Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”
Book: If I Had an Octopus by Gabby Dawnay, illustrated by Alex Barrow
Puppet Song: “Octopus (Slippery Fish)” – Charlotte Diamond: 10 Carrot Diamond
Book: Bob’s Rock by Ann Hassett and John Hassett
Flannel Song: “Bingo” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You
Book: My Bus by Byron Barton
Song: “The Wheels on the Bus”
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”
Book: Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
Song: “The Butterflies in the Yard” (Tune: “The Wheels On the Bus”)
The caterpillars are wriggling around, (Wriggle around)
Wriggling around, wriggling around.
The caterpillars are wriggling around,
All around the yard.
Additional verses:
The caterpillars are building a cocoon… (Roll into a ball)
The butterflies are flying around… (Fly around)
Book: Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horáček
Song: “There’s a Tiny Caterpillar On a Leaf” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle, wiggle, (Wiggling action)
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle, wiggle,
There’s a tiny caterpillar, there’s a tiny caterpillar,
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle, wiggle.
Additional verses:
There’s a big, fat caterpillar on a leaf, munch, munch… (Munching action)
There’s a pretty butterfly on a leaf, flutter, flutter… (Fluttering action)
Song: “Butterfly Song” – David Landau: Rocket to the Moon
Puppet Show: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Book: Puffin Peter by Petr Horáček
Song: “The Ocean Song” (Tune: “Do Your Ears Hang Low?”)
Oh, the ocean is great and the ocean is grand. (put your arms out wide)
There are lots of tall ships and very little land. (hands together up, and then down)
And we sleep down deep in a hammock near the floor (snuggle into your hammock)
And this is what we do when we go out the door: (open up a door)
We ride the waves up, we ride the waves down (rollercoaster arms up and down)
We ride the waves up, we ride the waves down (or stand up and down)
We ride the waves up, we ride the waves down (or lift your baby up and down)
And we turn around. (roll your hands around each other)
(Credit: Jbrary)
Book: I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
Song: “An Orca Whale” (Tune: “Ram Sam Sam”)
An orca whale, an orca whale, (arm waves across body like whale in waves)
Little sea scallops, (hands open and close like a shell)
And an orca whale.
An orca whale, an orca whale,
Little sea scallops,
And an orca whale.
Sea otter, sea otter, (fists beat on chest)
Little sea scallops, and an orca whale.
Sea otter, sea otter,
Little sea scallops, and an orca whale.
(Credit: Jbrary)
Flannel: “Five Whales in the Bathtub”
One whale in a bathtub, going for a swim.
Knock, knock, splash, splash, come on in!
Repeat, counting up to five whales:
Five whales in a bathtub, going for a swim.
Knock, knock, splash, splash, they all fell in!
Song: “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” – Joanie Bartels: Bathtime Magic
Book with Puppets: Tanka Tanka Skunk! by Steve Webb
Opening Song (virtual only): “Wave Everybody and Say Hello” (Tune: “Skip To My Lou”)
Wave everybody and say hello,
Wave everybody and say hello,
Wave everybody and say hello.
How are you today?
(Repeat with: splash, Arr!)
Opening Song (outdoor only): “Bread and Butter”
Book: The Skeleton Pirate by David Lucas
Song: “Creatures of the Sea” (Tune: “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”)
We’re the creatures of the sea,
The ocean is our home.
And in the seas there lives a whale
Who loves to play and roam.
With a spout spout here and a spout spout there.
Here a spout, there a spout,
Everywhere a spout, spout.
We’re the creatures of the sea,
The ocean is our home.
Additional verses:
Fish – swish swish
Crab – pinch pinch
Seal – bark bark
Octopus – wibble wobble
Book: Dinosaur Pirates! by Penny Dale
Action Song: “If You’re a Pirate and You Know It” (Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
If you’re a pirate and you know it, swab the deck. (swish, swish)
If you’re a pirate and you know it, swab the deck. (swish, swish)
If you’re a pirate and you know it, then you’ll hear the sea winds blowin’.
If you’re a pirate and you know it, swab the deck. (swish, swish)
Additional verses:
Walk the plank (stomp, stomp)
Say ahoy! (Ahoy!)
(Credit: King County Library System)
Book: Monsters in the Briny by Lynn Becker, illustrated by Scott Brundage
Book: Also an Octopus by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illustrated by Benji Davies
Song: “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom”
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
If you want to take a trip
climb aboard my rocket ship.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,
Blast off!
(Credit: Jbrary)
Song: “You Are My Sunshine” (with ukulele)
Flannel: “Bookworm, Bookworm”
Bookworm, bookworm, hiding in a book
Bookworm, bookworm, where should we look?
Bookworm, are you in the (insert color) book?
Repeat until the bookworm is found.
(Credit: Itsy Bitsy Mom)
Book: Show the World! by Angela Dalton, illustrated by Daria Peoples
Song: “This Is the Way We Stir the Paint”
This is the way we stir the paint, stir the paint, stir the paint
This is the way we stir the paint so early in the morning.
