Time for a Walk!
The sun is shining, it's warm and the flowers are blooming. It's time to go outside, take a neighborhood walk, and, afterwards, enjoy some stories, songs and rhymes.
Babies
| Rhyme: "Walking Kitty Cats" | |
| We are little kitty cats | (walk fingers on baby's palm or belly) |
| Walking round and round, | (walk fingers in a circular motion) |
| We have cushions on our feet | |
| And never make a sound. | |
| Song: "Duke of York" | |
| The Grand Old Duke of York | (bounce baby gently) |
| He had 10,000 men | |
| He marched them up to the top of the hill | (raise baby up) |
| And marched them up down again | (lower baby) |
| And when you're up, you're up | (raise baby up) |
| And when you're down, you're down | (lower baby) |
| And when you're only halfway up, | (raise baby halfway up) |
| You're neither up, | (raise baby up) |
| Nor down! | (lower baby) |
Video: "Duke of York"
Toddlers
| Song: "Here We Go" | |
| Here we go walking fast | (march quickly) |
| Here we go walking slow | (march in place slowly) |
| Here we go walking round and round | (march in circle) |
| 'Round the block we go | (back to original position) |
| Extra Verses: | |
| We hold hands walking fast... | (swing hands) |
| We climb stairs walking fast... | (climbing stairs motion) |
| We watch cars going fast... | (look left and right) |
Preschoolers
| Song: "Rig-a-Jig-Jig" | |
| This song is best done with a partner. Video of song. | |
| As I was walking down the street | (march in place) |
| Down the street, down the street | |
| A very good friend I happened to meet. | (shake partner's hand) |
| Hi, ho! Hi, ho! Hi, ho! | |
| A rig-a-jig-jig and away we go | (walk in small circle with partner) |
| Away we go, away we go. | |
| A rig-a-jig-jig and away we go | |
| Hi, ho! Hi, ho! Hi, ho! | |
| Sing it again with a different partner. | |
| Song: "Here We Go to the Zoo" | |
| Here we go to the zoo in the park, | (march in place or around the room) |
| The zoo in the park, the zoo in the park; | |
| Here we go to the zoo in the park | |
| So early in the morning. | |
| This is the way the elephant walks, | (Join your hands together and swing arms in imitation of elephant's trunk) |
| The elephant walks, the elephant walks; | |
| This is the way the elephant walks, | |
| So early in the morning. | |
| This is the way the big bear walks, | (imitate lumbering walk of bear) |
| The big bear walks, the big bear walks; | |
| This is the way the big bear walks, | |
| So early in the morning. | |
| This is the way the kangaroo hops, | (hop like a kangaroo) |
| The kangaroo hops, the kangaroo hops; | |
| This is the way the kangaroo hops, | |
| So early in the morning | |
| Fill in additional verses with your favorite zoo animals. | |
