Songs and Movement

  1. If You're Happy and You Know It
  2. Moving Song
  3. Good Grooming
  4. Hey, Mister Knickerbocker
  5. Monkey See
  6. Peanut Butter
  7. Head and Shoulders
  8. A Rig-a-Jig-Jig
  9. The Wheels on the Bus
  10. Peter Hammers with One Hammer
  11. Cheerio
  12. Ring Around the Rosies
  13. Grizzly Bear
  14. Amy Finds a Friend
  15. Look Who's Coming
  16. Sally Go Round the Sun
  17. Here is a Bunny
  18. The Old Brass Wagon
  19. Our Bunny
  20. Tall as a Tree
  21. I Am Tall
  22. Squirrel

If You're Happy and You Know It

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you're happy and you know it and you really wanna show it.
If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet
smile real big
shout hooray
jump up high
 

Moving Song

Sung to "Jingle Bells"
Clap your hands, stomp your feet, wiggle all around.
Reach your hands high in the air, and now let's touch the ground.
Hold your head, hold your hips, give yourself a hug.
Lay down flat upon the ground, but watch out for the bugs.
 

Good Grooming

Sung to "Mulberry Bush"
This is the way we wash our face, wash our face, wash our face.
This is the way we wash our face, so early in the morning.
(use hand motions and add verses: brush our teeth, wash our hands, put on our clothes, tie our shoes, eat our breakfast)
 

Hey, Mister Knickerbocker

Hey, Mister Knickerbocker, boppity bop,
I feel so good with my boppity bop.
I put that beat right into my ____________, and a-1, and a-2, and a-3
and a-4.
(where else can we put that beat? Feet, elbows, knees, hips, head)
 

Monkey See

Monkey see, monkey do; ______________ show us what to do!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
(While all count, one child does a motion that everyone copies)
 

Peanut Butter

REFRAIN: (Sung) Peanut, peanut butter; jelly (repeat)
(Hands up to one side; on "jelly" hands down to other side)
1. First you dig the peanuts and you dig 'em, you dig 'em, you dig 'em, dig 'em, dig 'em.
Then you crush 'em, you crush 'em, you crush 'em, crush 'em crush 'em.
Then you spread 'em, you spread 'em, you spread 'em, spread 'em, spread 'em.
REFRAIN
2. Next you pick the berries and you pick 'em, you pick 'em, you pick 'em, pick 'em, pick 'em.
Then you crush 'em, you crush 'em, you crush 'em, crush 'em , crush 'em.
Then you spread 'em, you spread 'em, you spread 'em, spread 'em, spread 'em.
REFRAIN
3. Next you bite the sandwich, and you bite it, you bite it, you bite it, bite it, bite it.
Then you munch it, you munch it, you munch it, munch it, munch it.
Then you swallow (gunk), you swallow (gunk), you swallow, swallow,
swallow.
REFRAIN
mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-MMMMMMMM
 

Head and Shoulders

Head and shoulders, knees and toes--knees and toes.
Head and shoulders, knees and toes--knees and toes.
Eyes and ears and mouth and nose.
Head and shoulders, knees and toes--knees and toes.
(touch each body part as it is sung.)
 

A Rig-a-Jig-Jig

As _____________ was walking down the street, down the street, down
the street; a very good friend s/he chanced to meet,
Hi Ho Hi Ho Hi Ho!
A rig-a-jig-jig and away we go, away we go, away we go!
A rig-a-jig-jig and away we go,
Hi Ho Hi Ho Hi Ho!
(choose one child to walk first, that child chooses a friend to rig-a-jig-jig
with; then first child sits down and second child walks.)
 

The Wheels on the Bus

The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round, all through the town.
Wipers......................swish, swish, swish
Money......................clink, clink, clink
Lights.......................blink, blink, blink
Doors........................open and shut
Horn.........................beep, beep, beep
Driver says...............move on back
Babies say.................wha, wha, wha
Mommies say...........shhh, shhh, shhh
Children go..............up and down
Daddies say..............here we are
 

Peter Hammers With One Hammer

Peter hammers with one hammer, one hammer, one hammer.
Peter hammers with one hammer, all day long.
(repeat to five, using hand, hand, foot, foot, head, to "hammer".)
 

