Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo by John Lithgow!
Leanna and I have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting on Monday, February, 7th (today), the kits will be available to pick up for our online storytime.
Enjoy a borrowed copy of the book, and have fun doing the activities. Please return the book after you are done; everything else is yours to keep!
"Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo" by John Lithgow
“Oh, children! Remember! Whatever you may do, Never play music right next to the zoo. They’ll burst from their cages, each beast and each bird, Desperate to play all the music they’ve heard. A concert gets out of hand when the animals at the neighboring zoo storm the stage and play the instruments themselves in this hilarious picture book.”
**You will have to return this book to the library; everything else is yours to keep!
You will have the book read to you by John Lithgow! He did such a great job; we hope you enjoy his reading as much as we did!
Kits include:
a borrowed copy of Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo by John Lithgow
information page
colors game (5 colored snakes)
a flyer for this website
2 activity pages
2 coloring pages
rhymes/song pages with web links (instrument included)
Tuba Hippo craft
3 magnets from the story
stickers
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included snake handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the yellow snake?
Yellow snake, yellow snake?
Can you show me the yellow snake?
And wave her in the air?
Green… red… white… black
Hold It High – Choose one snake from handouts
Hold your snake high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your snake below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your snake against your nose
Now touch the snake to your toes
Touch your snake to the ground
Now wave that snake all around!
Hold your snake in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your snake and jump up high!
Now let your snake fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
Peek-a-Zoo by Pinkfong
Zoo Song by Little Action Kids
Musical Instruments Song by CoComelon
At the Zoo by KidsTV123
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
Underneath The Monkey Tree
Come and bounce a while with me,
(bounce child in lap)
Underneath the monkey tree.
Monkey See and Monkey Do,
Just like monkeys in the zoo.
Swing up high, one, two, three,
(bounce child up high)
Underneath the monkey tree.
Monkey See and Monkey Do,
Just like monkeys in the zoo.
Swing down low and smile like me,
(bounce child down low)
Underneath the monkey tree.
Monkey See and Monkey Do,
Just like monkeys in the zoo.
ACTION RHYMES
The Animals at the Zoo
(Tune: "The Wheels on the Bus")
The lions at the zoo go roar, roar, roar,
Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar, roar,
The lions at the zoo go roar, roar, roar,
All day long!
The snakes at the zoo go hiss, hiss, hiss,
Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss,
The snakes at the zoo go hiss, hiss, hiss,
All day long!
The hyenas at the zoo go ha, ha, ha,
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,
The hyenas at the zoo go ha, ha, ha,
All day long!
The monkeys at the zoo go oooh, oooh, oooh,
Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh,
The monkeys at the zoo go oooh, oooh, oooh,
All day long!
If I Were
(Tune: "The Mulberry Bush")
Oh, if I were a tiny snake,
A tiny snake, a tiny snake.
Oh, if I were a tiny snake,
I’d slither around the zoo.
Oh, if I were an elephant,
an elephant, an elephant.
Oh, if I were an elephant,
I’d march around the zoo.
Oh, if I were a kangaroo,
A kangaroo, a kangaroo.
Oh, if I were a kangaroo,
I’d hop around the zoo.
My Instruments
(Tune: "Mary Had a Little Lamb")
I can always play my drum,
(clap hands or drum on thighs)
Play my drum, play my drum,
I can always play my drum,
Along with my maracas
I can shake my maracas
(shake hands in the air)
Maracas, maracas
I can shake my maracas
Along with my kazoo
I can blow in my kazoo,
(blow in your real kazoo or holds hands up by mouth as if playing)
My kazoo, my kazoo,
I can blow in my kazoo,
I love to play music!
EXTRA LINKS!
Author John Lithgow’s site: http://johnlithgow.com/
Illustrator Leeza Hernandez’s site: https://www.leezaworks.com/
Let us know what your little ones thought of Never Play Music Right Next to the Zoo! What did they think of the activities? Do you have any suggestions for us?