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Ocean Story Time – Family

Opening Song

Book: I Hear You, Ocean by Kallie George, illustrated by Carmen Mok
The cover of the book I Hear You, Ocean. The illustration is of two children relaxing on a rock by the ocean, while one child holds a shell to their ear.

Puppet Song: “The Waves in the Ocean” (Tune: “The Wheels on the Bus”)
The waves in the ocean go up and down, (raise and lower arms)
Up and down, up and down,
The waves in the ocean go up and down
All day long!

Additional verses:
Tide/in and out (pull arms in and push arms out)
Fish/swim, swim, swim (put palms together and swim them like a fish)
Clams/open and shut (open and shut hands)
Octopus/wiggle, wiggle, wiggle (wiggle arms)
Seal/clap, clap, clap (clap your hands)
Shark/chomp, chomp, chomp (open and close arms like a mouth)
Penguin/waddle, waddle, waddle (put arms down by sides and waddle)
(Credit: Adapted from SurLaLune Storytime)

Book: I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
The cover of the book I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean. The illustration is of a giant squid looking down at a tiny shrimp.

Flannel Song: “Bubble, Bubble, Pop!”
One little red fish
Swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water,
Swimming in the water.

One little red fish
Swimming in the water,
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble…POP! (clap hands)

Additional verses: Increase the number and change the color of the fish.
(Credit: Jbrary)

Song: “The Goldfish” – Laurie Berkner: Victor Vito

Book: I Spy Under the Sea by Edward Gibbs
The cover of the book I Spy Under the Sea. The illustration is of a dolphin in the water and a hole in the cover shows the dolphin's eye on the next page.

Closing Rhyme

Ocean Story Time – Preschool

Introduction: What kinds of animals live in the ocean?  Learn the sign language signs for fish and shark.

Opening song

Book: The Fish Who Cried Wolf by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Alex Scheffler

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Song: “The Goldfish” – Laurie Berkner: The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band

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Book: Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood, illustrated by Bruce Wood

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Prop story: I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry

im the biggest thing in the ocean

Song: “Baby Shark” we sang the classic camp song with actions. I like this version from the Learning Station for preschoolers because it ends with everyone safe and sound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyamCXEqa5g

Book: Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae, illustrated by David Wojtowycz

commotion in the ocean

Craft: Create with sand clay and seashells
There are lots of recipes online for sand dough or sand clay. My version was roughly equal parts sand & flour mixed with enough water to make it play dough consistency. This was a bit time consuming to prepare for 3 days of story times but we had left over sand taking up valuable storage space – and the kids thought it was super fun to play with.

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