Ocean Adventure Day!
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...
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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...
by Charles Shaw
(I have made a flannel board story out of this book ~ perfect for Laptime or Storytime)
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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)
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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!
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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 AshmanOPL Link
Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
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Big Al by Andrew Clements
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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
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Mermaid Dreams by Mark Sperring
Not available at OPL
Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea by Jan Peck
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also, check out the Kindernature site for even MORE ideas!
Ocean Fun printable handout, click here
