SONGS, POEMS, FINGERPLAYS, FLANNEL BOARD STORIES



SONGS, POEMS, FINGERPLAYS, FLANNEL BOARD STORIES

I’M A GREAT BIG WHALE (I’m a little teapot)

I’m a great big whale,

Watch me as I swim. (pretend to swim)

Here is my blowhole, (point to top of head)

Here are my fins. (wave hands against body.)

See me flip my tail As down I go, (pretend to dive)

Then up I come And ‘WHOOSH!’ I blow. (thrust arms up and out)

THE WHALES (tune of I'm a little teapot)

I'm a humpback whale,

I'm very strong.

I leap about

And sing a song.

I like to eat my fill

In the Northern Sea.

But in the winter,

South I flee.

I am a beluga,

I'm all white.

From head to tail

I'm quite a sight.

You can hear me singing

Way up north,

Playing and swimming

Back and forth.

I'm a mighty orca

Black and white.

In the sea

I'm a beautiful sight.

I'm not very big,

But I am sleek.

I hunt for my food Cause I have teeth.

I'm A Fish Sung to: I'm a Little Teapot

I'm a little fishy,

I can swim.

Here is my tail,

Here is my fin.

When I want to have fun with my friend,

I wiggle my tail and dive right in.

WHALES

Whales are very big, (stretch arms out at sides)

They live under the sea (duck down while holding nose)

Swimming happily round and round (Make swimming movements)

With friends and family. (hug self)

BIG GRAY WHALE

I swim in the ocean,

I swim in the sea.

I’m a big gray whale,

Come and watch me. (cup hands above eyes)

I love to spray water

Up through my sprout.

If you get any closer,

You’d better watch out! (thrust arms up and make whooshing sounds)

A Sailer Went To Sea, Sea, Sea

A sailer went to sea, sea, sea

To see what he could see,see,see

But all thaty he could see,see,see

Was the bottom of the deep blue sea,sea,sea!

I'M A BIG WHALE ( Clementine)

I am swimming, I am swimming,

I am swimming in the sea.

I'm a big whale and I'm swimming

I am swimming in the sea.

I am singing , I am singing,

I am singing in the sea.

I'm a big whale and I'm singing,

I am singing in the sea.

I am spouting, I am spouting,

I am spouting in the sea.

I'm a big whale and I'm spouting,

I am spouting in the sea.

Five Big Whales Flannel Story Cut five whale shapes out of gray or black felt and five spout shapes out of white felt. Lay a piece of blue yarn across a flannelboard to represent the surface of the sea and place the whales beneath it. Then recite the poem below and let the children take turns moving the whale shapes up to the water’s surface and placing the spout shapes above the whales’ heads.

FIVE LITTLE FISHES (tune of 5 little monkeys teasing Mr. Alligator)

Five little fishes,

Swimming in the sea.

Teasing Mr. Shark,

You can`t catch me,

You can`t catch me.

Along comes Mr. Shark,

As quiet as can be...

Snap! Four etc.

Five Little Fishes (fingerplay)

Five little fishes swimming in a pool,

This one said, "The pool is cool."

This one said, "The pool is deep."

This one said, "I'd like to sleep."

This one said, "I'll float and dip."

This one said, "I see a ship."

The fishing boat comes.

The line goes splash.

All the little fishes swim away in a flash!

Five Big Whales

Five big whales in the sea offshore,

One swam up to spout, and that left four.

Four big whales in the deep blue sea,

One swam up to spout, and that left three.

Three big whales in the sea so blue,

One swam up to spout, and that left two.

Two big whales having lots of fun,

One swam up to spout, and that left one.

One big whale longing for the sun,

It swam up to spout, and that left none. Jan Kamloops

***Crazy Crabs***

Crazy crabs walk sideways,

Whar a giddy way to go !

Snails slip slide forwards

And that is very slow !

Ducks waddle, waddle,

And that is funny too,

And what about the hopping

Of the big red kangaroo ?

Actions-

Translate words into actions

Five Cranky Crabs (fingerplay)

Five cranky crabs were digging on the shore.

One swam into a net and then there were four.

