Classic Songs with Movement

Combining music with movement helps preschoolers learn how to follow direction, increases their vocabulary, helps them interact with others, and improves their motor control, balance and coordination.

Here are the lyrics to just a couple of classics to get you on your way.

Head and Shoulder

Head and shoulders

Knees and toes, knees and toes

Head and shoulders

Knees and toes

Eyes, ears, mouth and nose (Point to body parts as your sing)

Note: we like to add additional verses, such as:

Noses, elbows

Waist and feet, waist and feet

Noses, elbows

Waist and feet

Biceps, triceps, stamp your feet

The Wheels on the Bus

The wheels on the bus go round and round

Round and round, round and round

The wheels on the bus go round and round

All through the town

Repeat with:

The doors on the bus go open and close

The money on the bus goes clink, clink, clink

The driver on the bus says move on back

The horn on the bus goes beep, beep, beep

The wipers on the bus go swish, swish, swish

The windows on the bus go up and down

The people on the bus go bump, bump, bump

The babies on the bus go waa, waa, waa

The mommies (daddies, grannies, etc) go "shh, I love you"

End with a final verse of the "wheels on the bus go round and round".

By Rochelle Strauss