Hummingbird Educational Resources

TARZAN YELL
I like bananas, coconuts, and grapes" (make shape of fruit with hands)
repeat 3 times then the last line is:
That's why they call me Tarzan of the apes! (beat on chest and do the Tarzan yell)

MONKEYS
You can make 3-d monkeys by using a small paper bag, construction paper and brass-t s and a popsicle stick.
Have the children color the flattened paper bag (as many sides as they have the attention for)
Take a few aside and start them tracing circles for the face and eyes use a book for reference and visual ideas for the kids and their coloring. give them a few choices of types of monkeys and colors to use. glue the face together and glue to stick. Next have them cut and trace the arm and tail shapes(are and leg shapes can be the same shape also I find it easier to have them fold the paper and make two leg/arm shapes at the same time)continue with all the children until everyone has their two legs and two arms, a tail and a face.
Then add the arms, legs and tail using the brass-Ts and take the scrapes from cutting an use them to stuff the bags or monkey bodies. gather the top of the bag around the popsicle stick head and twist tie/pip cleaner or string tie it shut. hang from ceiling and around the room.
if your really ambitious you can make a back of the head to totally cover the stick and add some tape inside the bag where the brass-T will go so it doesn't tear as easily. or add velcro to hands or legs so it can hang around child.

Zoo Animals
 Submitted by Tina            
 You can use this idea for any animal with stripes....tiger, zebra, fish.....
 Take a cut-out of the animal of choice and place it in a baking dish.  Place a marble in black paint, dropping it into the dish with the cut-out.  Roll the dish around until the cut-out animals is now covered with black stripes.  You may need to dip the marble in the paint a few times for the desired effects.

LION SONG
I'm a little lion
(Tune of I'm a little teapot)
I'm a little lion
on the plane(sp)
Here is my tail 
here is my main
When I get excited
you will see
just how loud my roar can be

I'm a predator
on my feet
Here are my claws
Here are my teeth
When you come to Africa
you will see
just the place that I will be.

THE ZOO
This is the way the elephant goes (clasp hands and move arms back
and forth dangling)
With curly trunk instead of nose
The buffalo all shaggy and fat has two sharp horns in place of hat(pint fingers out from forehead)
the hippo with his mouth so wide lets you see what is inside (open and close hands to make mouth movements)
the wiggly snake upon the ground crawls along with out a sound(weave hands back and forth)
but the mopnkey see and monkey do is the funniest animal in the zoo (put thumbs in ears and wiggle hands)

ZEBRA SONGS
Nine Little Zebras
Tune: Ten Little Indians
One little, two little, three little zebras,
Four little, five little, six little zebras,
Seven little, eight little, nine little zebras,
Galloping across the plain.

Nine little, eight little, seven little zebras,
Six little, five little, four little zebras,
Three little, two little, one little zebra,
Galloping back again.

I'm a Little Zebra
Tune: I'm a Little Teapot
I'm a little zebra,
White and black,
Big bushy mane
Riding down my back.
I like to gallop
And run and play
Out on the African plains all day.

Zoo Keeper Song
Tune: Down By The Station
Down at the zoo
Early in the morning,
You can see the animals
Standing in a row.
You can see me feeding
One and then other.
I am the zoo keeper,
Watch me go!

Down at the zoo
Early in the morning,
You can see the animals
Standing in a row.
You can see me cleaning
One and then other.
I am the zoo keeper,
Watch me go!

ZOO ACTIVITIES
Journal Topics:
What animals live in the zoo?  Describe them in sentences; then illustrate them.
 If you were a zoo-keeper, how would you start you day?  Which animals would be your favorites?  Which animals would be your least favorite?
Which zoo animals are herbivores?  Carnivores?  How do you know?
Draw yourself at the zoo.  Write about the animals you want to visit first.
Draw some zoo animals in their natural habitat.  Which ones live in
the jungle? The desert?  In swamps?  Etc.