Four cranky crabs were floating in the sea.

One got tangled up in seaweed then there were three.

Three Cranky crabs were wondering what to do.

One dug a deep, deep hole. Then there were two.

Two cranky crabs were warming in the sun.

One got scooped up in a cup.Then there was one.

One cranky crab was smarter than his friends.

He hid between the jagged rocks. That's how the story ends.

The Sea fingerplay:

Behold the wonders of the mighty deep,

Where crabs and lobsters learn to creep,

And little fishes learn to swim,

And clumsy sailers tumble in!

"Five Little Fishes" (Use rubber goldfish, pompon fish, or so-many-fish pieces.)

Five little fishes were swimming near the shore.

One took a dive, and then there were four.

Four little fishes were swimming out to sea.

One went for food, and then there were three.

Three little fishes said, "Now what should we do?"

One swam away, and then there were two.

Two little fishes were having great fun.

One took a plunge, and then there was one.

One little fish said, "I like the warm sun."

Away she went, and then there were none.

So Many Fish (Flannel Board Story)

There are so many fish in the deep blue sea, What color fish does ____ see?

Alternate Version:

There are so many fish in the deep blue sea, How many fish does ____ see?

Once I Caught a Fish Alive

1,2,3,4,5! Once i caught a fish alive.

6,7,8,9,10! Then I let him go again.

Why did you let him go?

Because he bit my finger so.

Which finger did he bite?

The little finger on the right!

Fish

All the fish are swimming in the ocean,

Swimming in the ocean, swimming in the ocean.

All the fish are swimming in the ocean,

Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, splash!

Three Little Fishies

Down in the meadow in a little bitty pool

Swan two little fishies & a mama fishie too.

"Swim," said the mama fishie,

"Swim if you can."

And they swam & they swam all over the dam.

(chorus)

Boop Boop Dittem Dattem What-tem Chu!

Boop Boop Dittem Dattem What-tem Chu!

Boop Boop Dittem Dattem What-tem Chu!

And they swam & they swam all over the dam.

"Stop," said the mama fishie,

"Or you will get lost."

The 3 little fishies didn't want to be bossed.

The 3 little fishies went off on a spree.

They sway & they swam right out to the sea.

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"Whee!" yelled the little fishies,

"Here's a lot of fun,

We'll swim in the sea till the day is done."

They swam & they swam, it was a lark,

Till all of a sudden they saw a shark!

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"Help!" cried the little fishies,

"Gee, look at all the whales!"

And quick as they could, they turned on their tails.

And back to the pool in the meadow they swam,

And they swam & they swam back over the dam.

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I am a little turtle, I

hide inside my shell... (hands over your head in a circle)

Won't you come and join me? and hide your head so well!

Be-bop, Be-bop,

Be-bop, Be-bop,

Be-bop. (pop your head out of the "shell")

I am a little fish

I love to swim and swim... (hands together in a fish form)

Won't you come and join me?

Ready, set-- jump in!

Splish-splash, Splish-splash,

Splish-splash, Splish-splash,

Splish-splash! ("dive" your hands down)

Swim Around the Sea (to the tune of "Ring Around the Rosie")

Swim around the sea,

The whales and me.

Breaches, breaches!

We all get wet!

Swim around the sea,

The dolphins and me.

Breaches, breaches!

We all get wet!

IF YOU EVER, EVER, EVER...

If you ever, ever, ever, met a whale, whale, whale;

You must never, never, never touch its tail, tail, tail, tail;

For if you ever, ever, ever, touch its tail, tail, tail;

You will never, never,never, meet another whale, whale, whale.

Fish Are Swimming... (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.

Take Me Out to the Ocean... (Take Me Out to the Ballgame)

Take me out to the ocean

Take me out to the sea

There goes a starfish and sand dollar,

I'm having such fun,

I've just got to holler

Oh, it's swim, swim, swim, underwater

Catch a ride on a whale, don't fear,

For the sea animals are our friends,

Let's give a great big cheer!

