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.