Center Ideas:
writing: "At the zoo, _________."       "Zebras ____________."
art: paint a giraffe,  make a lion mask with curled-paper mane
science: sort magazine pictures of wild animals by number of legs (no legs, 2 legs, or 4 legs)

Rumble in the Jungle   by Giles  Andreae
Read and discuss this book about wild animals.   The pages describe the characteristics of each animal.  As a class, brainstorm/write a list of descriptive words for some of the animals (hippopatomus, giraffe, lion, chimpanzee, etc.) .
Students may then use these lists to illustrate and fill in the blanks
in their own  "Jungle" booklet:
"The lion ___________."   "The gorilla ___________."
 "The rhinoceros ___________."  "The snake ___________." etc.

Biggest, Strongest, Fastest by Steve Jenkins
Read and discuss this fact-filled book about wild animals.  From the descriptions in the text, create "animal riddles"  (This animal has four legs.  This animal is gray.  It is the largest land animal, etc.)   Students work in pairs to compose as many riddles as they can.  They go "quiz" other peers, students/teachers in other grades, then they take them home to "quiz" their parents.

The Zoo Book   by Jan Pfloog
After reading, have the students "buzz" about the animals they want to see at the zoo.  Give each student an old magazine (National Geographic is best!) to cut pictures of wild animals.  Students should find 6-8 pictures, glue them to large index cards, and label them by name.  Then they are given the following words (copied on cardstock for durability): "At"  "I"  "see"  "zoo"  "can"  "the".
Students cut the words apart, place in logical order ("At the zoo, I can see..."), and add an animal card at the end to complete the sentence. They may read their sentences to a peer, a younger student, or they may write their sentences in a self-made book.

MONKEY COOKIES
Monkey Cookies

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup butter/margarine, softened
2 eggs
2 bananas, mashed
1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine flour, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl. Mix well. Add butter or margarine. Mix well. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Drop by teaspoonfuls on cookie sheet. Bake in a preheat, 400-degree oven 12 minutes.

Makes about 3 dozen.

ZEBRAS
We made these in my class the other day and today I took the tape off, and did they ever look awesome!I thought of this myself, but I'm sure others have thought of it as well.Cut and use a simple zebra (horse)template and trace around it with a permanent marker.This is important so you can cut the shape after painting.Trace one for each child on a sheet of white tagboard,bristle board, whatever, and have the children tape wedges of masking tape all over the zebra, the way stripes would go. It is easier having white paper, but you could try black.The masking tape was cut with an exacto knife so that it tapered like a really long, skinny triangle.Cut lots!After the tape stripes have been applied, children will sponge paint with black paint, all over the white paper. When it dries,(at least overnight) remove the tape wedges, and the zebra has startlingly white stripes!Tails could be added with tassels, or yarn, but we didn't put any tails on.

ZOO SONG
Zoo Tune
(sung to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean")
I came to the zoo to see lions,
Elephants, tigers, and bears.
I came to the zoo to see zebras.
I love all the animals there!
Lions, tigers,
Elephants, zebras, and bears,
And bears!
Lions, tigers,
Elephants, zebras, and bears!

ANIMAL CRACKERS
It's a zoo in here!  Or so it will seem when you use this activity as a time filler.  In advance fill an emptied animal-cracker  box with small plastic zoo animals or animal pictures.  Then pass the box of animals around the group.  On her turn have each child remove an animal from the box, then perform actions and noises made by that animal. For a variation, use a box of real animal crackers; then invite each child to eat her cracker at the end of the activity.

MONKEY THEME
Games:
Five Little Monkeys
Say the poem...
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed. (Pretend to jump on bed)
One fell off and bumped his head. (Knock on forehead with heel of hand)
Mama called the Dr. and the Dr. said (Dial with phone on ear)
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!! (Shout and shake finger)

Monkey See Monkey Do
Children stand in a circle and 1 child is chosen to make a funny movement everyone tries to imitate it.  Give everyone a turn to be 'it'.

