"An Elephant Goes Like This and That"
This is a great activity poem for Toddler or Preschool / Kindergarten storytimes, where it it performed standing. Feel free to change the elephant to a hippo, dinosaur, or other big animal.
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An elephant goes like this and that.
He's awfully big and terribly fat.
He has no fingers; he has no toes.
But--oh, my goodness--what a nose!
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(stand rocking stiff-legged from foot to foot)
(hunch shoulders stiff-armed; big circle with arms)
(wiggle fingers; lift foot and wiggle toes)
(touch nose, raise arm, "trumpet" like an elephant)
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If you need to return to a seated position at the end, say, "Boom!" immediately after trumpeting, then sit down abruptly.
"An Elephant Goes Like This and That" also works for Baby storytimes with modified motions.
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An elephant goes like this and that.
He's awfully big and terribly fat.
He has no fingers; he has no toes.
But--oh, my goodness--what a nose!
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(gently rock baby from side to side on lap)
(form baby's arms into a big circle)
(wiggle baby's fingers; wiggle baby's toes)
(touch baby's nose; raise baby's arm; trumpet softly)
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