Bedtime

Please can I go back to bed? Pretty please with sugar on top?

Whatever do you do if you wake up in the morning and all you want to do is go back to bed!


Well?
What do you do?


You go to bed of course!
But first, we need to have a bedtime bath...


Bath Time by Eileen Spinelli
OPL link


Oh dear, that was one FULL bathtub! Good thing mom know just what to do.
Ooooo - what cute little piggie toes you have my dear, what cute little piggie fingers you have too!


Piggies by Audrey Wood
(I do this as a fingerplay - it works wonderfully)
OPL link


Okay, time to get out and dry off.
Now what is it that we do?
You got it - we brush our teeth!


Brush Your Teeth
(I used a shark puppet to show some good teeth here!)
- check out the Raffi cd!
OPL link

When you wakeup in the mornin' at a quarter to one
and you want to have a little fun
You brush your teeth
chh, chh, chh, chh, cha, cha, cha, cha!

...two, and you just don't know what to do
...three, and want the biggest smile for me
...four, and someone's knockin' upon your door
...five, and you're so happy to be alive

Let me see those shiney clean teeth! Open wide!
Wow, I'm blinded! You all did a superb job brushing those teeth.
Now it's off to bed with some snuggy fuzzy pj's and a bedtime story.


Wide-Mouthed Frog by Faulkner
OPL link


Are you all snuggled in bed now?
Good.
You want more? How about a little song?


Slippery Fish

Slippery fish, slippery fish
- Slide palms backwards and forwards - slipping
Swimming through the water,
Slippery fish, slippery fish
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO! I've been eaten by an...
Octopus, Octopus,
- arms out and slowly waving up and down like an octopus

Swimming in the water,
Oh, Octopus, Octopus...
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO! I've been eaten by a...
Great big shark, great big shark
-arms open and shut from the elbow to the hands, fingers interlock when they meet for sharp teeth.

Swimming in the water
Great big shark, great big shark
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO! I've been eaten by a ...
Humongous whale, humongous whale
-arms open and shut in a huge 'whale-mouth' motion

Swimming in the water,
Humongous whale, humongous whale
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO!!! Oh ..
-look around, look...who ate it...

YOU ate it!
-look of utter surpise on your face as you gesture to a child


Speaking of Fish - I'm wanna kiss that little fish-fish face of yours!
Uh-oh, no kissing? Are you sure?


Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
OPL link


Five in the Bed
(I used a penguin, a shark, a frog, a pig, and for the little one - a hedgehog)

Five in the bed and the little one said,
Roll over, roll over
So they all rolled over and one fell out.
(puppets roll over and OFF the table/bed)


Hmmm.
Are you asleep yet?
No?
Me either.

(wait)

How about now?
Phoowy.
How long does it take to fall asleep?


Tick Tock

Tick tock
Tick tock
Tick tock
Goes my daddy's big clock.
(repeat)

But my mommy's little clock goes
tick tick tick tick tick!
(and TICKLE those kids!)

...repeat this one again, particularly if you see that it's new for a lot of the kids/parents

Are you out of bed little one?
You need a kiss?
Oh, how could we have forgotten a goodnight kiss!?


Kissy Kissy Baby

Kissy, Kissy, fingers,
Kissy, Kissy, toes,
Kissy, Kissy, baby,
On your kissy nose

I Love to kiss your fingers,
I Love to kiss your toes,
I Love to kiss my baby,
On your kissy nose!


Are you ready to go to sleep now?
No?
Why not?
Ah, you are afraid there is a monster.


Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Edward Emberley
(flannel board story or book)
OPL link


Now no more monsters!
Let's rub your back and sing a quiet song


Sleep My Treasure
Let's Play Music - a MUST musical program for your 4 to 5 year olds, IMHO
- now rock slowly back and forth, if mama or daddy are near, have them come rock their children...

Sleep my treasure,
Close to mother.
Hush my baby do,
To your cradle comes a moonbeam.
Shining just for you.

...repeat for a father verse


Good night now, sleep tight.

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More:

If Animals Kissed Good Night by Ann Paul
OPL link

Zoo Day

Zoo (Who Said Moo?) Day!
A Storytime for Preschool age and up

(Laptime version, click here)

Elephants, Hippos, Monkeys and More! Oh dear! Elephants, Hippos, Monkeys and More! Oh dear!

Yeah! The Zoo!

