Did You Ever Hear a

Materials

Pictures of animals

Instructions

1. Pick out several animals (cut out pictures and glue them to Popsicle sticks or
use hand puppets) that make sounds familiar to young children.
2. At the appropriate time, hold up the corresponding animal.
3. As you sing, hold up the picture or puppet of a tiger (or whatever animal you
use) and let the children fill in the appropriate sound.
4. Sing the following song to the tune of "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"
Did you ever hear a tiger?
A tiger, a tiger,
Did you ever hear a tiger?
One sounds like this. (roar like a tiger)
5. Ask the children to point to animal figures or pictures of animals in the room
by changing the word "hear" to "see." End the song with "point to one now."