Fishes, Fishes in Sea 2/23

So it is that time of year when we cannot wait for spring !!!!  What a better time than the present to do a storytime on fish.  Stories about fish, friendship and "how hard is it to take care of a fish" are some of the topics we shared.  Can't wait until fishing season !!!!




Nugget and Fang by Tammi Sauer
Sophie's Fish by A.E. Cannon
The Story of Fish & Snail by Deborah Freedman

 FINGERPLAYS/FLANNELS/FUN SONGS:

Waves on the Beach (sung to : "Wheels on the Bus")*

The waves on the beach go up and down,
up and down, up and down
The waves on the beach go up and down,
All day long.

The crabs on the beach crawl back and forth
back and forth, back and forth
The crabs on the beach crawl  back and forth
All day long.

The lobsters on the beach go snap, snap,snap
snap, snap, snap..snap, snap, sanp
The Lobsters on the beach go snap, snap, snap
All day long.

The clams on the beach will open and shut
open and shut, open and shut
The clams on the beach will open and shut
All day long.

The jellyfish go wibble, wobble, wibble
wibble, wobble, wibble...wibble, wobble wibble
The jellyfish go wibble wobble wibble
All day long.

This song we utilized our colorful scarves to mimic the movements that we did. It looked so pretty seeing all of the colors of the rainbow swaying, snapping and wibble-wobbling.

Five Little Fishes (sung to: 5 Little Monkeys)*

Five little fishes
Swimming in the sea
Teasing Mr. Shark "You can't catch me...you can't catch me"
Along comes Mr. Shark...quiet as can be....AND SNAP!!!!

Repeat with Four, Three, Two, One.


Did You Ever See a Fishy? (sung to: Did You Ever See a Lassie?)*

Did you ever see a fishy, a fishy, a fishy?
Did you ever see a fishy swim this way and that?
Swim this way and that way
swim this way and that way...
Did you ever see a fishy, swim this way and that?

This song we used colorful scarfs. It was perfect because the way we moved them in the air
was similar to the way fish swim.  We also did it fast and then slow. We had a lovely school of fish
right here in our library.

*Credit: 123learncurriculum.com

SONG:The Goldfish by Laurie Berkner