Music and Movement Song Ideas

Tana Jimenez, PT, MPT

I know  that a lot of you are finding yourselves in a situation where you need to be providing Telehealth PT services.  To help make your sessions fun and productive and to give some HEP ideas, here is a list of songs to help promote gross and fine motor skils.  They also help with development of imitation skills, following directions, and body awareness.

Gross Motor

• “Animal Action” by Greg and Steve/Kids In Motion
• “Bounce” by the Imagination Movers
• “Can You Do It?” by the Imagination Movers
• “Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)” by the Wiggles
• “Chicken Dance”
• “Clap Your Hands” by Old Town School of Folk Music
• “Dance Kung Fu” by the Imagination Movers
• “Do the Monkey” by the Wiggles
• “Do the Propeller” by the Wiggles
• “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” by Super Simple Songs
• “Hot Potato/Fruit Salad” by the Wiggles
• “If You're Happy and You Know It” by Super Simple Songs
• “Mover Music” by the Imagination Movers
• “Say the Dance, Do the Dance” by The Wiggles
• “Shakable You” by the Imaginaion Movers
• “Shake my Sillies Out” by Raffi
• “The Hokey Pokey” by Ray Anthony
• “The Shimmie Shake” by The Wiggles
• “We are the Dinosaurs” by Laurie Berkner

Fine Motor/Fingerplay

• “Baby Shark” by PINKFONG
• “BINGO” (The KidZup Toddler Tunes version is my favorite)

• “Open, Shut Them” by Turtle Interactive
• “Put Your Finger in the Air” by Rainbow Songs
• “Slippery Fish” by Kinder Tunes (please excuse the grammatical error in the song!)
• “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” by Patty Shukla
• “Wheels on the Bus” by Old Town School of Folk Music

To Purchase, please use the following affiliate links to help me earn money to buy therapy supplies for my low-income patients:

• Greg and Steve Kids in Motion
• Imagination Movers In a Big Warehouse
• Imagination Movers Rock-O-Matic
• Kidzup Best Toddler Tunes
• Laurie Berkner The Best of The Laurie Berkner Band
• Old Town School of Folk Music featured on Bloodshot Records: Fun For All Ages Sampler
• Patty Shukla Nursery Rhymes with Patty
• Raffi The Best Of
• Ray Anthony featured on One Hit Wonders of Pop Radio
• The Wiggles The Best Of