Wake Up (Now we're very quiet/Now we're very loud)

Love this, via Kendra

Wake Up!
"You can use any animal, person, or thing for this song. Ask the kids and grownups for ideas. My co-worker uses body parts even! Tap gently on the ground while you’re being quiet and pound the ground to wake everyone up."--Kendra

Dog is sleeping, don’t wake it up.
Dog is sleeping, don’t wake it up.
Dog is sleeping, don’t wake it up.
Now we’re very quiet. Shhhhh.

WAKE UP dog, it’s time to play!
WAKE UP dog, it’s time to play!
WAKE UP dog, it’s time to play!
Now we’re very LOUD!

Cat is sleeping, don’t wake it up.
Cat is sleeping, don’t wake it up.
Cat is sleeping, don’t wake it up.
Now we’re very quiet. Shhhhh.

WAKE UP kitty, it’s time to play!
WAKE UP kitty, it’s time to play!
WAKE UP kitty, it’s time to play!
Now we’re very LOUD!

The Walrus Washes his Winter Coat: Action Song

[with shaker eggs or scarves]

Oh, the walrus washes his winter coat
down by the wavy ocean.
He adds some water and he adds some soap
and he waits...and he waits...and he waits.

Then the laundry shakes, shakes, shakes
The laundry shakeshakeshakeshake shakes
The laundry shakes, shakes, shakes until it's clean.
The laundry shakes, shakes, shakes
The laundry shakeshakeshakeshake shakes
The laundry shakes, shakes, shakes
until it's clean.

Oh the walrus [repeat]
Then the laundry spins, spins, spins [etc]

--Brytani Fraser

There's a Monster in my Closet

[Tune: "If You're Happy and You Know it"]

There’s a monster in my closet and he’s green  (roar, roar)

There’s a monster in my closet and he’s green  (roar, roar)

There’s a monster in my closet and he’s really, really green

There’s a monster in my closet and he’s green  (roar, roar)

He snores

He cries

He snorts

He jumps

He's tall...

[adapt: a dragon in my closet, a lion in my bathroom, etc]

My Thumbs Are Starting to Wiggle

(Tune: "The Bear Went Over The Mountain")

My thumbs are starting to wiggle;

my thumbs are starting to wiggle;

my thumbs are starting to wiggle--

and then they settle down. (or “and then they go to sleep”)

My hands are starting to wiggle, etc.

Continue with other body parts (or choose parts that start with the letter of the day).

Coach MacDonald Had a Team

Coach MacDonald had a team
(GO TEAM, GO TEAM, GO!)
and when they practiced they would STRETCH
(GO TEAM, GO TEAM, GO!)--
with a stretch stretch here
and a stretch stretch there,
here a stretch, there a stretch,
everywhere a stretch, stretch,
Coach MacDonald had a team
(GO TEAM, GO TEAM, GO!)

and when they practiced they would JUMP (JOG...SQUAT...BEND...others?)

The Roots of the Tree (to "Wheels On The Bus")

[via Monica]

The roots of the tree grow down, down, down,
down, down, down,
down, down, down;
the roots of the tree grow down, down, down
deep in the woods
(wiggle fingers, pointed downward, down your body from shoulders to toes)
The branches of the tree grow out-out-out
(arms up high)
The wind blows the branches back and forth
(wave arms back and forth over head)
The leaves on the tree come tumbling down
(wiggle fingers up high to down low)

[vary last line to adapt to other seasons]