Let’s get hopping! Put on your bunny ears and do the Easter Bunny Hop.
Say to your students, Let’s pretend to be Easter Bunnies. Look at this picture. What do we need to look like the Easter Bunny? An Easter Bunny has . . . .
Students may say, such as two long ears, two big feet, a bunny tail, bunny paws, bunny whiskers, and a bunny nose. This song teaches ears, feet, tail, tummy, and whole self as well as the directional movements in, out, around. Students have a lot of fun jumping and shaking. There’s a slow version, then a fast one.
Make a circle with students. Sing Let’s Make A Circle. (Click here for this song.)
Practice these movements with your students.
Say, Show me your Easter Bunny ears.
Put your bunny ears in. Put your bunny ears out.
Let’s shake our Easter Bunny ears.
Jump like a bunny. Then, turn around and say, Happy Easter!
Click here to watch a few of my former students dancing parts of this song for you. Enjoy!
Easter Bunny Hop
Words by Kathy Kampa, Music Hokey Pokey
on Kathy Kampa’s Special Days and Holidays, available through iTunes
Slowly: You put your bunny ears in.
You put your bunny ears out.
You put your bunny ears in. And you shake them all about.
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake!
Jump like a bunny. Jump, jump, jump!
Turn around and shout! Happy Easter!
Then sing quickly . . .
You put your bunny ears in.
You put your bunny ears out.
You put your bunny ears in. And you shake them all about.
Shake, shake, shake! (* three shakes!)
Jump like a bunny. Jump, jump, jump!
Turn around and shout! Happy Easter!
Repeat each verse slowly, then quickly with these body parts.
2. You put your bunny feet in.
3. You put your bunny tail in.
4. You put your bunny tummy in.
5. You put your whole self in.
The studio version of this song can be found on iTunes on Kathy Kampa’s Special Days and Holidays, track #7. Click here to take you there!
For more ideas, my Pinterest page has a collection of easy Easter crafts and activities. 
Kathy Kampa is a passionate educator of young learners. She seeks to nurture children’s imaginations and spark creativity through fun and engaging activities. Kathy believes that music and movement should be a part of every young child’s learning.
Kathy is the co-author of Magic Time, Everybody Up, Oxford Discover, and Beehive (published by Oxford University Press). She has been teaching young learners in Tokyo, Japan for over 30 years. Kathy is also active as a teacher trainer, inspiring teachers around the world. She has currently returned to her home state of Minnesota in the US.
If you’re interested in more of Kathy’s work, check out her YouTube channel at Kathy Kampa.
Jump Jump Everyone, Kathy’s second album, is filled with many happy songs that have grown in my young learner classroom. The songs encourage children to move. Many songs link to classroom content. Children can dance like falling leaves, bloom like a spring flower, move through the butterfly life cycle . . . . you’ll find LOTS of fun and magic in this album.
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