Animal Sounds

I apologize for the delay (I will be playing catch-up in these next posts!).

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

1. Jungle noises:

chorus: 

Walking through the jungle, (make motions of walking)  

What do you see? (put hand above eyes, looking)
Can you hear a noise? (cup hand over ear)
What could it be? (shrug shoulders)

Ah well, I think it is a ________ (tiger)

animal noises (roar, roar, roar)

2X repeat: “I think…animal noises”

Looking for his tea (put hand above eyes, looking)

sing chorus and then move on to the next animal

Snake = Sss! Sss! Sss! (make hands slither like a snake)

Elephant = Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! (stomp feet)

Crocodile = Snap! Snap! Snap! (make snapping jaws with arms)

Last line: Hope it isn't me (cover head with arms)

Source: Harris County Public Library

2. Five Little Monkeys (with flannels!):

Five little monkeys swinging from a tree
Teasing Mr. Crocodile, “you can’t catch me!”
Here comes Mr. Crocodile, as quiet as can be
SNAP! (monkey jumps to different tree)

(countdown to none)

Phew! They all made it safely (clap for the monkeys)
Source: Kids Play and Create


3.  If You're a ____ and you know it (Jungle Version)
If you’re an elephant and you know it, STOMP your feet
If you’re a monkey and you know it, JUMP up and down (ooh ooh aah aah)
If you’re a crocodile and you know it, SNAP your jaws (motion with arms)
If you’re a lion and you know it, give a ROAR!
Source: Sunflower Storytime

Books:

1. "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?" by Bill Martin Jr. 

 

Obviously, a classic choice. But it was also fun to have the kids decide what noises to make for the different animals. Some of the animals, like a flamingo or a peacock, most of us had never heard before so it was fun for the kids to make up their own bird and animal noises for the different animals.

And, of course, it was fun for the older kids to roar loudly as lions or hissssss like slithering snakes. It was a fun book to add some interactiveness to storytime for the kids.

2. "Hoot, Howl, Hiss" by Michelle Koch

Much simpler than "Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?", it was a good animal sounds book to end storytime with. It is geared toward younger kids but still adds the element of fun for young children to make the animal noises when we talk about each animal.