Classroom Ideas

Welcome to the page for creative kids, teachers and parents! This is intended to be a resource for more information, activities and links about puppets and the songs from Tom Knight's puppet show. Please contact Tom if you have other ideas that you'd like to see included here, or to let me know if a link doesn't work.

If you are doing a project related to a certain song, be sure to check out the lyrics page.

Puppets

• Make a shadow puppet theater - Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts
• Making simple puppets - Family Fun Magazine
• Making simple puppets - Enchanted Learning.com
• Making simple puppets - Danielle's Place.com

Songs

Place in the Choir  
(from Don't Kiss a Codfish)

• Lyrics
• Costumes and lessons from Red Grammer
• Animals – Endangered Species - Environmental Protection Agency

Adventures of a Water Drop
(from The Classroom Boogie)

• Lyrics
• Water Cycle Lesson -National Geographic
• Water Cycle Lesson - University of Washington
• Water Cycle video game - from Nasa
• Water Cycle Description - Environmental Protection Agency 
• Water Cycle Diagram - US Geological Survey
• Lesson on Precipitation - University of Victoria, British Columbia
• Water Pollution Experiment Classroom Lesson - Environmental Protection Agency 
  

Shake Shake Shake (The Earthquake Song)
(from The Classroom Boogie)

• Lyrics
• Three Little Pigs in Earthquake Land - National Geographic Lesson
• Earthquake info and Earthquake Links for kids - US Geological Survey
• Earth’s Layers - North Dakota University System
  

The Elephant's Lullaby
(from The Library Boogie)

• Lyrics
• African Elephant  - Smithsonian Institution
• Asian Elephant (Smithsonian Institution)
• Book: Little Big Ears; The Story of Ely By Cynthia Moss, Martyn Colbeck (Photographer)

The Library Boogie

• Lyrics
• Explore the Library of Congress
• Children's Authors on the Web - links to author's web sites
• Children's Literature Web Guide
• Books that won Awards - Caldecott, Newbery, etc - American Library Association
• Essential Guide to Children's Books and their Creators - Book by Anita Silvey

The Garbage Monster

• Lyrics
• Take the Rubbish Challenge! -British site about Recycling. Great game, and graphics!
  Instead of "Garbage," the word is "Rubbish." 
• Recycling Links - Environmental Protection Agency

Alligator Jump 
(from Easy as Pie)

• Lyrics
• The difference between alligators and crocodiles - PBS
• Alligators in the Everglades - National Park Service
• Alligators and Crocodiles - National Geographic lesson plan 

The Juggler

• Lyrics
• How to Juggle 3 Balls - yoyoguy.com
• How to Juggle - animated demo, requires Java plug-in - Chris Seguin
• How to Juggle - Steve Glimpse

Purple Pumpkin Pie
(from Easy as Pie)

• Lyrics
• Recipe to make Purple Pumpkin Pie
• How to grow Pumpkins - Sadako.com
• Giant Pumpkin Records -from the Pumpkin Nook

The Solar System
(from The Library Boogie)

• Lyrics
• Great site about Astronomy for Kids - Enchanted Learning.com
• About the Solar System - kidsastronomy.com
• Solar System Coloring Book (PDF format)- 
• The Nine Planets for Kids
• The Solar System - University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Wiggle Worm
(from The Classroom Boogie)

• Lyrics
• Buy the DVD to see how the dances are done
• Dances from the 60's - Sixties City