Letter O – Octopus, otters, opposites,
ostriches, ocean, owls, oranges and outer space.
2’s
and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s
Storytime
– Welcome Song
Storytime is
starting, starting, starting.
Storytime is
starting, come and listen to me.
Read
first story Barry: the Fish with Fingers, Utterly Otterly Night or What the Sea Saw
Song: Octopus (Put your palms together in a prayer position to resemble a fish and wiggle them together as if swimming)
Slippery fish, slippery fish, sliding through the water,
Slippery fish, slippery fish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by an …
(Wave your arms up and down like the flailing arms of an octopus.)
Octopus, octopus, squiggling in the water
Octopus, octopus, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …
(Put your hands together with your fingers slightly bent and spread, keeping your palms touching each other. Open and close your hands as you sing.)
Tuna fish, tuna fish, flashing in the water,
Tuna fish, tuna fish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …
(Place one hand, with fingers straight upwards, on top of your head.)
Great white shark, great white shark, lurking in the water,
Great white shark, great white shark, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …
(Make a large circle with your arms to make yourself into a humongous whale. Also deepen your tone for this verse.)
Humongous whale, humongous whale, spouting in the water,
Humongous whale, humongous whale,
Gulp! … Gulp! … Gulp! … BURP!
(Cover your mouth.) Excuse me!
Read second story I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean, or Herman the Helper
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Rhyme: Wide Eye Owl
There's a wide eye owl (make fingers in large circles and cup over eyes) With a pointed nose (use fingers to make a triangle & point out for nose) 2 pointed ears (use fingers for ears) and claws for toes (wiggle fingers like toes) he lives way up in the tree (point up to tree top) and when he looks at you (point at kids) he flaps his wings (use arms for wings, and flap) and says whooo whooo (continue flapping wings) |
Read
third story Stop Snoring, Bernard!, or How Deep is the Sea?
Song: Octopus
An
octopus has eight long arms (Hold up four fingers on each hand)
It lives in the sea, but don't be alarmed (Wave hands back and forth to show no worry)
He squirts out ink (Clap hands), when he is the prey
And grows a new arm when it's torn away.(Hold up arm as high as you can)
It lives in the sea, but don't be alarmed (Wave hands back and forth to show no worry)
He squirts out ink (Clap hands), when he is the prey
And grows a new arm when it's torn away.(Hold up arm as high as you can)
Craft- Owl
Materials: paper shape of owl, black construction paper,
googly eye, cupcake liners, torn paper bits, orange triangle, orange bits for
feet.
Glue owl shape to the black construction paper. Glue on torn
paper pieces to make feathers. Glue on two cupcake liners for eyes. Glue on
orange triangle for beak and orange bits for feet. Colour inside of cupcake
liner yellow. Colour pupil in the middle of cupcake liner.
