Elephant In My Shoe

Elephant In My Shoe by Mark Weltner (melody: The Grand Old Duke of York)

Self-regulation, body awareness

Lyrics:

There’s an elephant in my shoe, there’s an elephant in my shoe,
It’s stuck in there with superglue, there’s an elephant in my shoe.

Here is a list of many things that could be in your shoe!

airplane

astronaut

Bigfoot

bug bites

bunny

butterfly

chicken

crab

crocodile

dancer

dinosaur

donkey (do the donkey kick)

doors, wheels, wipers

drill

eggbeater

elevator

hiccup

hula hoop (swivel hips)

jumping bean

kangaroo

ladder

letters: O X C . . .

mashed potatoes

milkshake

monkey bars

monster face

mosquito bite

muscles

ping pong ball

pinwheel

pogostick

poison ivy

rockinghorse

rowboat

scissors (scissor arms in front)

seesaw (sway side to side, arms out)

shampoo (rub hair)

ski jump (one foot forward, one back, jump and switch)

smoothie (pump arms back and forth)

snowflake

soap (rub body)

springs

stardust (extend arms and sprinkle dust as you spin around)

superball

swimming pool (swim!)

frog

giant (big stomps)

giant shampooing (and rub head)

big hairy spider

popcorn

rainbow

robot

rocking chair

twister

washing machine

windmill (swing arms around on either side)

fairy dust

grasshopper

tippytoes

trampoline