There was an Old Man

Activity Instructions:

Sing song to children with puppet.

There was an old man who lived in a shoe
With so many children, he didn’t know what to do;
he didn’t know what to do – oh no;
There was an old man who lived in a shoe
With so many children, he didn’t know what to do;
he didn’t know what to do – oh no;
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the shoe he figured out what to do

There was old man who lived in a hat
With so many children he didn’t know where they were at
he didn’t know where they were at – oh no!
There was old man who lived in a hat
With so many children he didn’t know where they were at
he didn’t know where they were at – oh no!
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the hat he figured out where they were at

There was an old man who lived in a sock
With so many children it gave him quite a shock
it gave him quite a shock – oh no!
There was an old man who lived in a sock
With so many children it gave him quite a shock
it gave him quite a shock – oh no!
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the sock he got over his shock

There was an old man who lived in a pocket
With so many children his family knew how to rock it!
his family knew how to rock it – oh yeah!
There was an old man who lived in a pocket
With so many children his family knew how to rock it!
his family knew how to rock it – oh yeah!
So many children
So much fun
Laugh and play ‘til the day is done
The man in the pocket – his family could really rock it!

The man in the shoe – he figured out what to do
The man in the hat – figured out where his kids were at
The man in the sock – he got over his shock
The man in the pocket – he and his family, they knew how to rock it.