Elephants!

Cute Elephant Cartoon Character illustration. Image courtesy of freepik.com
Cute Elephant Cartoon Character illustration. Image courtesy of freepik.com

A new activity from Ros Huntley, who runs the YAMSEN Music Communication class.

Fed up with singing the wheels on the bus?

Use the tune to sing about elephants. Put together a bag of toy elephants or laminated pictures of elephants in a dedicated bag, one for each participant, share them out and sing…

The elephant’s ears go flap flap flap
Flap flap flap, flap flap flap.
The elephant’s ears go flap flap flap
All day long.

The elephant’s feet go stomp stomp stomp…
The elephant’s tail goes swish swish swish…
The elephant’s tummy goes rumble rumble rumble…
The elephant’s mouth goes munch munch munch…
The elephant’s trunk goes …. Nnnaaawww!

Match some actions to the verses.

Make a cue card so the children can choose the song again or anticipate it on the song timetable.