Book: The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen, illustrated by Dan Hanna
Song: “The Goldfish” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito
Book: Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins
Song: “All the Fish” – Sue Schnitzer: Wiggle and Whirl, Clap and Nap
Book: Fish and Frog (big book, stories 1 and 3) by Lydia Michelle Knudsen, illustrated by Valeria Petrone
Song: “Baby Shark”
Song: “Jumping and Counting” – Jim Gill: The Irrational Anthem
Sign Language: swim, fish
Book: Five Little Mermaids by Sunny Scribens
Song: “Let’s Tap Our Feet Together” (Tune: “The More We Get Together”)
Let’s tap our feet together, together, together
Let’s tap our feet together because it’s fun to do.
Additional verses:
Clap our hands
Touch our nose
Touch our ears
Rhyme: I’m a Little Cuckoo Clock
Tick tock, tick tock
I’m a little cuckoo clock
Tick tock, tick tock
It’s one o’clock!
CUCKOO!
Tick tock, tick tock
I’m a little cuckoo clock
Tick tock, tick tock
It’s two o’clock!
CUCKOO! CUCKOO!
(Credit: Mel’s Desk)
Book: Mermaids Fast Asleep by Robin Riding
Song/Flannel: “One Little Mermaid” (Tune: “One Little Red Fish”)
One little mermaid swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water.
One little mermaid swimming in the water,
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble…POP!
Additional verses:
Two little mermaids…three, four, five little mermaids…
(Credit: Jbrary, altered by Ms. Christi)
Rhyme: Pizza Pickle Pumpernickel
Pizza, pickle, pumpernickel
My little baby deserves a tickle! [tickle baby]
One for her nose, and one for her toes
And one for her belly where the hot dog goes!
Song/Rhyme: “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 in the ocean go open and shut
The sharks in the ocean go snap, snap, snap
The fish in the ocean go swim, swim, swim
The mermaids in the ocean go twirl, twirl, twirl…
(Credit: Miss Sarah’s Storytime)
Book: My Magical Mermaid by Yujin Shin
Song (Recording) with shaky eggs: “Baby Shark” – Pink Fong
Book: I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
Song w/ scarves: “Octopus (Slippery Fish)” – Charlotte Diamond: 10 Carrot Diamond
Book: Plankton is Pushy by Jonathan Fenske
Song: “Mat Man” – Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer: Get Set for School Sing Along
Movement: Learn the yoga pose “dolphin”
Social Story: Quiet by Tomie DePaola
Craft: Paper plate jellyfish
Book: Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins
Song: “The Goldfish” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito
Book: Go Fish by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Zoe Waring
Song: “Have you ever been fishing?” – Jean Feldman: Keep on Singing and Dancing with Dr. Jean
Song: “All the Fish” – Sue Schnitzer: Wiggle and Whirl, Clap and Nap
Book: Clown Fish by Mari Schuh, Gail Saunders-Smith, PhD, Consulting Editor
Song: “Put Your Finger in the Air” – Bob McGrath: Sing Along with Bob #2
Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum” – David Landau: Kids and Kitties
Craft: Paper plate fish with tissue paper
Welcome song: “We Clap and Sing Hello” (Tune: Farmer in the Dell)
Sign: “Water”
STEM Activity: Sink or Float?
With a small tub of water and several items to put in the water, make predictions of which items will float and which will sink (rubber ducks, paper clips, clothespins, washers, popsicle sticks, etc.)
Song: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream.
Rock, rock, rock your boat
Gently down the stream
If you see a crocodile
Don’t forget to scream! (Aahhh!)
Row, row, row your boat
Gently to the shore
If you see a lion there
Don’t forget to roar! (Roar!)
Book: Splash! by Flora McDonnell
Song: “It’s Raining, it’s Pouring/The Itsy Bitsy Spider Medley”
Rhyme: “Rain is Falling Down”
Rain is falling down, splash!
Rain is falling down, splash!
Pitter, patter, pitter, patter,
Rain is falling down, splash!
Sun is peeking out, peek-a-boo!
Sun is peeking out, peek-a-boo!
Peeking here, peeking there,
Sun is peeking out, peek-a-boo!
Book: Storm Song by Nancy Viau
Song: “All the Fish are Swimming in the Water”
All the fish are swimming in the water (swimming motions with arms)
Swimming in the water
Swimming in the water
All the fish are swimming in the water
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble…SPLASH! (waggle fingers up and clap above head)
All the ducks are quacking in the water (doggy paddle motion with hands)
All the frogs are jumping in the water (jump with both feet)
All the children are splashing in the water (splash hands in the air)
Book: Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins
Song: “The Fish in the Sea” (Tune: The Wheels on the Bus)
The fish in the sea go swish, swish, swish, (put hands together like a fin and swim along!)
Swish, swish, swish,
Swish, swish, swish,
The fish in the sea go swish, swish, swish,
All day long!
The lobsters…pinch, pinch, pinch (Make pinching motions with fingers)
The sharks…chomp, chomp, chomp (Chomp with your arms)
The stingray…flap, flap, flap (Move arms in slow, flying motions)
The crabs…skit, skat, skit (Run in place)
The octopus…wiggle, wiggle, wiggle (Wiggle your body and arms)
The clams…open and shut (Two hands together to make a clam)
Closing Song: “Icky Sticky Bubble Gum”- David Landau
Craft: Rainbow coffee filter art
Use markers to draw on coffee filters and spray with water when finished for a color-mixing effect. Patrons took them home in plastic bags to dry.
Welcome Song: All Through the Pond (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
All the little frogs went “Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit
ribbit, ribbit, ribbit,
ribbit, ribbit, ribbit.”
All the little frogs went “Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit,”
All through the pond.
(ribbit = simulate jumping by patting hands on thighs or knees)
All the little ducks went “Quack, quack, quack”
(duck bill with both hands)
All the little fish went “Glub, glub, glub”
(fins on top of head, big cheeks for the glub sound)
Book: All the Water in the World — George Ella Lyon, Katherine Tillotson
Book: Life in the Pond – Craig Hammersmith
Song: “Five Green and Speckled Frogs”
Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Sat on a speckled log
Eating some moist, delicious bugs
Yum, yum! (rub belly)
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool (fan self)
Then there were four green speckled frogs.
Four green and speckled frogs…
…Then there were no green speckled frogs.
Book: Hooray for Fish, Lucy Cousins
Video Story: Fish is Fish, Leo Lionni
