Penguin Movement Songs | Brain Breaks Gross Motor Body Parts | SPED Autism PreK

Penguins make everything more fun — and these two will have your whole class up, waddling, and shaking out the wiggles! This penguin movement set includes two song books set to familiar childhood tunes, building imitation, following directions, gross motor movement, and body-part vocabulary. They're perfect for circle time, movement breaks, and brain breaks — and each book comes with a puppet for prompting, so every student can join in.

📦 What's Included

• Book 1: "The Penguin Pokey" — a penguin twist on a childhood classic
• Book 2: "Head, Flippers, Belly, Feet" — another penguin take on a favorite sing-along
• Accompanying puppets for each book — use them to prompt students instead of (or alongside) the books
• Print, laminate/bind, and assemble for years of reuse

📖 Sample Text ("The Penguin Pokey")

"You put your right flipper in. You put your right flipper out.

You put your right flipper in--and you shake it all about.

You do the penguin pokey and you waddle all around--

That's what it's all about!"

📖 Sample Text ("Head, Flippers, Belly, Feet")

"Head, flippers, belly, feet--

Belly, feet!

Head, flippers, belly, feet--

Belly, feet!

Let's all waddle to the beat!

Head, flippers, belly, feet--

Belly, feet!"

📚 How to Use

• Sing and move through each book while students imitate the actions and name the penguin's body parts
• Use the puppets to prompt and model the movements
• Use as a brain break, movement break, or circle time activity
• Great for whole group, small group, 1:1, or therapy sessions
• A fun way to get the wiggles out and bring everyone back together

🎯 Skills Targeted

• Imitation skills (motor imitation)
• Gross motor movement and motor planning
• Following directions (multi-step)
• Body parts and body awareness (penguin parts)
• Music, singing, and participation
• Self-regulation (movement breaks)
• Listening and attending

💛 Perfect For

• Special education classrooms (SPED)
• Autism classrooms and ABA programs (imitation & motor skills)
• Occupational therapy, physical therapy, and adaptive PE
• Speech-language therapy (body parts, following directions, vocabulary)
• Preschool, PreK, and Kindergarten
• Circle time, movement breaks, and brain breaks
• Winter and penguin units, early childhood, ECSE, and homeschool

🌟 Why Teachers Love This Resource

• Two song books in one set — both set to beloved childhood tunes
• Puppets included for prompting and engagement
• Gets the whole class moving, singing, and participating together
• Builds gross motor, imitation, following directions, AND body-part vocabulary
• A joyful brain break and circle time favorite
• Reusable year after year once laminated

🐧 More hands-on winter and penguin activities:

• Hands-On Penguin Activities
• Hands-On Winter Activities
• Hands-On Polar Bear Activities

📚 Browse more: Complete Adapted Books Collection