I LOVE the Zoo! Zebras, Peacocks, Penguins, Bears, Monkeys, Oh what else? What is your favorite?
~ask for kids to toss in some suggestions

Oh We're On The Way
Sing to 'On the Way to Grandpa's Farm' tune
Thanks Sheila N. for getting me started on this one!

~Bump up and down to the beat
Oh we're on the way, we're on the way
On the way to Hogle Zoo

Oh we're on the way, we're on the way
On the way to Hogle Zoo!
Down at the zoo
We'll see some big giant elephants
Down at the zoo
We'll see some big giant elephants
The elephants will go a lot like this:
~trumpet like an elephantThe elephants will go a lot like this:~trumpet like an elephant
Oh we're on the way, we're on the way
On the way to Hogle Zoo...

repeat with more made up verses:
The lions will go a lot like this:
~Rrraaaarrrrrr

The Monkeys will go a lot like this:
~eee eee eee eee

The whales will go a lot like this:
~Whale sounds

never mind that there isn't a whale at Hogle Zoo, we are suspending belief here for a few minutes it is STORY telling after all ;)


Listen.
Can you hear it?

It's the sound of the jungle!
It's animal music!


Jungle Sounds
Let's Play Music

Divide into 4 groups. This side, you are all the Elephants, next to you are the Lions. This other half, let's split you into the last 2 groups, Monkeys and Cicadas. Now here are your parts:

Elephants
- boom
Lions
- puh, puh
Monkeys
- eee, eee, eee, eee, eee,
Cicadas
- chi chi chi chi, chi chi chi chi


You've got the rhythm! Now go with it!

Aaa Eeee, Eeeea EeeeeEeeeaa Ma Ma, Ma Weh...


In the Jungle/
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
In the Jungle the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight.
In the jungle, the quiet jungle
The lion sleeps tonight.

A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh
A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh
A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A weema-weh
A-weema-weh A-weema weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh

Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight
Near the village, the quiet village
The lion sleeps tonight

A-weema-weh A-weema-weh....


Hmf, didn't I say HOGLE ZOO?
Did I say Disneyland? No? I thought not ;)
Back to our regular programming:

Now, at the HOGLE Zoo, I think there is a brand new elephant habitat! Let's go visit the elephants.


Elephant
Chant this or sing to the tune of  Here we go 'round the Mulberry Bush

An elephant goes like this and that
~swing arms like an elephant trunk

He's terribly big, and he's terribly fat
~round arms into 'big' and bigger

He walks on his fingers, and he walks on his toes
~ point to fingers and toes

And goodness gracious, what a NOSE!
~point to your nose then do the ASL sign for elephant


Your Nose by Sandra Boynton
(Blue Moo book CD)


Speaking of how perfect each and everyone of you are...


Monkey Face by Frank Asch
..unfortunately the book is out of print - see my somewhat altered Flannel story version


oooh, I hear thunder, is it going to rain??


Rain Song by Lezlie Evans


A Great Big Elephant
sing to the 'itsy bitsy spider' tune

A great big elephant~bend over walking and swinging arm for the elephant's trunk

Went out to play
Down came the rain
~flutter fingers down for rain

and then he couldn't stay
But up came the sun
~arms up, circle overhead for 'sun'

And dried up all the rain
And the great big elephant

Went out to play again
~bend over walking and swinging arm for the elephant's trunk


Did you see that big elephant?
It was squirting water out of it's nose!
Talk about making it rain!


One Elephant
By Sharon Lois and Bram
~this is a fun one to do a walking elephant chain - hold hands, pick up additional players as you count up
One elephant went out to play
On a spider's web one day
She had such enormous fun
That she called on another elephant to come

Two elephants went out to play
On a spider's web one day

Three elephants

Four elephants

Five elephants


Oh, look, it's a Hippo! Or is it a Rhino?


Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros? by Shel Silverstein


Hippo! No Rhino! by Jeff Newman


A Hippopotamus

A hip, a hip, a hippopotamus
Got up, got up, got up on a bus
And all the people on the bus said;
"Oh, you're squishing me"

A cow, a cow, got up on the bus
A cow, a cow, got up on the bus
And all the people on the bus said;
"Mooooooove over."

