Tiny zoo

The zoo. (Run in place)The Animals at the Zoo Added: 06-02-2002 Submitted by: Cecilia HarrisSung to: “The Wheels on the Bus”The lions at the zoo go roar, roar, roar,Roar, roar, roar,Roar, roar, roar,The lions at the zoo go roar, roar, roar,All day long!The snakes at the zoo go hiss, hiss, hiss,Hiss, hiss, hiss,Hiss, hiss, hiss,The snakes at the zoo go hiss, hiss, hiss,All day long!The hyenas at the zoo go ha, ha, ha,Ha, ha, ha,Ha, ha, ha,The hyenas at the zoo go ha, ha, ha,All day long!The monkeys at the zoo go oooh, oooh, oooh,Oooh, oooh, oooh,Oooh, oooh, oooh,The monkeys at the zoo go oooh, oooh, oooh,All day long!Add your favorite animals, or let you kids come up with new ones to sing. You can also add hand movements. I sing this with my kindergarten students on the way to the zoo.Underneath The Monkey Tree Added: 07-09-2002 Original Author: UnknownSung 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 meUnderneath the monkey tree.Monkey See and Monkey Do,Just like monkeys in the zoo.The Elephant’s Trunk Added: 07-29-2003 Original Author: UnknownThe elephant has a great big trunk (Pretend an arm is the trunk.)That goes swinging, swinging so. (Swing trunk.)He has tiny, tiny eyes that show him where to go. (Point to eyes.)His huge long ears go flapping, flapping

Will find some chimpanzees,Swinging from the trees.We will look for kangaroos,Kangaroos, kangaroos.We will look for kangaroos,Hopping at the zoo.Take me out to the Zoo Added: 07-05-2000 Original Author: UnknownSung to: “Take me out the ballgame”Take me out for some good fun,Take me out to the zoo.Let me visit the tall giraffe,I want to hear the hyenas laugh.Now I love to visit the zoo,I could stay there all day,And watch birds, seals, rhinos, and hipposAs they play.If I Were Added: 07-05-2000 Original Author: UnknownSung to: ” The Mulberry Bush”Oh, if I were a tiny snake,A tiny snake, a tiny snake.Oh, if I were a tiny snake,I’d slither around the zoo.Oh, if I were an elephant,an elephant, an elephant.Oh, if I were an elephant,I’d march around the zoo.Oh, if I were a kangaroo,A kangaroo, a kangaroo.Oh, if I were a kangaroo,I’d hop around the zoo.What Can a Monkey See? Added: 07-17-2000 Original Author: UnknownSung 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.Note: Pause after “see ” and child can name something a monkey can see from a tree. Continue until each child has had a turn.Swing, Swing Added: 08-18-2000 Original Author: UnknownHave the children stand in a circle and hold hands. While you recite the following poem, have them swing their arms up and down.Little monkeys swinging in the tree,All hold hands and swing with me.Swing up high

Zoo (old, with a few grotto exhibits with parrots and a porcupine, a rocky barnyard, as well as some small aviaries with magpies) and the new frog exhibit, which has the feel of a temporary display with small tanks behind simple walls. Several TINY cages line the path which links the wallabies to the kids' zoo - half were empty, and I felt sorry for the animals housed in the others.The zoo is obviously aware of its deficiencies and has made some excellent strides in its recent exhibits. Apart from redoing monkey island, there is talk of a new bear exhibit near the front (to replace the waterfowl pools). The lions The John Ball Zoo has been trying to grow for some years now. When they asked the voters to allow them to spread further into John Ball Park, they were rebuffed. When a MAJOR donor offered them land elsewhere and the hope of building a new larger zoo, their bid for bond money was rebuffed by voters. And so they turned their attention to re-inventing the zoo they had, without public financial support. That is not easy in today's climate.I think that what is unique about the lion exhibit is not its acreage, but rather how cheap it was to build. Today, a zoo wanting to build a new exhibit will be thinking US$15million and above perhaps to US$30million. Gate receipts won't do it. Not ever. Rentals for special events, more gift shops, ice cream stands, etc., etc. end up paying for the operational maintenance of the zoo, its collection and staff (zoo keepers used to be very poorly paid, now they are simply not paid well ) Donors are also being hit on by in situ conservation organizations, disease-charities, hunger-charities, and political parties. There is no longer an