Baby Shark Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song: (sing with shark puppet)
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.

Repeat with:
Give a splash
Chomp your teeth

Book: Meet the Shark Family and Friends by Alexandra West

Flannel Song: “Bubble Bubble Pop” (use shark flannel)
One little blue shark
Swimming in the water
Swimming in the water
Swimming in the water
One little blue shark
Swimming in the water
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble
POP!

Book: Little Fish Lost by Pinkfong

Song with book: If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Fins! by John John Bajet

Flannel: “Five Sharks in the Bathtub” (print out pictures of Baby Shark, Daddy Shark, Mommy Shark, Grandma Shark, and Grandpa Shark)
One shark in the bathtub, going for a swim.
Knock, knock. (clap hands)
Splash, splash. (pat knees)
Come on in! (wave hands towards you)

Repeat with two, three, four, and five.
(Credit: Book Cart Queens)

Book: Baby Shark and the Family Orchestra by Pinkfong

Song with bubble machine: “Baby Shark”

Closing Rhyme

Sharks Story Time – Preschool

Opening Song

Book: Nugget & Fang: Friends Forever – or Snack Time? by Tammi Sauer, illustrated by Michael Slack

Flannel: “One Little Blue Shark”
One little blue shark
Swimming in the water
Swimming in the water
Swimming in the water
One little blue shark
Swimming in the water
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble
POP!
Additional verses: We repeated with different colors and numbers of sharks.

Song/Book: Baby Shark by Scholastic, illustrated by John John Bajet

Book: How to Spy on a Shark by Lori Haskins Houran, illustrated by Fancisca Marquez

Song: The Creatures in the Sea” (Tune: The Wheels on the Bus)
The sharks in the sea go chomp, chomp, chomp,
Chomp, chomp, chomp,
Chomp, chomp, chomp!
The sharks in the sea go chomp, chomp, chomp,
All day long.

Additional verses:
The fish in the sea go swim, swim, swim…
The crabs in the sea go pinch, pinch, pinch…
The dolphins in the sea go jump and splash…
The clams in the sea go open and shut…
The octopus in the sea go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle…
(Credit: Adventures in Story time)

Book/Puppet: Shark in the Park! by Nick Sharratt

Closing Song

Sharks Story Time – Everybody

Opening Song

Book w/ Puppet: I’m a Shark by Bob Shea

Song: Two little sharks, in the deep blue sea
One named Leonard and one named Lee
Swim away Leonard, swim away Lee
Come back Leonard, come back Lee!

Song: “Clap Your Hands” by Pete Seeger: American Folk, Game, and Activity Songs for Children

Book: Bored! Bored! Bored! By Jill Newton

Flannel: One little blue shark
Swimming in the water
Swimming in the water
Swimming in the water
One little blue shark
Swimming in the water
Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble
POP!
Additional verses: We repeated with different colors and numbers of sharks.

Song: The Creatures in the Sea”
The sharks in the sea go chomp, chomp, chomp,
Chomp, chomp, chomp,
Chomp, chomp, chomp!
The sharks in the sea go chomp, chomp, chomp,
All day long.

Additional verses:
The fish in the sea go swim, swim, swim…
The crabs in the sea go pinch, pinch, pinch…
The dolphins in the sea go jump and splash…
The clams in the sea go open and shut…
The octopus in the sea go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle…

Book:  Shark in the Park by Nick Sharratt

Song/Video: “Baby Shark”

Closing rhyme

Craft: Paper Sharks