Storytime: Ocean Animals

Family Storytime for Ages 3-8 with craft.

Books:

 
 Swimmy

by Leo Lionni


 
Rub-A-Dub Sub

by Linda Ashman and pictures by Jeff Mack



Hooray for Fish!

by Lucy Cousins

Additional Books (added 6.1.10) 

Fish, Swish! Splash, Dash!: Counting Round and Round by Suse MacDonald 

I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry 

Into the A, B, Sea by Deborah Lee Rose and pictures by Steve Jenkins 

One Lonely Sea Horse by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers 

Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood and pictures by Bruce Wood 

The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by Ken Geist and pictures by Julia Gorton 

Trout, Trout, Trout: A Fish Chant by April Pulley Sayre and pictures by Trip Park  

Songs:


I Caught a Fish

1, 2, 3, 4, 5
I caught a fish alive.
6,7,8,9,10
I let him go again.
Why did you let him go?
Because he bit my finger so. OUCH!
 


Baby Shark Song 

  (Make hand like a puppet, with thumb underneath and fingers above.)
Baby shark doo, doo, doo, doo.
Baby shark doo, doo, doo, doo.
Baby shark doo, doo, doo, doo.
Baby shark.

(Put palms together and open and shut fingers, while bottom of palms remain touching)
Mama shark doo, doo, doo, doo.
Mama shark doo, doo, doo, doo.
Mama shark doo, doo, doo, doo.
Mama shark.

(Put elbows, forearms, and palms together. Hinge on elbows and clap hands together.)
Papa shark doo, doo, doo, doo.
Papa shark doo, doo, doo, doo.
Papa shark doo, doo, doo, doo.
Papa shark.
 
(Make "mama shark", but roll fingers in so knuckles clap.) 
Grandpa gums, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Grandpa gums, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Grandpa gums, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Grandpa gums.

(Make swimming motions)
Went for a swim, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Went for a swim, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Went for a swim, doo, doo, doo, doo.
For a swim.

(Make shark fins above your head)
Saw a shark, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Saw a shark, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Saw a shark, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Saw a shark.

(Quick swimming motions)
Swim real fast, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Swim real fast, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Swim real fast, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Swim real fast.

(Wiggle around)
Shark attack, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Shark attack, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Shark attack, doo, doo, doo, doo.
Shark attack.


Here's a video of the song, but I tend to do it much slower.

Here Is the Sea

Here is the sea the wavy sea.
(Make wave motions with arm)
Here is my boat.
(Cup hands)
And here is me.
(Point to self)
All of the fishes.
(wiggle index and middle finger of one or both hands)
Down below.
Wiggle their tails.
And awaaaay they go!
(Hide wiggling fingers behind back)  



Crafts:


Octopus Craft 
 modification of Crazy Eight Octopus (pg 39)

 
Jumbo Book of Easy Crafts (2001) by Judy Ann Sadler

Instead of cutting lines in a toilet paper tube. I created a template on construction paper, and used the copier. The kids cut straight lines in the paper and glued it all into a tube. Then they added wiggly eyes and a mouth. More coloring and leg curling were optional.



Additional Craft (added 6.1.10)

Rainbow Fish First, I cut out fish from our Ellison machine. Then I cut little squares of multi-colored tissue paper. The children glued their tissue paper fish "scales" to their fish. I also offered crayons for them to decorate with. Very cute.

Storytime: Wheels

Family Storytime ages 3-8 with craft.


Books:

 
A Truck Goes Rattley-Bumpa
by Jonathan London and pictures by Denis Roche


 
Wheels on the Bus
by Paul Zelinsky


 
The Bus for Us
by Suzanne Bloom


 
Red Truck
by Kersten Hamilton and pictures by Valeria Petrone

Song:

C-A-R Song
(Tune of "Bingo")

Look at my bright shiny car,
I'm driving it today!
C-A-R, beep, beep.
C-A-R, beep, beep.
C-A-R, beep, beep.
I'm driving it today!
 

Craft:

Tube Racer Craft 
from FamilyFun.com

Go, Tube Racer, Go!

I punched out holes in the tubes beforehand, and had wheels pre-cut. I had the children decorate the tubes with crayons and stickers and then attach their own wheels. Not as slick-looking as the original, but fit the time constaints for my craft.

Storytime: Dressed for the Snow

Preschool storytime about what we wear in the snow.

 Books:


Ants in My Pants
by Wendy Mould


 
Froggy Gets Dressed
by Jonathan London and pictures by Frank Remkiewicz



Snow On Snow On Snow
by Cheryl Chapman and pictures by Synthia Saint James


 
Three Little Kittens
by Anna Alter


 
Under My Hood I Have a Hat
by Karla Kuskin and pictures by Fumi Kosaka

Songs and Fingerplays: 


Snow Hokey Pokey 
(or the Winter Pokey) 

You put your right mitten in.
You put your right mitten out.
You put your right mitten in,
And then you shake it all about.
You do the snow hokey pokey,
and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about!

Other verses:
Left mitten
Right boot
Left boot
Hat
Snowsuit  

Mitten Rhyme

Thumbs in the thumb place
Fingers all together
This is how we put our mittens on
In the chilly weather

Storytime: Fractured Fairy Tales

Storytime for older kids: K-5.  Mixed-up fairy tales including dragons and magic.


 
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs 
by Jon Scieszka with pictures by Lane Smith


 
The Frog Prince Continued
by Jon Scieszka and pictures by Steve Johnson






The Frog Princess?
by Pamela Mann and pictures by Jill Newton
(Great librarian humor.  I don't want to ruin the ending, but see if you can get your hands on it.)


 
Hush Little Dragon
by Boni Ashburn and pictures by Kelly Murphy


 
Poof 
by John O'Brien


 
The Wizard, The Fairy, and the Magic Chicken 
by Helen Lester and pictures by Lynn Munsinger


 
Snoring Beauty
by Bruce Hale and pictures by Howard Fine
(my favorite new read-aloud!)