On Saturday, January 19th at 11:00 we celebrate our annual Penguin Appreciation Day! Hear stories and songs about penguins, learn interesting facts about penguins, and join us for some indoor sock skating! Don’t forget to sign up for our Winter Reading Challenge while you’re there.
To get us in the penguin mindset, we’re celebrating Penguin Play all week. Search our catalog for the tag: #penguinappreciationday for great books to take home, then extend the theme through the week with the following songs and activities.
If You’re a Penguin and You Know It
(Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a penguin and you know it
flap your wings (flap, flap)
If you’re a penguin and you know it
flap your wings (flap, flap)
If you’re a penguin and you know it
and you really want to show it,
If you’re a penguin and you know it
flap your wings (flap, flap)
If you’re a penguin and you know it waddle your feet (waddle, waddle)…
If you’re a penguin and you know it eat a fish (yum, yum)…
If you’re a penguin and you know it go for a swim (swim, swim)…
Five Little Penguins
Five little penguins went out to play,
Over the ice cap far away.
Mother Penguins said, Eep, eep, eep, eep!”
Four Little Penguins came back to sleep.
(count down three, two, one)
No little penguins went out to play,
Over the ice cap far away.
Mother Penguins said, Eep, eep, eep, eep!”
All the little penguins came back to sleep!
I’m a Little Penguin
(Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little penguin short and stout.
I flap my wings and waddle about.
I wear a coat that’s black as night.
But my big tummy is soft and white.
I’m a little penguin black and white.
I like to slide across the ice.
When I reach the water, I dive right in.
I hunt for fish, and swim, swim, swim.
Have You Ever Seen a Penguin?
(Tune: “Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?”)
Have you ever seen a penguin?
A penguin. . .a penguin!
Have you ever seen a penguin
swim this way and that way?
Swim this way and that way,
and this way and that way?
Have you ever seen a penguin
swim this way and that? (point)
Have you ever seen a penguin?
A penguin. . .a penguin!
Verses: slide . . . waddle . . .
Additional Music and Movement at home:
Freeze
Put on any favorite music and pause it, “freezing” in place in crazy ways until the music starts again.
The Skater’s Waltz (Émile Waldteufel)
Place a paper plate beneath each foot and “skate” around the living room to the Skater’s Waltz. This is a great activity for balance and coordination!