What Can a Monkey See?
Sung to "Skip to my Lou"
What can a monkey see from a tree?
What can a monkey see from a tree?
What can a monkey see from a tree?
It can see___________ from a tree.
     Sing the song to the children after discussing a monkey natural
habitat.  Pause after the word "see" in the last line and point to a child
to name something a monkey can see from a tree.  Repeat till each child has
a turn to name something.

Monkey Songs
I'm A Little Monkey: Tune (I'm a Little Teapot)
I'm a little monkey in the tree.
Swinging by my tail so merrily.
I can leap and fly from tree to tree.
I have lots of fun you see.

I'm a little monkey watch me play.
Munching on bananas everyday.
Lots of monkey friends to play with me.
We have fun up in the tree.

The Monkeys At the Zoo  Tune: (Farmer in the Dell)
The monkeys at the zoo,
The monkeys at the zoo.
Hi-ho they laugh and play,
The monkeys at the zoo.

The monkeys run and hide.
The monkeys run and hide.
They like to play then run away.
The monkeys at the zoo.

Monkey Math
Cut 5 monkey shapes from brown felt and 15 banana shapes from yellow felt. Number the monkeys from 1-5 and place them on the flannel board. Have the children identify the number on each monkey and place that many bananas in front of him.

Monkey Art
Give each child a paper with a tree outline on it or for older children have them color a tree shape.  Set out inkpads and felt tip markers Let the children make thumbprint monkeys all over their tree. To make a monkey they press their thumb on the inkpad and make two thumbprints one above the other touching.  They can add faces arms, legs and tails with the felt tip markers.

Monkey Meals (serves one)
Ingredients:
1 banana
1 hot dog roll
2 tsp. peanut butter
Miscellaneous
vegetable slices
Peel banana, place in hot dog roll. Spread peanut butter over the banana.
Add various vegetable slices for condiments.

CIRCLE TIME DISCUSSIONS
Discuss:  Monkeys   Who can sound like a monkey?  Where do they live? What do they eat?  Did you know that when monkeys are picking at each other's fur it is a sign of friendship?

MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
Monkey See Monkey Do
A little monkey likes to do
Just the same as you and you;
When you sit up very tall,
Monkey sits up very tall;
When you pretend to throw a ball,
Monkey pretends to throw a ball;
When you try to touch your toes,
Monkey tries to touch his toes;
When you move your little nose,
Monkey moves his little nose;
When you jump up in the air,
Monkey jumps up in the air;
When you sit down in a chair,
Monkey sits down in a chair.

Monkey Mania
Played like Hot Potato except you pass around a banana.  Whoever has the banana when the music stops must stand up and act like a monkey.

Monkey Dance
"The monkeys like to dance; yes they really like to dance, Monkey business keeps them busy, the monkeys like to dance."
(Act out...also use...swing, spin, jump, wiggle, shake their heads, rest)

I'm a little Monkey
(Sung to I'm a Little Teapot)
I'm a little monkey in the tree
Swinging by my tail so merrily
I can leap and fly for tree to tree.
I have lots of fun you see.
I'm a little monkey, watch me play.
Munching on bananas every day.
Lots of monkey friends to play with me.
We have fun up the tree.

ART
Thumbprint monkeys: Give each child a sheet of paper with the outline of a tree drawn on it.  Set out inkpads and felt markers. Let children make thumbprint monkeys on the trees. To create monkeys, have them press thumbprints (two, one above the other, connecting) then complete the monkeys by adding faces, arms, tails

FINEMOTOR/EYE-HAND COORDINATION
Play with a Barrel of Monkeys or use the monkeys as manipulatives.  You can sort by color, talk about which group is bigger, create patterns, etc.

