Animal Movement Activity Song: “I Want to Move Like an Animal” Video, Mp3 Tracks

Let’s take an Animal movement song and BRAIN BREAK! Let’s move like ANIMALS! Moving and singing along with animals in this animated video is sure to be a hit in your movement activities!  Easy to learn lyrics will help students sing and move-and that helps them with reading and math skills, along with developing gross motor skills and getting a brain break.

“I Want to Move Like an Animal” movement song is sure to get your students moving and learning with music. Fun brain break for preschool through 3rd graders.

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What child doesn’t want to pretend to be a monkey? An elephant? A crocodile? These adorable characters will have your children STOMPING, SWAYING, CRAWLING as they sing the easy to learn song. Please listen to the preview video for a sample of the music.

Movement is so important for young children and helps them develop their reading skills and helps them with developing gross motor skills, balance and provides a positive and focused brain break. Sing a long with the fun video that has the lyrics.

USE THIS RESOURCE:

MOVEMENT ACTIVITY

Use this song as creative movement activities with your other animal songs. Coordinates well with jungle themes, habitat units, and animals around the world.

Use this as a BRAIN BREAK, a REWARD for excellence, RAINY DAY activity, DRAMA, DANCE, SUB LESSON.

READ the words aloud without the Music.

READ the words as students sing.

RESOURCE INCLUDES:

Animal Moves Presentation

Animal Moves pdf.

Creating a Slide Show Directions

Activity Directions

Activity Rules

Teaching Ideas

Video sing-a-long

Mp3 Vocal and Performance Tracks

SONG LYRICS:

REFRAIN:

I want to move like an animal. I want to move today.

REPEAT

1)I want to swing like a monkey swings.

I want to swing like a monkey swings.

ACTION MUSIC

REFRAIN

2) ELEPHANT “I want to stomp like an elephant stomps.”

3) CROCODILE “I want to walk like a crocodile walks.”

4) EAGLE “I want to fly like an eagle flies.”

5)FROG “I want to hop like a froggy hops.”

MORE ANIMAL ACTION IDEAS

HORSE “I want to gallop like a horsie gallops.”

LIZARD “I want to crawl like a lizard crawls.”

WHALE “I want to swim like a whale swims.”

SNAKE “I want to slither like a snake slithers.”

PANDA “I want to climb like a panda climbs.”

Let’s take an Animal movement BRAIN BREAK!

“I Want to Move Like an Animal” movement song is sure to get your students moving and learning with music. Fun brain break for preschool through 3rd graders.

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