Welcome to Story Time, come gather 'round. The story is starting, so let's all sit down!
Read first story: "Barn Dance".
Song: Slippery Fish.
(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!
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: "Octopus Alone".
Song: The Octopus (sung to "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.
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.
Read third story: "Ostrich and Lark" or "Seababy: a Little Otter Returns Home".
Song: Fish Are Swimming (sung to "Frere Jacques").
Fish are swimming, fish are swimming,
In the sea, in the sea.
A-splishing and a-splashing,
A-splishing and a-splashing,
Look and see, look and see.
Read fourth story: "Too Tall Houses".
Our craft was an octopus!
We used a paper plate cut in half, trimmed construction paper for the tentacles, and cut-out construction paper for the circles. We picked our colours for the legs, picked out our circles, glued on the tentacles, numbered them (because an octopus has eight legs), and then decorated a face for the octopus.
Next Monday is Family Day, and we are closed. The storytime for Monday will move to the following Monday, February 24th. See you there!