A snake, a snake, got up on the bus
A snake, a snake got up on the bus
And all the people on the bus said;
"Ssssssssit down"

A sheep, a sheep, got up on the bus
A sheep, a sheep, got up on the bus
And all the people on the bus said;
"Baaaaack up"


Enough with the elephants already. And HOW, may I ask, did we get a cow?
In any case, it's the monkeys I want to see now:

Shall be zookeepers and feed all the monkeys?

What do you think monkeys eat?
Hmmmm...

Bananas? Are you sure?

You really do think so?
But I thought bananas for were for kids!
No?



Bananas of the World Unite!
Amy's version / alternate ending

Bananas of the world unite!
~clap at 'unite'

Form banana, form form banana
Form banana, form form banana
~clasp hands together above your head

Peel banana, peel peel banana
Peel banana, peel peel banana~arms peel down from above your head

Shake banana, shake shake banana
Shake banana, shake shake banana~shake yourself
Go bananas, go go bananas
Go bananas, go go bananas
~go Crazy!!! Think like a 60's go go dancer, arms up and down, oh yeah baby!

Now, all my bananas...

SPLIT!
~at midline, hands go from together, fast to out to sides - think an umpire signaling 'safe' - unless you can do the splits, if you can, do the splits - wow, kudos to you!


Where did all our bananas go?

Those monkeys are sure putting up a racket, they sound pretty hungry.

(kids, I want you to pretend you are monkeys - eeh, eeh, eeh -scratch under arms, hop around)

Wow, really really hungry!

(thanks you all, you did that great!)

Hmm, we need some help or these monkeys will never get fed, come help me load some bananas...


Day O'
Banana Boat Loader's Song
Day-O, me say day-O
Daylight come and me wanna go home

Day-O, me say day-O
Daylight come and me wanna go home
I work all night from a quarter to one
Stack'n bananas 'till the mornin' come

Come Mister tally man, tally me banana
Daylight come and me wanna go home

Day-O, me say day-O
Daylight come and me wanna go home

One han' two han' three han' bunch
Four han' five han' six han' bunch
Day-O, me say day-O
Daylight come and me wanna go home

A lovely bunch o' ripe bananas
Hide the deadly black tarantula

So check them, check them, check them with caution
My back is breaking from pure exhaust'n

Day-O, me say day-O
Daylight come and me wanna go home

Six han' seven han' eight han' bunch
Nine han' ten han' eleven han' bunch
Day-O, me say day-O
Daylight come and me wanna go home

Day-O, me say day-O
Daylight come and me wanna go home!


Whew, what a lot of work, getting those bananas!

(kids, time to act like you are monkeys again!)

Okay okay, monkeys, hold yer shorts, we're a-comin' with yer bananas!

Oh boy, these are some demandin' monkeys.
You would think they didn't have any manners at all.
(wink)


Five Little Monkeys

Five little monkeys swinging in the tree
~fingers swing back and forth like monkeys in tree

Teasing Mr. Alligator,
Can't catch me, no, you can't catch me
~thumbs to sides of your head, waggle fingers in a 'nana na na na'

Then along came Mr. Alligator
~bring a hand from behind your back, sneaky, slithery, silently...

As quiet as quiet can be
And... SNAPPED
~'nab' one of your monkey fingers with the sneaky alligator

that monkey right out of that tree!

Four little monkeys swinging in a tree...

Three little

Two little

One little

No more monkeys
(Mr. Alligator has a FULL tummy!)

Now you see what happens to bad teasing little monkeys. Aha!
I know none of you would ever be so foolish though.

Whew, getting all those bananas, thinking of all that eating, it sure has made me hungry. Shall we sit down to eat? Come on everybody, it's eatin' time!


Sitting Down to Eat by Bill Harley
(check out the CD)


Did you get enough to eat?
Everything kind of blew up before I got a chance to take a single bite.

Hmm, where should we go now? Did I see an aquarium?

Back there, on the other side of the elephants, on the way to the food court? Why don't we start walking over there, check out the fish and then grab a bite to eat afterwards, sound good? Great!

Slippery Fish

Slippery fish, slippery fish
- Slide palms backwards and forwards - slipping

Swimming through the water,
Slippery fish, slippery fish
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO! I've been eaten by an...

Octopus, Octopus,
- arms out and slowly waving up and down like an octopus

Swimming in the water,
Oh, Octopus, Octopus...
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO! I've been eaten by a...

Great big shark, great big shark
-arms open and shut from the elbow to the hands, fingers interlock when they meet for sharp teeth.

