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Toddler Time: Ocean Animals!
Opening Song:
Now this is the time for storytime, storytime, storytime
This is the time for storytime
I’m glad you are here, I’m so glad you are here
Read: Octopus Alone by Divya Srinivasan; Publisher Viking
Songs: Open Shut Them
Open, shut them (Open both hands and then make a fist)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap, clap, clap. (Clap hands together)
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
lay them on your lap, lap, lap. (Pat hands in lap)
Creep them, creep them, creep them, creep them (creep fingers from tummy up to mouth)
Right up to your chinny, chin, chin.
Open wide your little mouth… but do not let them in. (Open mouth wide & hide hands behind back)
Song: A Little Mouse is Creeping
A little mouse is creeping, creeping, creeping (Make creeping motion with hands)
A little mouse is creeping
In the house... Shh… (Put index finger in front of mouth)
A little mouse is sleeping, sleeping, sleeping (Make sleeping motion)
A litter mouse is sleeping in the house. Shh…
An old grey cat comes creeping, creeping, creeping (Make creeping motion with hands)
An old grey cat comes creeping in the house
And they both run away!!! (Pat hands on lap really fast.)
Read: I Spy Under the Sea by Edward Gibbs; Publisher Templar Books
Rhyme: Once I Caught a Fish
1 ,2 ,3 ,4, 5
Once I caught a fish alive
6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so
Which finger did it bite?
This little finger on the right!
Song: The Octopus (Tune: Little White Duck)
There are eight tentacles
Swimming in the ocean,
Eight tentacles making a commotion
Who could belong to so many feet?
The octopus does and they help him eat.
He has eight tentacles
Swimming in the ocean,
Swim, Swim, Swim.
Rhyme: Two Big Sharks
Two big sharks swimming in the sea
One named Sam, the other named Sari
Swim away Sam, swim away Sari.
Come back Sam, come back Sari.
Song: The Animals 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 around the sea.
The octopus in the sea go squiggle, squiggle, squiggle
squiggle, squiggle, squiggle
squiggle, squiggle, squiggle
The octopus in the sea go squiggle, squiggle, squiggle
All around the sea
The clams in the sea go open and shut
Open and shut
Open and shut
The clams in the sea go open and shut
All around the sea.
Song: If You’re Happy and You Know It
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap, clap)
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap, clap)
If you’re happy and you know and you really want to show it
you’re happy and you know it, clap your hand. (clap, clap)
If you’re happy and you know it, pat your head (pat, pat)
If you’re happy and you know it, pat your head (pat, pat)
If you’re happy and you know it, and you really want to show it
If you’re happy and you know it pat your head. (pat, pat)
(Continue with other actions: beep your nose, wiggle your ears, etc.)
Closing Song:
Now this is the end of storytime, storytime, storytime.
This is the end of storytime.
I’m glad you were here.
I’m so glad you were here.