SNACKS
Banana Splits  Provide bowls of nuts, sprinkles, pineapple etc  Give each child a bowl of ice cream a plastic knife and a banana.  Let them create their own banana split.  If the weather is warm enough I recommend this be done outside.

Monkey bread
Pillsbury bread dough 1 or 2 pkg
Butter, sugar, and cinnamon
Dab the butter over the bread dough and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and bake. Bake according to directions.

Monkey's Salad ---- Bananas, raisins, peanuts, and shredded coconut - - peel and slice bananas into a small dish, alternate with raisins and peanuts.  Top off with shredded coconut.

Banana Butter
Mash 3 ripe bananas with a fork. Mix 3/4-cup peanut butter. Add ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon shredded coconut, and
1/2 cup of raisins. Blend well. Serve on bread, crackers, fruit

ELEPHANT SONG
Submitted by Rachel
The elephant has a trunk for a nose (pretend arm is the trunk),
And up and down is the way it goes (move arm up and down)
He wears such a saggy, baggy hide
Do you think 2 elephants would fit inside?

I Am An Elephant (Tune: I'm a Little Teapot)
I am an elephant big and strong
I swing my trunk as I walk along (rock back and forth, swing arm like trunk)
I can walk fast, I can walk slow (walk fast then slowly)
And sometimes I like to stand just so (stand on one foot and lean to side)

ELEPHANT POEM
Way down South where bananas grow.
A grasshopper stepped on an elephant's toe.
The elephant cried with tears in his eyes-
Pick on somebody your own size!

THE ZOO
"The Zoo"
Sung to "Skip to My Lou"
Come along children, we're going to the zoo,
Come along children, we're going to the zoo,
Come along children, we're going to the zoo,
Going to the zoo today.
See the animals living in the zoo,
See the animals living in the zoo,
See the animals living in the zoo,
Living in the zoo today.
I see a monkey sitting in a tree,
I see a monkey sitting in a tree,
I see a monkey sitting in a tree
I see a monkey and it sees me.
I see an elephant, big and gray,
I see an elephant, big and gray,
I see an elephant, big and gray.
Big gray elephant is eating hay.
I see a lion in a cage,
I see a lion in a cage,
I see a lion in a cage.
I see a lion that roars with rage.
I see a camel with a great big hump,
I see a camel with a great big hump,
I see a camel with a great big hump.
When he walks he goes "bump, bump."
I see a zebra, black and white,
I see a zebra, black and white,
I see a zebra, black and white.
Seeing the zebra is a sight.
I see a giraffe, big and tall,
I see a giraffe, big and tall,
I see a giraffe, big and tall.
He's not hard to see at all.
We saw the animals living in the zoo,
We saw the animals living in the zoo,
We saw the animals living in the zoo.
Living in the zoo today.

100 Animals
   I went to the zoo
   And what did I see?
   100 animals
   Looking at me.
   There were,
   10 tall giraffes, eating from the trees.
   10 silly monkeys, scratching on their knees.
   10 sleeping snakes, lying in the sun.
   10 munching elephants, eating peanuts one by one.
   10 leaping tigers, performing in the shows,
   10 pink flamingos, standing on their toes.
   10 grouchy bears, trying to get some sleep.
   10 happy hippos, in the water deep.
   10 roaring lions, walking two by two.
   10 galloping zebras, all living in the zoo.

MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO
Monkey see, monkey do!
Let's watch them in the zoo.
We stare in. (Put left hand up)
They look out. (Put right hand; both hands face each other)
We eat popcorn. (Left hand fingers touch the thumb)
They eat popcorn. (Right hand fingers touch the thumb)
We eat fruit. (Right finger sways back and forth)
They eat fruit. (Left finger sways back and forth)
We stand up. (Left fingers up)
They stand up. (Right fingers up)
We sit down. (Left fingers down)
They sit down. (Right fingers down)
Monkey see, monkey do.
We do it first and they do it, too!