Additional verses:
Dip our brush
Paint the paper
Frame the picture
(Credit: Storytime Katie)
Song: “If You’re Happy and You Know It” – Imaginary creature edition
If you’re a dragon and you know it, blow some fire…
If you’re a unicorn and you know it, prance around…
If you’re a monster and you know it, show your teeth…
If you’re a mermaid and you know it, swish your tail…
Book: Off-Limits by Helen Yoon
Song: “I’m a Little Teapot”
I’m a little teapot
Short and stout.
Here is my handle,
Here is my spout.
When I get all steamed up,
Hear me shout,
“Tip me over and pour me out!”
Song: “All the Fish” – Sue Schnitzer: Wiggle and Whirl, Clap and Nap
Verses:
All the fish are swimming in the water…
All the ducks are quacking in the water…
All the frogs are hopping in the water…
All the alligators are snapping in the water…
All the seagulls are flying over the water…
All the children are swimming in the water…
Book: Toy Boat by Randall de Sève, illustrated by Loren Long
Song: “My Big Blue Boat” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
I love to row in my big blue boat, (Pretend to row)
Big blue boat, big blue boat.
I love to row in my big blue boat
Out on the deep blue sea.
My big blue boat has two white sails, (Raise arms above head and wave)
Two white sails, two white sails.
My big blue boat has two white sails
Out on the deep blue sea.
My big blue boat goes up and down, (Bend knees)
Up and down, up and down.
My big blue boat goes up and down
Out on the deep blue sea.
My big blue boat goes side to side, (Sway from right to left)
Side to side, side to side.
My big blue boat goes side to side
Out on the deep blue sea.
My big blue boat rocks back and forth, (Rock forward and back)
Back and forth, back and forth.
My big blue boat rocks back and forth
Out on the deep blue sea.
My big blue boat turns round and round, (Turn in a circle)
Round and round, round and round.
My big blue boat turns round and round
Out on the deep blue sea.
So, come for a row in my big blue boat, (Pretend to row)
My big blue boat, my big blue boat.
So come for a row in my big blue boat
Out on the deep blue sea.
Book with Movement: Boats on the Bay by Jeanne Walker Harvey, illustrated by Grady McFerrin
Rhyme: “Motorboat, Motorboat”
Motorboat, motorboat, go so slow, (Move arms in a circle slowly or lie on back and bicycle legs)
Motorboat, motorboat, go so fast, (Move arms in a circle fast or move legs)
Motorboat, motorboat, push on the gas!
VROOOOOM!
(Repeat rhyme)
Flannel: “5 Sailboats” (Tune: “Five Little Ducks”)
5 sailboats went out one day (Hold up 5 fingers)
Over the waves and far away. (Move hand up and down)
With the wind they did begin to rock, (Lean side to side)
And 1 sailboat returned to dock.
(Repeat until there are no sailboats left.)
Song: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Songs for Wiggleworms
Book with Puppets: Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen
Opening Song: “Bread and Butter”
Book: Is it a Mermaid? by Candy Gourlay, illustrated by Francesca Chessa
Song: “Octopus (Slippery Fish)” – Charlotte Diamond: 10 Carrot Diamond
Book: Mermaids Fast Asleep by Robin Riding, illustrated by Zoe Persico
Song: “The Waves in the Ocean” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The waves in the ocean go up and down,
Up and down, up and down.
The waves in the ocean go up and down,
All day long!
Additional verses:
The clams go open and shut
The sharks go snap, snap, snap
The fish go swim, swim, swim
The mermaids in the ocean go twirl, twirl, twirl
(Credit: Miss Sarah’s Storytime)
Book: Five Little Mermaids by Sunny Scribens, illustrated by Barbara Vagnozzi
Song: “Baby Shark” – Pinkfong
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Book: Little Houses by Kevin Henkes, illustrated by Laura Dronzek
Song with cards: “Going to the Beach” (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
I’m going to the beach,
I’m going to the beach!
I think I’ll see a (say a beach item) there,
I’m going to the beach.
Repeat with other beach items.
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Book: Beach Feet by Kiyomi Konagaya, illustrated by Masamitsu Saito, translated by Yuki Kaneko
Song: “Little Red Wagon” – Old Town School of Folk Music: Wiggleworms Love You
Flannel (virtual only): “Five Little Sandcastles”
Five little sandcastles built by the shore,
Along came a wave and WHOOSH!
there were four.
Four little sandcastles built by you and me,
Along came a wave and WHOOSH!
there were three.
Three little sandcastles built by me and you,
Along came a wave and WHOOSH!
there were two.
Two little sandcastles built in the sun,
Along came a wave and WHOOSH!
there was one.
One little sandcastle built just for fun,
Along came a wave and WHOOSH!
there were none.
