Sock Monkeys: Do the Monkey, Monkey!
by William B. Winburn, and Harriet Ziefert
Or, too hot to blog!
The weather, even in the northernmost tip of Minnesota, is just to hot to smile, so they say. So, it is almost too hot to blog! I was looking at children’s books and saw this fun book with photos of sock monkeys doing a version of the Hokey, Pokey, Sock Monkeys: Do the Monkey, Monkey! I thought of using a hula-hoop and a water sprinkler, or even a small kiddie pool to let kids do a summer water version of this song, and cool down from all the heat.
I like the photos of the sock monkeys in the book doing their own dance to the Hokey, Pokey. They stick their tails in and shake them all about, and they dance and shout. Outside, this would be a nice way to let the children run off steam in a controlled manner.
I had monkeys on my mind from working with Tonya Dirksen from Strings, Keys, and Melodies on some resources to accompany her Finger Play Fun Day series on her blog. Her post today is: 5 Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, and she made a video using small finger puppets for her post. I made two PDFs and a Power Point for her post and they are available there! If you don’t know this rhyme, your students or children certainly do. Each time the monkeys jump on the bed, mama calls the doctor and the doctor says, “No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”
The easy, free PDF for Pre K and K, below, Power Point, and counting work pages are free and available on Strings, Keys, and Melodies now, so hop on over and get them!
Thanks for reading, Carolyn