Swimming in the water
Great big shark, great big shark
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO! I've been eaten by a ...

Humongous whale, humongous whale
-arms open and shut in a huge 'whale-mouth' motion

Swimming in the water,
Humongous whale, humongous whale
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO!!! Oh ..
-look around, look...who ate it...

YOU ate it!
-look of utter surpise on your face as you gesture to a child


Oh, they were animal crackers! I get it! Phew!
For a minute there I thought that you were just too hungry to wait!


Animal Crackers
sing to the tune of 99 bottles

Oh once I ate lion
And then a tall giraffe

But when I ate the elephant
He really made me laugh!

Now you might think I'm fooling
But I will tell you true

That they were animal crackers
And you can eat them too!


I'm so Hungry

I'm so hungry
I'm so hungry

Yes I am
Yes I am

I could eat a lion
Without even tryin'

Yum Yum Yum

(now continue, have kids suggest an animal and make up a rhyme to fit,
ie: horse, oh of course! giraffe, don't make me laugh! )

Time to say goodbye and good night, don't let the bed bugs bite!

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Need to convert this Storytime to a Laptime?
Use the fingerplays and songs, then add one of these books:

Banana! Ed Vere
OPL Link


Mommy, Carry Me Please! by Jane Cabrera
Animals sure have a lot of ways to carry their babies!
I know I wish I were a Kangaroo momma at times!

Are you getting tired? Is it naptime?

Quiet! by Paul BrightFrom Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
_____________________________

Need more? Try some more of my storytime favorites:


Edward the Emu by Sheena KnowlesEdwina the Emu by Sheena Knowles
Eeek!Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy RathmannGiraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae

Can You Teach a Hippo to Dance by Sandra Boynton
(Blue Moo book and CD)


Pssst! by Adam RexWild About Books by Judy SierraHippo-NOT-amus by Tony Payne


I Want to Be Your Personal Penguin by Sandra Boynton
(Blue Moo book and CD)
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OLDER ELEMENTARY & TEEN


Wolves by Emily Gravett


Rabbit Tango by Sandra Boynton
(Blue Moo book and CD)

Sea Shore Laptime Fun

Ocean Adventure Day!

Let's go on an adventure shall we? A pretend, make-believe day at the shore!

Have you got your mommy or daddy with you? This is an adventure for both of you to go on together. Are you holding hands?

Good! Let's go!

Take Me Out to the Ocean 
(Take Me Out to the Ballgame tune)

Take me out to the ocean
Take me out to the sea
There goes a starfish and sand dollar,
I'm having such fun,
I've just got to holler
Oh, it's swim, swim, swim, underwater
Catch a ride on a whale, don't fear,
For the sea animals are our friends,
Let's give a great big cheer!


Mr. Sun
from the Singable Songs Collection by Raffi

Oh, Mr. sun, sun, Mr. Golden sun
Please shine down on me...


Sand Wishes
One of my favorite wishes
Is to play in sand that squishes
To make a sand castle and sand cake
And leave them in the sun to bake
Will it feel good, do you suppose?
To squish the sand between my toes?

Consider bringing a bucket with a bit of sand in it for the kids to touch and feel. It would be great to have some shells and little plastic crab hidden in the sand for some kids to look for.

I Went to Nantucket
I went to Nantucket,
to fill my bucket with sand
 - mime putting sand in bucket

But a wave came ashore
 - sit back in surprise
Now woe is me,
-shake head, poor me

My bucket's gone off to sea
 - point off in the distance
No sand and no bucket no more 
- wave goodbye


The shore is such a magical place to be don't you think? Do you think magic happens here? Let's read and see...

Cinder-Eyed Cats by Eric Rohmann
OPL Link


Oh, it's HOT out here, let's go play in the water - got your lifejacket on? Good. Let's get in a boat!




Row Row Row Your Boat by Pippa Goodhart
- or just sing it without the book -
There is no copy of this at the Orem Library



 

Row Row Row Your Boat
Row Row Row Your Boat
- pretend oars
Gently out to sea
- keep rowing

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
- more rowing
Life is but a dream
- lay back and say 'ahhhh'(soaking up the sun)


This is the life! Sitting in a boat, rockin' in the waves, the sun is out and it's warm. Ahhhhh.
- lay back and look up, what do you see? Direct kids attention to the sky

  
Clouds


White sheep, white sheep,
On a blue hill,
When the wind stops.
You all stand still.