Cheerio

1 Here we go Cheerio, Cheerio, Cheerio; Here we go Cheerio, all night long.
2 Step back, Sally, Sally, Sally; Step back, Sally, all night long.
3 Walkin' down the alley, the alley, the alley; Walkin' down the alley, all night long.
4. Here comes another one just like the other one; Here comes another one, all night long.
EASY VARIATIONS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN:
Everybody do this, do this, do this. Everybody do this, just like me.
(Put in child's name)
MOVEMENT: Partners stand in a line, facing each other.
1 Verse 1: They "chug" hands back and forth.
2 Verse 2: Partners step backwards, clapping.
3 Verse 3: 1 partner walks through line doing his/her own special motion (hopping, twirling, skipping, etc.)
4 Verse 4: Partner walks through line, imitating motions.
 

Ring Around the Rosies

SING: Ring around the rosie SPEAK: Penny on the water
Pockets full of posies Penny on the sea.
Ashes, ashes, Up jumps a little fish
We all fall down. And up jumps ME!
OR: Cows in the meadow
Eating buttercups.
Chomp! Chomp! Chew! Chew!
We all stand up!
 

Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear, a grizzly bear, is sleeping in a cave.
Grizzly Bear, a grizzly bear, is sleeping in a cave.
Please be very quiet, very, very quiet.
If you wake him/her, if you shake him/her, s/he gets very MAD!
(One "bear" is "sleeping" in the center of a circle.
Lines 1 & 2: Hold hands and walk around "bear" while singing.
Line 3: Stand still, finger to lips and sing softly.
Line 4: Song grows louder, "bear" begins to wake up; on MAD, "bear"
runs to catch someone who becomes the next grizzly bear.
 

Amy Finds A Friend

Sung to "Farmer in the Dell"
__________finds a friend; _________finds a friend; Hi, ho, away we go,
__________finds a friend. ("Amy" walks/skips around circle, choose someone to join her. That child chooses a friend. Continue until all are chosen.)
 

Look Who's Coming

Look who's coming, it's ________; Look who's coming, it's __________;
Look who's coming, it's ________; I wonder how he'll move today.
(Children takes turns moving around the outside of a circle. Before singing each verse, ask child whose turn it is to choose how s/he will move (run, skip, slither, roll, swim, fly, etc.) Great for working on
action verbs (walking, running, hopping, crawling, etc.)
 

Sally Go Round the Sun

Sally go round the sun,
Sally go round the moon,
Sally go round the chimney top
Every afternoon..............boom, boom.

(Join hands in a circle, go around the circle in one direction while singing this song, then after you say “boom, boom”, change the direction of your circle and go the other way.
 

Here is a Bunny

Here is a bunny, with ears so funny,
And here’s his hole in the ground.
When a noise he hears, he pricks up his ears,
And he jumps in his hole in the ground.
 

The Old Brass Wagon

Circle to the left, the old brass wagon,
Circle to the left, the old brass wagon,
Circle to the left, the old brass wagon,
You’re the one, my partner.

Circle to the right, the old brass wagon,
Circle to the right, the old brass wagon,
Circle to the right, the old brass wagon,
You’re the one, my partner.

Clap to the music, the old brass wagon,
Clap to the music, the old brass wagon,
Clap to the music, the old brass wagon,
You’re the one my partner.

Into the middle, the old brass wagon,
Out of the middle, the old brass wagon,
Into the middle, the old brass wagon,
You’re the one, my partner.
 

Our Bunny

Our bunny’s so funny,
He wiggles his nose,
And then hops away,
On the tip of his toes.
 

Tall as a Tree

Tall as a tree, short as a bush,
Wide as a building, narrow as a crack,
Round as a ball, flat as a pancake,
Strong as a giant
And we’ll grow, and we’ll grow, and we’ll grow (rise on tiptoes)
Till we’re...
Tall as a tree...
 

I Am Tall

I am very tall  (grow tall)
I am very small  (grow small)
Sometimes tall,  (grow tall quickly)
Sometimes small,  (grow small quickly)
Guess which I am now.  (bob up and down and stop.)
 

Squirrel

Squirrel, squirrel, shake your bushy tail,
Squirrel, squirrel, shake your bushy tail.
Wrinkle up your nose, put a nut between your toes.
Squirrel, squirrel, shake your bushy tail.