
‘cause everything else is obsolete.

Now a square with a horn,
can make you wish you weren’t born,
every time he plays.
And with a square in the act,
he can set music back
to the caveman days.

I’ve heard some corny bird who tried to sing,
but a cat’s the only cat
who knows how to swing.
Who wants to dig
a long-haired gig
or stuff like that?
When everybody wants to be a cat.

A square with that horn,
makes you wish you weren’t born,
every time he plays.
And with a square in the act,
he’s gonna set this music back
to the caveman days.

Everybody wants to be a cat,
because a cat’s the only cat
who knows where it’s at;
while playin’ jazz you always has a welcome mat,
‘cause everybody digs a swingin’ cat.
Everybody digs a swingin’ cat.

Classroom benefits:
Let children dance, follow the rythm and enjoy the music.

Mary had a little lamb

Lyrics:
Mary had a little lamb
it's fleece was white as snow, yeah

Everywhere the child went

the lamb, the lamb was sure to go, yeah.

He followed her to school one day

And broke the teacher's rule

And what a time did they have

That day at school

Tisket, tasket, baby alright

A green and yellow basket, now

I wrote a letter to my baby

And on my way I passed it, now

Activities:
1. We can let children create their own verses or invent another ending for the story.

Old McDonald had a farm

Lyrics:
Old McDonald had a farm

E-I-E-I-O

And on his farm he had a cow

E-I-E-I-O

With a moo moo here

And a moo moo there

Here a moo, there a moo

Everywhere a moo moo

Old McDonald had a farm

E-I-E-I-O

Substitute these also:

And on his farm he had a pig, with and oink oink here.

And on his farm he had a duck, with a quack quack here.

And on his farm he had a horse, with a neigh neigh here.

And on his farm he had a lamb, with a baa baa here.

And on his farm he had some chickens, with a cluck cluck here.

Language focus:
Animals and their sounds.

Activities:
1. They can do a role game being the animals. They love playing this!

Baa baa black sheep

Lyrics:
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.

One for the master, one for the dame,

And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.

Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.

One for the master, one for the dame,

And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.

Language focus:
Farmer vocabulary and numbers (1, 2, 3)

Activities:
1. Counting games

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Lyrics:
The Itsy-bitsy spider
climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain
and washed the spider out.

Out came the sun
and dried up all the rain.
And the Itsy-bitsy spider
climbed up the spout again.

Beneficts:
Developing fine motor skills.

Activities:
1. Since children have a lot of fears and spiders is one of them, we can use this song for talking about fears.

2. Because spiders have 8 legs, we can make different activities not only about their body but also about maths.

3. We can do different spider art crafts

Paper Plate Spiders: count the # of eyes and legs for counting practice!:

Way up in the sky

Lyrics:
Way up in the sky

the little birds fly.
Way down in the nest
the little birds rest.
With a wing on the left
and the wing on the right.
The little birds sleep
all through the night.
Shhh – they are sleeping.
The bright sun comes up.
The dew goes away.
Good morning! Good morning!
The little birds say.

5 little monkeys

Lyrics:
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed,
one fell off and bumped his head.
Mama called the doctor,
and the doctor said:
no more monkeys jumping on the bed.

Four…

One…

And the doctor said,

Put those monkeys right to bed.

Language focus:
Numbers from 5 to 1.

Spongebob Squarepants

Lyrics:
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Spongebob Squarepants!

Absorbent and yellow and porous is he!

Spongebob Squarepants!

If nautical nonsense be something you wish

Spongebob Squarepants!

Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!

Spongebob Squarepants!

Spongebob Squarepants! (x4)

Classroom benefits:
It's a song that all the children know, let them relax, and enjoy singing. We can also use this serie to talk about other sea animals that appears there.

Bingo

Lyrics:
There was a farmer had a dog
and Bingo was his name-o.
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O

And Bingo was his name-o.

Language focus:
Letter recognition, spelling and listening comprehension.

Activities:
1. We can change the lyrics for practicing some spelling.

