“Herman the Worm” is a popular children’s camp song filled with silly, fun movements. This favorite kid’s song also teaches counting, vocabulary and sequencing. Enjoy this adventure of an adorable worm that your children will want to watch time and time again.
HERMAN THE WORM ℗© Copyright Monopoli/The Learning Station
(Sing along and follow the movements.)
I was sittin’ on a fencepost slapping on my left knee, chewing on my bubble gum, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp, playing with my yo-yo, do op, do op, do op do op, and watching the birds fly by. And then along came Herman the Worm and he was this big. (Hold fingers up to show about an inch)
I asked, “Herman, what happened?” and he said, “I swallowed one grape”.
I was sittin’ on a fencepost slapping on my left knee, chewing on my bubble gum, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp, playing with my yo-yo, do op, do op, do op do op, and watching the birds fly by. And then along came Herman the Worm and he was this big. (Hold hands up to show about 5 inches)
I asked, “Herman, what happened?” and he said, “I swallowed two apples”.
I was sittin’ on a fencepost slapping on my left knee, chewing on my bubble gum, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp, playing with my yo-yo, do op, do op, do op do op, and watching the birds fly by. And then along came Herman the Worm and he was this big. (Hold hands up to show about 12 inches)
I asked, “Herman, what happened?” and he said, “I swallowed three grapefruits”.
I was sittin’ on a fencepost slapping on my left knee, chewing on my bubble gum, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp, playing with my yo-yo, do op, do op, do op do op, and watching the birds fly by. And then along came Herman the Worm and he was this big. (Hold hands up to show about 3 feet)
I asked, “Herman, what happened?” and he said, “I swallowed four cantaloupes”.
I was sittin’ on a fencepost slapping on my left knee, chewing on my bubble gum, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp, playing with my yo-yo, do op, do op, do op do op, and watching the birds fly by. And then along came Herman the Worm and he was this big. (Hold arms out as wide up to as you can.)
I asked, “Herman, what happened?” and he said, “I swallowed five watermelons”.
I was sittin’ on a fencepost slapping on my left knee, chewing on my bubble gum, chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp, playing with my yo-yo, do op, do op, do op do op, and watching the birds fly by. And then along came Herman the Worm and he was this big. (Hold fingers up to show about an inch)
I asked, “Herman, what happened?” and he said, “I burped!”.
I love that silly little worm!