ZOO
Books:
Color Zoo by Lois Elhert
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Curious George Visits the Zoo by H.A. Rey
Starry Safari by Linda Ashman
Animal Strike at the Zoo by Karma Wilson
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra
Books for baby and toddler storytime:
Maurice the Hippo by Clare and Maarten Bos (Board)
Color Zoo by Lois Elhert
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Two at the Zoo by Danna Smith
Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett
Look Who's Talking at the Zoo by Danny Tepper
Zoo Parade by Harriet Zeifert
At the Zoo (Board)
Activities:
Going to the Zoo (Raffi; Singable Songs for the Very Young #13)
Mr. Chimpanzee (Laurie Berkner; Under a Shady Tree #3)
Wimoweh (Laurie Berkner; Whaddaya Think of That? #12)
Hippo Hop Hokey Pokey
You put your clean foot in
You take your dirty foot out
You put your clean foot in
and you squish all about
You do the Hippo Hop and you hop down in the Mud
(pretend to squat in the mud)
That's how a Hippo cools off!
Other Verses...
Hands
Heads
Right foot
Left foot
Elbows
The Animals at the Zoo
(Tune: The Wheels on the Bus)
The lions at the zoo go roar, roar, roar.
Roar, roar, roar.
Roar, roar, roar.
The lions at the zoo go roar, roar, roar,
All day long!
Additional verses...
snakes... hiss
monkeys...oooh
etc.
If You Want to be a Zoo Animal
(Tune: If You’re Happy And You Know It)
If you want to be a monkey, jump up high!
If you want to be a monkey, jump up high!
If you want to be a monkey,
if you want to be a monkey,
If you want to be a monkey, jump up high!
Parrot — flap your wings
Elephant — swing your trunk
Lion — roar out loud
Giraffe — stand up tall
Here Comes the Elephant
Here comes the elephant,
He moves so slow.
He swings his long trunk,
To and fro.
He is SO big,
He can’t even jump.
He sits down with a
GREAT BIG THUMP!
Mister Rattlesnake
(Use shakers to accompany this rhyme)
I wish that I could rattle and shake,
Just like Mister Rattlesnake.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
And shake, shake, shake
Just like Mister Rattlesnake!
Simon Says
Zoo Commands:
• Simon says make a trunk with your arm
• Simon says jump like a kangaroo
• Simon says roar like a lion
• Simon says make a crocodile mouth
• Simon says stand on one leg like a flamingo
• Simon says slither like a snake
• Simon says flap your wings like an owl
Non-Simon-Says command – Say “Do this” and wiggle fingers or nod head. If they do it, remind them that you didn’t say Simon Says!
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