21 Interactive Movement Songs for Toddlers That Are Actually Nice To Listen To
My kids love to move! Levi points at the Google Hub almost every day and starts bobbing up and down to tell me he’s ready to dance. The problem is most kids songs are not exactly enjoyable to listen to. This sent me on a quest to find songs that I actually enjoyed dancing and moving with them to! Here are 21 of our favorites.
1. Run Baby Run by Caspar Babypants
This is probably our all time favorite movement song! It usually results in Oak asking me to chase him round and round the island.
2. When a Big Fat Hippopotomos is Yawning by Sara Barchas
We love yawning like a hippopotamus, reaching like a giraffe, swinging like a monkey, and more!
3. Shake Your Sillies Out by Andy Mason or Raffi
Shake your sillies out, clap your crazies out, jump your jiggles out, yawn your sleepies out, and wiggle your waggles away with this fun song.
4. Bean Bag Rock by Georgiana Stewart
Grab a bean bag and get ready to shake cause you’re doing the bean bag rock!
5. Jump Like a Kangaroo by Sarah Barchas
We love animal movement songs! This is another great animal movement song with lots of different animals.
6. Hands Are for Clapping by Jim Gill
Learn about ways you can use all your different body parts with this silly song. Hands are for clapping, toes are for tapping, fingers are for snapping, and teeth are for brushing.
7. How Many Ways? by Georgiana Stewart
Improving balance with this fun song about different ways to carry a bean bag.
8. Silly Dance Contest by Jim Gill
9. Drivin in my Car by Ralph’s World
10. Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Julie Frost
11. Little Red Caboose by Lisa Loeb & Elizabeth Mitchell
We like to make a train and toot toot around the room.
12. I’m Me! by Charlie Hope
Make animal sounds
13. Here Comes the Fire Truck by Super Simple Songs
14. Walking, Walking by Julie Frost
15. Silly Dance Contest by Jim Gill
16. Rattle, Rattle, Rattle and a Shake, Shake, Shake by Sara Barchas
17. If I Had a Pony by Sarah Barchas
18. I Like To Move It by will.i.am
19. Pass the Bean Bag by Georgiana Stewart
20. Who’s Got the Bean Bag? by Georgiana Stewart
21. Caterpillar Caterpillar by Kira Willey
I hope you have some fun with these movement songs! You can also find this list of songs on my YouTube playlist here.