Slippery Fish

Slippery fish, slippery fish, sliding through the water,Slippery fish, slippery fish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!Oh, no! It’s been eaten by an …
Octopus, octopus, squiggling in the waterOctopus, octopus, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …
Tuna fish, tuna fish, flashing in the water,Tuna fish, tuna fish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …
Great white shark, great white shark, lurking in the water,Great white shark, great white shark, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …
Humongous whale, humongous whale, spouting in the water,Humongous whale, humongous whale, Gulp! … Gulp! … Gulp! … BURP! Pardon me!

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Ocean Songs

Baby Beluga
Five Little Fishies Swimming in the Sea (Words in another post)
Ishy Ishy Dance (Words in another post)
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
There's a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea
Baby Shark Song (Words in another post)
Slippery Fish Song
Down By the Bay

Valentine Music Activity

Music Activity

Mailman, Mailman Where's My Mail?:
Choose one child to be the postman and give him/her the mailman's hat (red strip of paper with pink heart that says mailman).
The mailman must hide his/her eyes while you give another child a valentine to hide behind their back.
Then the mailman uncovers his/her eyes and faces his/her classmates who say, "Mailman, mailman, where's the mail?”
The mailman gets three guesses to find out who is hiding the mail.
If he/she guesses correctly, he/she continues as postman.
If he/she guesses incorrectly, the person with the mail becomes the mailman.

I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee

I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee.
Won't my mommy be so proud of me?
I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee.
Ouch! He stung me!

I'm bringing home a hippopotamus.
Won't my mommy make a great big fuss?
I'm bringing home a hippopotamus.
Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!

I'm bringing home a baby rattlesnake.
Won't my mommy shiver and shake?
I'm bringing home a baby rattlesnake.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

I'm bringing home a great big grizzly bear.
Won't my mommy have a great big scare?
I'm bringing home a great big grizzly bear.
ROAR!

I'm bringing home a stinky baby skunk.
Won't my mommy put him in a trunk?
I'm bringing home a stinky baby skunk.
Peee-uuuu

I made pictures to go along with each verse. The children pull one animal out of the folder and we sing about it.

Sharks

Baby shark, doo-doo, doo-doo, (2 times) (thumb and pointer finger acting as shark's mouth)
Mommy shark, doo-doo, doo-doo, (2 times)(thumb and all fingers)
Daddy shark, doo-doo, doo-doo, (2 times)(two hands)
Grandpa gums, doo-doo, doo-doo (two times) (two fists, connected at wrists acting as shark's mouth)
Swimmers swimmin' doo-doo, doo-doo (two times) (swimming movements with arms)
SHARK ATTACK, DOO-DOO, DOO-DOO (2 times) (Yelling!, whole arms acting as shark's mouth)
Swimming back, doo-doo, doo-doo, (2 times) (alternate roll shoulders back, or whole arms as if swimming back)

No One Else Can Smile My Smile

No one else can smile my smile
‘Cause it only belongs to me.
It’s found in only one place
It’s found right here on my face.
It’s my smile, yes sir-ee.

No one else can laugh my laugh
‘Cause it only belongs to me.
It’s a sound that only I make
A sound that you cannot take.
It’s my laugh yes sir-ee.

No one else can walk my walk
‘Cause it only belongs to me.
And when I’m not even trying
I’m telling you who I am
It’s my walk yes sir-ee.

Mister Jack-O-Lantern Song

Oh Mister Jack-O-Lantern,
You're such a funny site.
With crooked teeth (point to teeth)
and squashed in nose (squash nose with palm)
and eyes of candlelight. (point to eyes)

I'll put you in my window (hands outline square window)
And when I go to bed (rest head on hands)
You can scare the people in the streets (whisper)
You funny old pumpkin head (increase speed and voice)
BOO! (yell)

I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

I found pictures for this song and colored and laminated them. The lady I made is half the size of a piece of posterboard with a big circle cut out of her stomach so the animals can be fed to the lady.

I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.
I don't know why she swallowed the fly.
Perhaps she'll cry. Boo-hoo. (I sing this instead of "perhaps she'll die" because it is more kid friendly. You can sing Oh me, Oh my.)