My teddy bear

Lyrics:

My teddy bear has two eyes, two eyes, two eyes.

My teddy bear has two eyes. I love my teddy bear.

My teddy bear has one nose, one nose, one nose.

My teddy bear has one nose. I love my teddy bear.

My teddy bear has two ears, two ears, two ears.

My teddy bear has two ears. I love my teddy bear.

My teddy bear has two arms, two arms, two arms.

My teddy bear has two arms. I love my teddy bear.

My teddy bear has two legs, two legs, two legs.

My teddy bear has two legs. I love my teddy bear.

My teddy bear has four paws, four paws, four paws.

My teddy bear has four paws. I love my teddy bear.

Language focus:

Body parts vocabulary and recognition.

Activities:

1. Children can point their own body parts and hug each other everytime we say "I love my teddy bear".

2. Change the body parts. Children will have to pay attention to which part the teacher says to point it.

3. Children can draw the differents parts of the body as teacher names them. They can color it then.

bear outline Finger paint for "Brown Bear Brown Bear":

Walking in the jungle

Lyrics:

Let's take a walk in the jungle.

Walking in the jungle. Walking in the jungle.

We're not afraid. We're not afraid.

Walking in the jungle. Walking in the jungle. We're not afraid. We're not afraid.

One step. Two steps. Three steps forward.

One step. Two steps. Three steps back.

Stop.

Listen.

What's that.

It's a frog!

We're not afraid!

Let's stomp.

Stomping in the jungle. Stomping in the jungle. We're not afraid. We're not afraid.

One step. Two steps. Three steps forward.

One step. Two steps. Three steps back.

Stop. Listen. What's that?

It's a monkey!

We're not afraid!

Let's jump.

Jumping in the jungle. Jumping in the jungle. We're not afraid. We're not afraid.

One step. Two steps. Three steps forward.

One step. Two steps. Three steps back.

Stop. Listen. What's that?

It's a toucan!

We're not afraid!

Let's skip.

Skipping in the jungle. Skipping in the jungle. We're not afraid. We're not afraid.

One step. Two steps. Three steps forward.

One step. Two steps. Three steps back.

Stop. Listen. What's that?

It's a tiger!

RUN!

Language focus:

Animals and their sounds.

Activities:

1. Place different hoops with animals the chilren will go walking around the room and when the teacher says the animal, children will have to run inside the animal hoops.

2. Children can get dressed up as different animals of the jungle.

3. We can visit the zoo for see the animals that live in the jungle.

4. Let's study the different habitats: jungle, desert, african savanna...

Kristin Guyette:

Habitats of the World in one BIG BUNDLE! Explore the Desert, Polar Regions, Rainforest, Savanna, and Pond~and NOW WITH OCEAN!:

Have you ever had a penguin come to tea?

Lyrics:

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?

When you look at me a penguin you will see!

Penguins attention! Penguins begin!

Right arm!

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?

When you look a me a penguin you'll see.

Penguins attention! Penguins beggin!

Right arm, left arm!

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?

When you look at me a penguin you will see!

Penguins attention! Penguins begin!

Right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg!

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?

When you look a me a penguin you'll see.

Penguins attention! Penguins beggin!

Right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg, bod your head!

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?

When you look at me a penguin you will see!

Penguins attention! Penguins begin!

Right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg, bod your head, stick out your tongue!

Have you ever seen a penguin come to tea?

When you look a me a penguin you'll see.

Penguins attention! Penguins stop!

Language focus:

Animals and body parts.

Classroom Benefits:

Develop environmental friendly feeling.

Activities:

1. Children can dress up like penguins for doing the penguin dance.

2. We can do different penguin art crafts.

3. We can use this song for start studying other animals frome the pole, like polar bear, reindeer, or artic fox.

4. Also we can introduce topics such as global warming, melting poles, and the importance of taking care of the Earth.

Arctic Sensory Play Ice Melt Science for Kids and water sensory play. Learn about the North Pole and arctic animals.:

Ten in the bed

Lyrics:

There were ten in the bed

and the little one said,

"Roll over, roll over"