Fish, Fish - Song - Sung to Skip To My Lou

Fish, fish

Swim up high

Fish, fish

Swim down low

Fish, fish

Swim so fast

Fish, fish

Swim so slow

From: Scholastic's 101 Science Poems and Songs for Young Learners By Meish Goldish

Ocean (sung to "Take Me Out to the Ball Game")

Take me out to the ocean,

Take me out to the sea.

Show me the foamy waves rolling there,

As I breathe in the salty sea air!

Let me look, look, look at the ocean,

See the sea and explore,

For it's fun to dive from the top

To the ocean floor!

Take me out to the ocean,

Take me out to the sea.

Show me the currents and ocean tides,

Let me see where the seaweed resides!

When you look, look, look at the ocean,

Look at all it is worth!

For the ocean covers three-fourths

Of the entire earth!

"I'm a little Fishy" Tune of "i'm a little tea pot"

I'm a little fishy, watch me swim.

Here is my tail, here is my fin.

When I want to have fun with my friends,

I wiggle my tail an dive right in!

2. "mr. Lobster and mrs. crab" tune of "old McDonald"

Mr. Lobster and Mrs. Crab

Pinch and snap all day.

Mr. Lobster and Mrs. Crab

pinch and snap all day.

With a pinch pinch here and a snap snap there.

Here a pinch there a snap, everywhere a pinch, snap.

Mr Lobster and Mrs. crab

Pinch and snap all day.

3. Gertie the Goldfish

Gertie the Goldfish goes kiss, kiss, kiss ( smack lips together 3 times)

She llooks at me and goes kiss, kiss, kiss, (smack lips 3X)

She doesn't laugh, doesn't sing, doesn't do anything

Just blows big kisses like this Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, ( smack lips 4X)

4. Dolphin action song sung to tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, little star

Dolphine dolphin in the sea,

Dolphin, dolphin wild and free,

Swimming, swimming in the sea,

Just as free as you can be.

Dolphin, dolphin in the sea, S

wimming, swimming wild and free.

5. Catch a fish tune "row, row, row, your boat"

Catch, catch, cathc, a fish

Hook it on your line.

Reel it, reel it, reel it,

This one will be mine.

Slippery Fish (fingerplay)

Slippery fish, slippery fish, (cup your hands and make them move through the water)

splashing in the water.

Slippery fish, slippery fish,

GULP GULP GULP!

OH NO! He was eaten by a octupus!

Octupus, octupus, (The octupus is a hand with wiggling fingers)

wiggling in the water.

Octupus, octupus,

GULP GULP GULP!

OH NO! he was eaten by a tuna fish!

Tuna fish, tuna fish, (cup your hands and make them move through the water)

gliding through the water.

Tuna fish, tuna fish,

GULP GULP GULP!

OH NO! he was eaten by a Great White Shark!

Great White Shark, Great White Shark, (open hand on top of the head)

lurking in the water

Great White Shark, Great White Shark,

GULP GULP GULP! Oh NO!

he was eaten by a humongous whale!

Humongous whale, Humongous whale, (The whale is both hands spread wide. )

spouting in the water

Humongous whale, humongous whale, GULP GULP GULP!

BURP! Pardon me! . The fingerplay ends with putting your hand to your mouth to supress a loud Burp.)

McFeeglebee's Pond - by Carol Moore -

Out behind the big red barn at the edge of the walnut grove is a most magnificent pond shaded by an old oak tree. I'll tell you right now, before it's too late. It belongs to McFeeglebee.

And McFeeglebee absolutely forbids fishing in that pond. He's put up five signs to prove it. "Before I'll allow any little boys to fish in there," he says, "I'd rather remove it."

"Little boys make too much noise. They'd scare the fish, being shouters and laughers and slappers. They'd muddy the water, and leave gum wrappers. No -- I'd be a fool to let them fish in my pool."

So for a long time nobody dared to fish in that pool. That is, not until little Georgie P. Johnson decided to break the rule. "I'm gonna fish there," he said, "under the oak, where it's cool."

"I'm gonna lie down with my knees in the air and the pole through my toes and doze like a lazy catfish in summer. Nobody will catch me. I'm a fast runner.

