Monster Songs & Fingerplays – If You’re a Monster and You Know It

If You're A Monster And You Know It

by Rebecca Emberley & Ed Emberley

Book Summary: Children will stomp their paws, twitch their tails, snort and growl, and wiggle and wriggle along with this bright and bold picture book twist on "If You're Happy and You Know It."

If You're a Monster and You Know It...
When you read If You're A Monster And You Know It , you can access a free recording of the song online. My son really enjoyed listening to the song on the computer and acting out the motions to go with the words.

Five Little Monsters
(Author unknown)

Five little monsters sitting on the floor.
The first one said, "Let's knock on someone's door."
The second on said, "Let's act a little scary."
The third one said, "Why are we so hairy?"
The fourth one said, "I hear a funny sound."
The fifth one said, "There's no one else around."
Then "WHOOSH" went the wind and "EEK!" someone said
So five little monsters ran under the bed.

Monster Pokey
(Sung to the tune of "Hokey Pokey")
You put your claws in.
You put your claws out.
You put your claws in and you shake them all about.
You do the Monster Pokey and you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.

You put your fangs in.
You put your fangs out.
You put your fangs in and you shake them all about.
You do the Monster Pokey and you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.

You put your horns in.
You put your horns out.
You put your horns in and you shake them all about.
You do the Monster Pokey and you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.

You put your tail in.
You put your tail out.
You put your tail in and you shake it all about.
You do the Monster Pokey and you turn yourself around,
That's what it's all about.

For this fingerplay I made some small felt monsters to place on the felt board as we sang. I left these at the felt board throughout our monster theme for my son to practice counting, singing the songs, and other imaginative play.

Ten Little Monsters
(Sung to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
One little, Two little, Three little monsters,
Four little, Five little, Six little monsters,
Seven little, Eight little, Nine little monsters
Ten monsters can't scare me.

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Go Away, Big Green Monster!
There Was An Old Monster!
Glad Monster, Sad Monster
Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug!
Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli
Tickle Monster