I know an old lady who swallowed a spider
That wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
But I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll cry. Boo-hoo.

I know an old lady who swallowed a bird.
How absurd to swallow a bird.
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and jiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly,
But I don't know why she swallowed the fly,
Perhaps she'll cry. Boo-hoo.

Keep singing in this manner and add these animals in this order.
Cat-Imagine that to swallow a cat.
Dog-What a hog to swallow a dog.
Goat-Just opened her throat and in walked the goat.
Cow-I don't know how she swallowed the cow.

To end the song you sing:
I know an old lady who swallowed a horse.
She cried of course!

Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Everyone knows this song but you can spice it up by making flannel animal pictures or use other pictures and pass them out to the children. When you sing about that animal let that child come up to the front and make the sound.
Old MacDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
And on that farm he had a horse.
E-I-E-I-O.
With a neigh, neigh here.
And a neigh, neigh there.
Here a neigh, there a neigh
Everywhere a neigh, neigh.
Old MacDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.

Continue on with other animals from the farm.

The Farmer in the Dell

The Farmer in the Dell
The Farmer in the Dell
Heigh-ho the derry-O
The Farmer in the Dell.

The Farmer takes a wife.
The Farmer takes a wife.
Heigh-ho the derry-O
The Farmer takes a wife.

The wife takes a child...
The child takes a nurse...
The nurse takes a dog...
The dog takes a cat...
The cat takes a mouse...
The mouse takes the cheese...
The cheese stands alone...

Have everyone in your class stand up and hold hands in a circle. Have someone be the farmer and stand in the middle of the circle. As you sing the song, the class will move in a circle around the child in the middle. Have the "farmer" choose another child to be the wife and have them join him in the middle of the circle. Keep adding children to the middle of the circle with the song. By the end you have a hard time moving around all of the children in the center, but it is really fun.

The Animals on the Farm

(Sung to the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus")
The Cows on the farm go moo, moo, moo
Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo.
The cows on the farm go moo, moo, moo,
All day long.

Horses-neigh
Pigs-oink
Sheep-baa
Chickens-cluck
Turkeys-gobble
Dogs-ruff

Down On Grandpa's Farm

This is a really fun song, but I don't have a tune to relate it to.

Down on Grandpa's farm there is a black and white cow.
Down on Grandpa's farm there is a black and white cow.
The cow, he makes a sound like this moo, moo.
The cow, he makes a sound like this moo, moo.
Oh, we're on our way, we're on our way,
On our way to Grandpa's farm.
We're on our way, we're on our way,
On our way to Grandpa's farm.

Other verses:
Big brown horse (neigh, neigh)
Loud brown dog (ruff, ruff)
Lazy white cat (meow, meow)
Fat Pink Pig (oink, oink)
Plump Red Hen (cluck, cluck)
Fluffy Yellow Chicks (peep, peep)
Pretty white ducks (quack, quack)
Wooly white sheep (baa, baa)

I altered this song to fit zoo animals.
Down at _________ (Zoo Name) Zoo
Be creative and make up sounds or actions for the animals you see. These are a few I came up with from our zoo:
Big White Bear (growl, growl)
Long Necked Giraffes (No sound for this one so I say "They always eat up high, way up high)
Black and White Zebras (They always run really fast, really fast)
Big Tan Lion (roar, roar)
Black and Orange Tiger (roar, roar)

Ishy Ishy Dance

Oh, I went out fishing (cast pretend fishing pole)
On a hot summer day (wipe hand across forehead)
And I leaned on a fence (rest head on fist to side)
And the fence gave way (keeping previous position, bend at knees)
Got my hands in my pockets (slap hands on pockets)
And my pockets in my pants (turn hands around and slap back of hands on pockets)
Watching all the fishies (hand on brow, searching)
Do the Ishy, Ishy Dance (hands palms together overhead, then wiggle toward the floor - do this every time you sing the words Ishy Ishy Dance)
The Ishy Ishy Dance,
The Ishy Ishy Dance,
Watching all the fishies (hand on brow, searching)
Do the Ishy Ishy Dance.