Everyone warned him. "A pool is not the sea. You can't fish for free, it's stealing. Besides, there's all sorts of surprises in McFeeglebee's pond. Nobody knows just what is in there besides fish and old shoes and the things people lose. You'll catch something dangerous so you'd better NEWare. Fish in that pond? I wouldn't dare!"

But little Georgie P. Johnson just wiggled his nose and pretended not to hear, as if he had molasses stuck in his ear. Of fishing he was very fond, why should he fear McFeeglebee's pond?

So early one morning with his pole in his hand, he crept past the red barn on McFeeglebee's land out to the edge of the grove to the pond, where he baited his hook, sinking it deep. Then Georgie P. Johnson fell asleep.

All of a sudden with a bob and a jerk, the fishing line woke him. Grabbing the pole and holding on tight he used every muscle to fight what was without doubt the biggest of trout.

He pulled ten minutes before seeing that what he had caught was not a trout, but a huge grisly catfish. How could he have been so wrong? Its whiskers alone were a foot long!

He dug in his heels, held on even tighter, nobody could say he wasn't a fighter. The water seething and boiling, turned bright red then dark as that grisly catfish became a shark.

A shark twenty feet long with a mouth like a barrel and teeth that could bite. That was a sight! But with a splash of its tail it turned into a whale.

Now a whale in McFeeglebee's pond, that's really something! As big as three houses with breath like a gale, it looked rather hungry which made Georgie pale.

When the question becomes who's catching who, little Georgie knew what to do. It's silly to fish when fishing's no fun, so he dropped his pole and started to run.

But it was too late. That whale became a sea dragon. It sloshed out of that pond with its slimy scales, reaching for Georgie with crooked nails.

Now he wished he'd taken his friends' advice. At any price it was better than this. Just as the dragon was about to sup, little Georgie P. Johnson woke up.

It was after all only a dream though there was a fish on his line. But catching it was a cinch. It was only a goldfish, barely an inch.

And after that dream it hardly seemed worth it. So releasing the hook he threw it back where it belonged, in McFeeglebee's pond.

Now when friends ask him what happened out there, he wiggles his nose and gives them a stare. "Of fishing I'm particularly fond. But there's just too many surprises in McFeeglebee's pond."

OCEAN ANIMALS: (art)

SEAHORSE: Another project we have done is cut out a figure of a seahorse andthe children spread glue on and glue on a googly eye. I let the children sprinkle the Seahorse with sand to give it, its texture.

WHALE FINGERPAINTING: Give the children pieces of butcher paper with small amounts of liquid starch on them. Sprinkle blue powder tempera paint on the starch. Let the children fingerprint on their papers. Have them pretend their hands are whales swimming and playing in the ocean.

PAPER BAG WHALES: Have the children stuff small paper bags with crumpled sheets of newspaper. Tie the tops of the bags closes to make whale tails. Let the children paint their paper bag whales gray. Allow the paint to dry. Cut eye shapes out of black construction paper, and have the children glue them to the sides of their whales. Construction paper spout shapes may be added to the tops of the whales.

BOBBING WHALES IN BOTTLE: Fill a clear plastic 2 - liter bottle one quarter full with water. Add a few drops of blue food coloring. Blow up two small balloons, release most of the air and tie the ends closed. Push the balloons into the bottle and replace the cap securely. When you have finished, you will have an ocean in a bottle with two bobbing whales inside. Let the children hold the bottle on its side and gently rock it back and forth to make the whales swim.

WHALE MEMORY GAME: Draw a simple whale shape on each of twelve index cards. Color each pair of whales a different color. Place the cards face down on a table. Have the children take turns turning over two cards at a time, keeping them if they match and turning them face down again it they don’t.

STARFISH RUBBINGS: Cut a bunch of starts out of sandpaper. Lots of different sizes anddifferent grades of sandpaper. Give each child a plain sheet of construction paper and crayons. I always tape the stars around the tables and the kids can walk around and rub on anyones they want.

OATMEAL OCTOPUS: prep for this is best done a day before. Get a variety of colored powder paint and lots of oatmeal. Give each child a small sandwich bag with some oatmeal in to. Let them choose any color powder paint put about a tablespoon of paint into the bag, close and shake!!! Do this for all the colors you want. When you are ready to do the project give each child an octopus pattern and their choice of colored oatmeal, any and all colors!! Spread the glue and put the oatmeal on!!