(Credit: Story Tree)
Book (outdoor only): Jules vs. the Ocean by Jessie Sima
Book (virtual only): Hide and Seek Harry At the Beach by Kenny Harrison
Song: “The Waves in the Sea” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The waves in the sea go up and down,
Up and down, up and down.
The waves in the sea go up and down,
All day long.
The sharks in the sea go snap, snap, snap,
Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap.
The sharks in the sea go snap, snap, snap,
All day long.
The fish in the sea go swish, swish, swish,
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish.
The fish in the sea go swish, swish, swish,
All day long.
The boats on the sea go toot, toot, toot,
Toot, toot, toot, toot, toot, toot.
The boats on the sea go toot, toot, toot,
All day long.
The crabs in the sea go back and forth,
Back and forth, back and forth.
The crabs in the sea go back and forth,
All day long.
The jellyfish in the sea go wibble, wobble, wibble,
Wibble, wobble, wibble, wibble, wobble, wibble.
The jellyfish in the sea go wibble, wobble, wibble,
All day long.
Book (virtual only): Beach Baby by Laurie Elmquist, illustrated by Elly MacKay
Book (outdoor only): There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell! by Lucille Colandro, illustrated by Jared Lee
Song (outdoor only): “Baby Shark” – Pinkfong
Opening Song:
If you’re ready for a story swim around,
If you’re ready for a story swim around,
If you’re ready for a story, if you’re ready for a story,
If you’re ready for a story swim around.
Additional verses:
Eat some kelp cakes
Cuddle a cuttlefish
Book: The Octonauts and the Growing Goldfish by Meomi
Flannel: “Octonauts in the Bathtub”
One Octonaut in the bathtub,
Going for a swim.
Knock, knock.
Splash, splash.
Come on in!
Repeat with other Octonauts until you get to five.
Song: “The Octonauts in the Sea” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The octonauts in the sea go
Swim, swim, swim,
Swim, swim, swim,
Swim, swim, swim,
The octonauts in the sea go
Swim, swim, swim
All day long!
Additional verses:
The fish in the sea go swish, swish, swish
The octopus in the sea goes squiggle, squiggle, squiggle
The sharks in the sea go chomp, chomp, chomp
The crabs in the sea go open and shut
Book: Octonauts and the Scary Spookfish by Meomi
Song: “Have You Ever Seen a Gup E?” (Tune: “Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?”)
Have you ever seen a Gup E, a Gup E, a Gup E,
Have you ever seen a Gup E
Diving down deep?
Diving this way and that way
And that way and this way,
Have you ever seen a Gup E diving down deep?
Have you ever seen a Gup G, a Gup G, a Gup G,
Have you ever seen a Gup G
Rocking back and forth?
Rock this way and that way
And that way and this way,
Have you ever seen a Gup G rocking back and forth?
Song: “Slippery Fish”
Slippery fish, slippery fish, sliding through the water,
Slippery fish, slippery fish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by an…
Octopus, octopus, squiggling in the water,
Octopus, octopus, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a…
Tuna fish, tuna fish, flashing in the water,
Tuna fish, tuna fish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a…
Great white shark, great white shark, lurking in the water,
Great white shark, great white shark, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a…
Humongous whale, humongous whale, spouting in the water,
Humongous whale, humongous whale,
Gulp! Gulp! Gulp! …BURP!
(Cover your mouth.) Excuse me!
(Credit: Storytime Katie)
Opening Song (with puppet):
If you’re ready for a story say oink oink,
If you’re ready for a story say oink oink,
If you’re ready for a story, if you’re ready for a story,
If you’re ready for a story say oink oink.
Additional verses:
Stomp your hooves
Jump in the mud
Book: I Can Be Anything! by Annie Auerbach, illustrated by Eone
Puppet Song: “Pig on Her Head” – Laurie Berkner: Buzz Buzz
Book: Peppa Visits the Aquarium by Meredith Rusu
Song: “Peppa Pig, Peppa Pig Turn Around” (Tune: “Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around”)
Peppa Pig, Peppa Pig turn around
Peppa Pig, Peppa Pig touch the ground
Peppa Pig, Peppa Pig reach up high
Peppa Pig, Peppa Pig eat a mud pie
Peppa Pig, Peppa Pig touch your nose
Peppa Pig, Peppa Pig touch your toes
Peppa Pig, Peppa Pig pat your knees
Peppa Pig, Peppa Pig sit down please
Flannel: “Five Pigs So Squeaky Clean” (Tune: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”)
Five pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest you’ve ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play (in the mud!)
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a big THUD
Then there were four clean squeaky pigs. (Oink! Oink!)
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Book: Peppa Goes to the Zoo
Song: “I’m a Little Piggy” (Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little piggy,
Short and stout,
Here are my ears,
And here is my snout,
When I see the yummy
Food in my pail,
I oink, oink, oink and wiggle my tail!
(Credit: Santa Clara City Library)