It doesn't look like much, but the kids LOVE it!

The dinosaur Went Over the Mountain

The dinosaur Went Over the Mountain Tune: For He's a Jolly Good Fellow

The dinosaur went over the mountain, The dinosaur went over the mountain, The dinosaur went over the mountain,
To see what he could see To see what he could see, To see what he could see
The other side of the mountain, The other side of the mountain, The other side of the mountain, Was all that he could see Was all that he could see, Was all that he could see, The other side of the mountain, Was all that he could see!

I'm a Mean Old Dinosaur

I'm a Mean Old Dinosaur (Tune: I'm a little Tea Pot)

I'm a mean old Dinosaur (Make a mean face, the kids make the cutest mean faces)
Big and Tall (Gesture hands big and tall )
Here is my tail, here is my claw. (Gesture hands behind your back for tail and make claw hands)
When I get all hungry (rub your tummy)
I just growl (have the kids exaggerate the grrroooowwwlll)
Look out kids I'm on the prowl. (Here I tickle each one of the tummy and they all giggle)

Ants go marching

Sorry I don't have a tune for this one.

The ants go marching One by one hurrah... hurrah..
The ants go marching One by one Hurrah... Hurrah
The ants go marching One by one the littlest one stops to (something that rhymes ex: to suck his thumb.)
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom

The ants go marching Two by Two Hurrah.. Hurrah..
The ants go marching Two by Two Hurrah.. Hurrah.
The ants go marching Two by Two the littlest one stops to (another rhyme, ex: tie his shoe)
And they all go marching down to the ground to get out of the rain. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom

You repeat this until you get to the number Ten
Ex:
The ants go marching 10 by 10 Hurrah... Hurrah..
The Ants go marching 10 by 10 Hurrah.. Hurrah.
The ants go marching 10 by 10 the littlest one stops
and Shouts that's the End.
Then that's the end of the song.

Let the children take turns coming up with a rhyme for each number. It's also fun to start singing the song faster and faster so that it cuts down on time. This one may or may not work depending on the ages of you kids.

Chicken Dance

(To the tune: The Chicken Dance)
Play or sing the music and have the children do the classic dance:Make your hands like talking four times, flap arms like wings four times, wiggle bottom four times, clap Four times, do it again faster!!

This is a good activity song to get the children's attention either before or during circle time.

Jump Inside the Circle

Sung to "Little Bunny Foo Foo"
I learned this one at Headstart. You take a hula hoop and place it in the middle of your circle at circle time. When you are dismissing the children to another activity you sing,
"If you have blue eyes and you have a striped shirt,
And your name's Billy, please stand up!
And jump inside the circle, circle, circle,
Jump inside the circle, then go _________." (Wash your hands, outside, to the table, etc).

This is one of my favorite dismissing transitions. The kids have so much fun with it and you can vary it a million ways. You can give clues about what the children are wearing, appearance, personal data (birthdays, siblings' names, middle names, last names, parents' names, ages), things the children like, etc. The possibilities are endless. You can also change what you have them do. You don't need the hula hoop. You can have them twirl around (just sing "twirl twirl around, twirl twirl around, twirl twirl around, then go ______."), dance around, clap their hands, jump up and down...you get the idea. No materials needed. Fun, huh?

Bubblegum Song

Bubblegum, bubblegum, chewy chewy chewy chewy chewy bubblegum.
Bubblegum, bubblegum, chewy chewy chewy chewy chewy bubblegum.
I love it! I love it! Chewy chewy chewy chewy chewy bubblegum.
I love it! I love it! Chewy chewy chewy chewy chewy bubblegum.

This song doesn't look nearly as fun as it is to sing. (Sorry I don't have a tune to relate it to.) While you are singing you pretend you have a big wad a bubblegum in your hands that you are playing with. Put them together and pull them apart. When you get to the "I love it" part be dramatic and throw your hands out wide like you would for a big hug. (I didn't make up the actions, I just play along.) This song is fun because you start out at a regular speed and get faster and faster and faster.