ZOO SONGS
Submitted by Margo
Zebra song to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot":

I'm a little zebra, white and black
Great big stripes run across my back.
I like to gallop and graze and play
Out on the African plains all day.

Elephant Poem
An elephant goes like this and that    (pretend you have a trunk)
He's terribly big and he's terribly fat
He has no fingers, he has no toes
But goodness, gracious!  What a nose!

ZOO UNIT
Submitted by Peggy
Art:
Lion Masks
Take a grocery bag and cut a circle out of one side for the face.
Have children cut strips of manila paper.
Glue the manila paper strips around the opening - you can curl the ends of the paper prior to gluing by wrapping strip around a pencil.
Slip bag over child's head and you now have a room full of lions!
Cages
1. take a shoe box remove lid- punch holes about 14 of inch in along the length of the box and again on the paralleled side trying to keep holes aligned. run a straw through a hole on the top and on the bottom -sit box onto one of longer side-wha la-cage. Next allow the children to create an animal out of clay or toilet-paper rolls-pull up a straw an give the animal a home.

2. Purchase zoo animal cookies. Have children place three small blobs of green play dough onto the middle part of a paper plate. Stand 3 different animal cookies into the blobs so they are facing outward. Then take a plastic strawberry basket and put it over top...it looks like the animals are in cages! I traced the square for the basket with a pencil and put a few drops of white glue there so the basket wouldn't fall off. The kids thought this was great. Then you can glue small strips of green tissue paper on the outer edges of the plate to look like grass.

Snack
Using Q-tips or new water color brushes, paint animal crackers with edible paint made from corn syrup and food coloring.

Songs
THE ELEPHANT Sung to: "The Mulberry Bush"
The elephant goes like this and that, this and that, this and that. (Walk heavily and stomp feet) The elephant goes like this and that, cause he's so big and he's so fat! (Puff up cheeks and stretch out arms)

He has no fingers and has no toes, He has no fingers and has no toes. (Wiggle fingers; wiggle toes) He has no fingers and has no toes, But goodness, gracious, what a nose! (Pull hands out from face to suggest a long trunk.)

UNDERNEATH THE MONKEY TREE
Sung to: "The Muffin Man"
Come and play a while with me,
Underneath the monkey tree.
Monkey See and Monkey Do,
Just like monkeys in the zoo.

Swing your tail, one, two, three,
Underneath the monkey tree.
Monkey See and Monkey Do,
Just like monkeys in the zoo.

Jump around and smile like me,
Underneath the monkey tree.
Monkey See and Monkey Do,
Just like monkeys in the zoo.

Title: Pig Slop - Snack
Following ideas submitted by Cher
Combine chocolate pudding with M&M's, nuts, raisins, coconut, cereal, Candy sprinkles, chopped apples and bananas!

Title: Pigs in a Pen - Game
Half of the children make up the pen by holding hands in a circle.  The other half of the children are pigs. The pen children open the pen by raising
Their hands high so the pigs can run in and out oinking.  On a signal from the teacher, the pen children lower their hands, catching whatever pigs they can inside the pen.  Any pigs that are caught take the place of the pen children and the game continues.

Title: Piggy Puppets - Art
Materials Needed: Paper Plate
Pink Construction Paper
Paint, crayons, markers
Popsicle sticks
glue or tape
Have children paint or color their paper plates pink.  Cut 3 in. circle, then cut in half (ears) and a two in. circle (nose).  When dry glue on ears And nose and add remaining facial features.  Glue or tape popsicle stick to Back of paper plate.

Title: 5 LITTLE MONKEYS
Submitted by Peg
5 little monkeys high up in the tree.
Teasing Mr. Alligator,
"You can't catch me, can't catch me, can't catch me!"
Along comes Mr. Alligator quiet as can be…SNAP!

Continue song counting down till…
0 little monkeys…Along comes Mr. Alligator fat as can be!

Why is he so fat?