Just like adults, young children love music equally as much. If your children love animals, then you can teach them more about animals by use of fun animal songs. While there are a lot of animal songs out there, only a select few are favorites among kids. In fact, these songs have very interesting lyrics that are fun for you and your kids to sing along to. Moreover, they have fun videos that are quite enjoyable to watch too.
The most outstanding examples of animal songs include:
• Nelly The Elephant
• Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed
• The Alligator
These three animal songs for kids will likely become a lovely addition to your list of fun kids songs about animals. In fact, they are the top three examples of fun kids songs about animals on most web-based lists of fun kids songs about animals.
The Alligator song
This animal song is an exciting approach to teaching kids about alligators and crocodiles. It is also effective in teaching the significant differences between the two types of reptiles. The alligator song was originally written by Paul McCartney, and the lyrics of the song have remained unchanged. The interpretation of the song is quite obvious with the juxtaposition of the alligator and the crocodile to expose their unique differences to teach kids how to differentiate the two reptiles.
The Five Little Monkeys Jumping On a Bed song
The Five Little Monkeys song is an English folk song that is accompanied by gestures mimicking its lyrics. This is a fun song to get the kids excited to learn about monkeys. It is equally a fun song to play with the following actions:
hold up five fingers with one hand to show the number five -to mimic the “five little monkeys” lyrics
bounce your fingers up and down -to mimic the “jumping on the bed” lyrics
show one finger -to mimic the “one fell off” lyrics
hold your head with both hands and rock it back and forth -to mimic the “and bumped his head” lyrics
make a phone dial gesture with one finger-to mimic the “mama called the Doctor” lyrics
shake your index finger-to mimic the “no more monkeys jumping on the bed” lyrics
The original lyrics of the song have not been altered to accommodate an alternative version that changes the first line of the lyrics from the second verse to the last. However, this is not a significant change, and it serves the simple purpose of marking the loss of each monkey lost after it fell and bumped its head. There is also a popular version of this song titled “three monkey jumping on the bed.”
Nelly The Elephant
This animal song is popular for its fun theme of an elephant playing with a trumpet at a Circus. Although the lyrics of the song have remained unchanged since it was crafted, it is a fun song that is both enjoyable and effective in teaching kids about the elephant.