Do you know what I can do?

Children will learn self help skills more quickly when they feel pride in being able to do things for
themselves. Do you know what I can do helps build the desire to become more independent in
dressing, eating,and grooming, and encourages a sense of fulfillment as these skills are learned.
After hearing the song, many children will be more eager to learn self help skills. You'll probably
even find some repeating the song's words: "I don't need any help. I can do it myself." For a
printableversion of the lyrics click here                

I'm here to ask the boys and girls about the animal parade
It's time to get in line, we're gonna march in time
To the animal parade
We'll march all around and put your feet apon the ground
And lift them up and down
We're gonna march all around to the march, marching sound
In the animal parade
We all are march, march, marching to the animal parade
We all are march, march, marching to the animal parade
We'll march all around lift our feet up and down!
We'll march with the animals, to the animal parade

First I'd like you all to meet and animal that jumps around
He likes to hang by his tail, through the air he will sail
But he'll land with his feet on the ground
Can you jump like a monkey, up and down all jumpy
Just be careful where you land
Can you jump like a monkey, if you think it's funny
Just be careful where you land
We all are jump, jump, jumping in the animal parade
We all are jump, jump, jumping in the animal parade
We'll jump like a monkey, up and down all jumpy
Jump like a monkey, in the animal parade

Have you ever met a turtle, he crawls along the ground
He moves so slow, you would hardly know
If he's really moving around
Can you do the turtle crawl? You hardly have to move at all
And don't you make a sound

Can you do the turtle crawl? You hardly have to move at all
Just crawl along the ground
We all are crawling in the animal parade
We all are crawling in the animal parade
We'll crawl like a turtle crawls, we'll hardly have to move at all
We'll crawl like a turtle in the animal parade

Now I'd like to introduce to you, a bird that flys up high
A song he sings as he spreads his wings as he flys up high in the sky
Can you fly like a bird, spread your arms out high
And fly up high in the sky
Can you fly like a bird, spread your arms out high
And fly, fly, fly
We all are flying in the animal parade
We all are flying in the animal parade
We'll fly like a bird can fly, high up in the sky
We'll fly like a bird, in the animal parade

Last we'll be a bunny he likes to hop, hop, hop, hop, hop
Sometimes he wrinkes his nose but what he likes to do most
Is hop hoppity hop hop hop
Can you hop like a bunny, you might think it's kind of funny You can hop, hop all the day long
But if you were a rabbit and you had that kind of habbit
You wouldn't think there's anything wrong
We all are hop, hop, hopping in the animal parade
We all are hop, hop, hopping in the animal parade
We hop like a bunny hops. Hop, hop, hoppity hop
Hop like a bunny, in the animal parade