This song is also available on Jack Hartmann's album Shake, Rattle n' Read.
Focus: Literature awareness and appreciation
Activity – Sing along and add movements one by one until your whole body is moving. Start with one arm then another, and then add movements. Follow up with reading the stories to children to enhance literature appreciation.
If there’s a Cat in the Hat, and you know that
Wave one arm -- wave one arm
If the Gingerbread Man runs as fast as he can
Wave both arms -- wave both arms
If Brown Bear, Brown Bear sees colors everywhere
Swing your hips -- swing your hips
If Sam I Am had green eggs and ham
Shake your head -- shake your head
Chorus
Keep it going -- never stop
Always give it all you’ve got!
Keep it going -- never stop
Keep on reading to the top
If three little kittens went to look for their mittens
Twist one leg -- twist one leg
If Chicken Little ran around and said the sky is falling down
Twist both legs -- twist both legs
If the third little pig made his house out of bricks
Dance down low -- dance up high
And if Cinderella is dressed in yellow
Sing with me -- sing with me
Repeat Chorus
Keep on reading -- never stop
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See more of our Reading Encouragement and Children's Literature Songs
Many thanks to Jack Hartmann for permission to display these lyrics.
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