Going On A Bear Hunt
| Tune: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4_TXSksn9w |
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| Category: | Do As I Do |
| Notes: | Classic call-and-response echo song. Leader says each line, group echoes. Slap thighs for walking rhythm throughout. Each obstacle gets its own sound and motion - mud is "squish squish," tall grass is "swish swish," and the bear reveal at the cave gets the fastest retreat. |
Going on a bear hunt! (echo)
Gonna catch a big one! (echo)
I'm not scared! (echo)
What a beautiful day! (echo)
Uh oh... tall grass!
Can't go over it, can't go under it, gotta go through it!
Swish swish swish swish... (swish hands together)
Going on a bear hunt! (echo)
Gonna catch a big one! (echo)
I'm not scared! (echo)
What a beautiful day! (echo)
Uh oh... a swamp!
Can't go over it, can't go under it, gotta go through it!
Squish squish squish squish... (pull hands apart slowly)
Going on a bear hunt! (echo)
Gonna catch a big one! (echo)
I'm not scared! (echo)
What a beautiful day! (echo)
Uh oh... a river!
Can't go over it, can't go under it, gotta swim through it!
Splash splash splash splash... (swimming arms)
Going on a bear hunt! (echo)
Gonna catch a big one! (echo)
I'm not scared! (echo)
What a beautiful day! (echo)
Uh oh... a cave!
It's dark in here...
I feel something furry...
I feel big teeth...
IT'S A BEAR!!!
(reverse at high speed - swim the river, squish through the swamp, swish through the grass)
Home! (slam door)
Safe! (big breath)
...I wasn't scared anyway.