Letter O – Octopus, otters, opposites, ostriches, ocean, owls, oranges, orangutans and outer space.
Storytime –
Welcome Song and Storytime is Starting Song
Read first story Can I come too?, Too tall houses
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!
Read second story Naughty and nice, A hole in the bottom of the sea
Song: Five Little Fishes (Sung
to: “5 Little Monkeys”)
Five little fishes, swimming in the sea.
Teasing Mr. Shark “You can’t catch me!”
Along
comes Mr. Shark, As quiet as can be…. And snap!
Four,
little fishes, swimming in the sea. Teasing Mr. Shark “You can’t catch me!”
Along
comes Mr. Shark, As quiet as can be…. And snap!
Repeat
- Three, Two One….
Read third story Little Owl's night or Otter out of water
Flannel board: 5 Sea Creatures on the Ocean Floor
Craft- Owl
Materials: small
paper plates, ovals for wings cut from colourful paper, construction paper
white circles, orange construction paper triangles, coloured construction paper
feet, glue, markers.
Colour paper
plate, glue on wings, noses, feet, circles. Colour in pupils on the white circles for eyes.
Idea from happyhooligans.ca