White sheep, white sheep,
On a blue hill,
When the wind blows, 
You walk away slow

White sheep, white sheep.
On a blue hill,
Oh do tell me,
Where do you go?


What is it that you see? I see, oh, there I think I see...

It Looked Like Spilt Milk  
by Charles Shaw
(I have made a flannel board story out of this book ~ perfect for Laptime or Storytime)

OPL Link






Let's go scuba diving! Got your mask? Got your fins?
(walk like you've got them on)

Got your air?
(noisy breathing, in out in out)

 Ready Set GO!

Splash-Aaaaaaaaa

Down down down... SPLASH-AAAAH


Bubble, Hop and Stop
One bubble, 2 bubbles, 3 bubbles, top.
-fingers count up, tap head once on 'top', pop up to standing

4 bubbles, 5 bubbles, 6 bubbles, hop
-fingers count up, then hop

7 bubbles, 8 bubbles, 9 bubbles, pop
-keep counting, clap hands at 'pop'

10 bubbles floating down, time to stop.
-sit down


Can you hear me?
-Burble burble Burble burble (pointer finger goes up and down rapidly over your lips as you talk - sounds the same as if you were to stand in front of a fan and talk

Wow, things sure sound funny under the water, don't they. This is fishie talk. Look, over there!

Slippery Fish

Slippery fish, slippery fish 
- Slide palms backwards and forwards - slipping
Swimming through the water,

Slippery fish, slippery fish
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp! 
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO! I've been eaten by an...

Octopus, Octopus,
- arms out and slowly waving up and down like an octopus
Swimming in the water,

Oh, Octopus, Octopus...
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO! I've been eaten by a...

Great big shark, great big shark
 -arms open and shut from the elbow to the hands, fingers interlock when they meet for sharp teeth.
Swimming in the water

Great big shark, great big shark
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp! 
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO! I've been eaten by a ...

Humongous whale, humongous whale
-arms open and shut in a huge 'whale-mouth' motion
 
Swimming in the water,

Humongous whale, humongous whale
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp! 
-hands to face, dismay, surprise, shock

Oh, NO!!! Oh ..
-look around, look...who ate it...
 
YOU ate it!
 -look at utter surprise on your face as you gesture to a child


If You Ever, Ever, Never 
(if you have a whale puppet have a child hold it for the song)

If you ever, ever, ever, met a whale, whale, whale
~ wag your finger back and forth in a no-no signal, while your head turns back and forth the opposite way

You must never, never, never touch its tail, tail, tail, tail

For if you ever, ever, ever, touch its tail, tail, tail
 ~ do the wag thing, but then point to 'tail'

You will never, never, never, meet another whale, whale, whale
 ~ go back to doing the wag thing, then hands out, palms up, shrug - oh well.


Once I Caught a Fish Alive

1,2,3,4,5!
Once I caught a fish alive
6,7,8,9,10!
Then I let him go again

Why did you let him go?
Because he bit my finger so
~shrug shoulders

Which finger did he bite?
The little finger on the right!
~oh dear, show your poor pinky finger

Baby Fish

Baby fish do do do dododo
-pinch fingers, open shut, open shut
Baby fish do do do dododo
-repeat
Mommy fish do do do dododo
-open and shut fingers to thumb
Mommy fish do do do dododo
repeat

Daddy fish do do do daddyda
-open, shut both hands, wrists together
Daddy fish do do do daddyda
-repeat
Giant whale ba ba ba duddyda
-open, shut arms out wide! 
Giant whale ba ba ba duddyda.
Daddadum!


Five Little Fishies
from Carly
 
Five little fishies swimming in the sea 
- fingers swimming like fishies

Teasing Mrs. Octopus,
Can't catch me, can't catch me
- while saying this, make burbling bubble sounds with other hand and mouth

Then along came Mrs. Octopus,
As quiet as can be...
- bring other hand slowly swimming like an octopus from behind back

And SNAPPED that fishie right out of the sea!
- snap at one finger on the fishy hand and then put that finger down

Four little fishies swimming in the sea...


Three Little Fishies
Down in the meadow in a little bitty pool
Swam two little fishies and a mama fishy too
Swim, said the mama fishy,
Swim if you can
And they swam and they swam all over the dam

Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Wat-tem Choo!
- repeat 2x

And they swam and they swam all over the dam
Stop, said the mama fishy,
Or you will get lost
The two little fishies didn't want to be bossed
The two little fishies went off on a spree
They swam & they swam right out to the sea

Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Wat-tem Choo!
- repeat 2x

Whee! yelled the little fishies,
Here's a lot of fun,
We'll swim in the sea till the day is done
They swam & they swam, it was a lark,
Til all of a sudden they saw a shark!

Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Wat-tem Choo!
- repeat 2x

Help! cried the little fishies,
Gee, look at all the whales!
And quick as they could, they turned on their tails
And back to the pool in the meadow they swam,
And they swam & they swam back over the dam

Boop Boop Dittem Dattem Wat-tem Choo!
- repeat 2x


Have you ever wondered what all those fishies do besides swim and eat?
They dance! What kind of dance do you ask? Let's see...

WHEW! Time to go home and go to bed, but first, a bedtime story:



Rub a Dub Sub by Linda Ashman
(this book ends perfectly for bringing everyone back 'home' from our adventure)
OPL Link





What an adventure! Oh my, I think you left something in the tub!




I Had a Little Turtle
I had a little Turtle
- one hand on top of other, thumbs out and wiggling for legs
His name was Tiny Tim
I put him in the bathtub
 - hand turtle swims up and down
To see if he could swim

He drank up all the water
- ASL sign for water - 3 fingers tap chin

He ate up all the soap
- head to hand, testing forehead for temperature
And now he's sick in bed with a bubble in his throat!
 - point to throat

hiccup!
- oops, surprised look

Big- hands form a bubble in front of mouth

Bigger
- bubble grows

Biggest....
- bubble is HUGE now.... anticipate it, turn your head, eyes dart to the bubble, it's gonna...

POP!
- clap hands together


We Clap Our Hands
We clap our hands and wave good bye, bye bye
-clap and wave as directed

We clap our hands and wave bye bye

Bye bye

Goodbye for now kiddos and remember to be safe!

_____________________

Need to extend this Laptime into a Storytime?

More Ideas Books & Links to explore this theme:

The Waves on the Sea
 ~to the tune 'The Wheels on the Bus'

(Using a blue blanket, have all the kids hold the edges and wave it up and down. Toss in a puppet or stuffed animal as you sing until you have a 'sea' of creatures! )
BIG thanks go to Danielle for finding this one!

The Waves on the Sea splash up and down
Up and down, up and down
The Waves on the Sea go up and down
All along the shore

... the fish in the sea go up and down
...repeat for other sea creatures like whale, dolphin, octopus, jellyfish etc.

Wading Song
(Battle Hymn of the Republic tune)

She waded in the water and she got her feet all wet,
-where are your feet kids?

She waded in the water and she got her feet all wet,
She waded in the water and she got her feet all wet,
But she didn't get her bathing suit wet, yet!

-She waded in the water and she got her knees all wet,
-pointing to knees -
She waded in the water and she got her legs all wet,
-tap thighs -
She waded in the water and she finally got her bathing suit wet!
Time to go out in the water, but I really don't want to get completely wet yet, either!


Fishin' Song
 this is a physically challenging game; a tongue twister for the body!

Have you ever gone fishin' 
-cast a fishing pole
On a bright 'n sunny day
-arms up in a circle for the sun
With all the little fishies
swimmin' up and down the bay 
- put hands together and move like fish
With your hands in your pockets
- hands to your pockets
And your pockets in your pants
- hands slap your hips
All the little fishies do the hoochy coochy dance
- arms up, fingers point to the sky, pump arms up and down as you turn in a circle

BaDa DaDa Da BaDa DaDa
 - keep dancing
BaDa DaDa Da BaDa DaDa
With your hands in your pockets
- hands to your pockets  
And your pockets in your pants
-hands slap your hips 
All the little fishies do the hoochy coochy dance
-repeat dance moves


To the Beach by Linda Ashman
OPL Link








 
Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
OPL Link

 
Big Al by Andrew Clements
OPL Link







Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by Ken Geist
 (I LOVE doing the shark with Bruce's voice - from Finding Nemo)
Not available at Orem Library






 

There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Trout by Teri Sloat
OPL Link

 




 
Mermaid Dreams by Mark Sperring
Not available at OPL
 






Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea by Jan Peck
OPL Link





also, check out the Kindernature site for even MORE ideas!


Ocean Fun printable handout, click here