DOLPHINS: This is a very simple project but kids enjoy it. Just cut a dolphin pattern out of light gray construction paper. And let the kids water color them. If you have never water colored on construction paper it is neat, because the colors blend into one another!

PAPER PLATE OYSTERS: Gather a paper plate and a cotton ball for each child. Also you will need gray and pink paints and glue. The kids should fold the plates in half and

paint the insides of the "oyster" pink. When the pink is dried they should paint the outside of the plate gray. To complete they can glue the "pearl" into the center of the oyster. ~Let the kids paint the *inside* of 2 paper plates - Add glitter if you want -

then have them glue a marble in the center of one of the plates. Staple the plates together at one edge and VOILA!! You have an oyster complete with a *pearl*...

FISH IDEAS:

Paper Plate Fish--Give each child a paper plate with a triangular mouth shape drawn on one side. Have the children cut out the triangles. (The openings are the mouths of the fish.) Then have them glue the triangular pieces on the opposite sides of their plates to make tails. Let the children complete their fish by drawing on eyes and coloring them as desired. Extension: Have the children paint a large sheet of butcher paper with diluted blue tempera paint. When the paint is dry, have each child glue his fish on paper "ocean." Hang the mural on a wall or a bulletin board.

Clothesline Fish Materials: Fishing line,Clothespins,Construction paper Prepare a fishing line with numbered clothespins (one through ten) on it. The clothespins should be in sequential order. Draw and cut out ten fish; write numerals one through ten on them. Have children place numbered fish on the line by matching the correct numerals.

Fish Bowls--Pet a pattern of a fish bowl a nice size, and cut it out of a paper plate. Paint it blue like water. Before paint dries sprinkle any color of glitter around the bottom of the bowl. Then after it's all dry, glue on one big fish or lots of small fish. (Now you can cover this with seran wrap, but don't have to.)

Read"Rainbow Fish"--Use "Bangles" -- large circle sequins -- in assorted colors. Cut a fish out of posterboard. Using circles of construction paper and those bangles, encourage the children to SHARE the bangles just like the Rainbow Fish to fill the fish.

There are so many fish in the deep blue sea. What color of fish does _________________see?

Insert child's name in the blank. Put a different color fish on a finger mitt or flannel board. You could make a big book.

Under the Sea

1) put 3 colors of cut-out fish with magnet attached on pond on floor.

Use fishing pole with magnet attached to catch fish in order or by color

recognition. Or have different types of fish and fish by that.

Fish Bowls: Pet a pattern of a fish bowl a nice size, and cut it out of a paper plate. Paint it blue like water. Before paint dries sprinkle any color of glitter around the bottom of the bowl. Then after its all dry, glue on one big fish or lots of small fish, now you can cover this with saran wrap but don't have to.

* Aquarium Take 2 paper plates & cut out the inner circle. Tape blue cellophane or clear plastic on to the inside of each plate. Glue fish, shells, sand & "seaweed" to the inside & then glue paper plate together to make an aquarium.

Stuffed Fish Cut large fish pattern from two pieces of colored cellophane & punch

holes around edge. Stuff with small pieces of shiny paper & "sew" around the edge with ribbon. OR cut out two fish shapes from grocery sacks & stuff with newspaper. Decorate or paint.

Fish Snack

Needed: Blue napkins, medicine cups, pretzels, gold fish crackers, peanut butter Open up napkin and place fish in the middle. (The napkin is the ocean.) Have peanut butter in the cup. (This is the bait cup.) Use pretzels for fishing rods. Dip in bait (peanut butter) and catch a fish. Eat fish and bait. keep fishing until all the fish are eaten.

Fingerpaint:

Fingerpaint with green, blue tinted shaving cream. Offering vaious "combs"

to drag through and make ripples.

Other ideas:

~ Sand Art either in a baby food jar or let the kids squirt glue in fun

designs on paper and then sprinkle sand over the glue

~ Play pin the legs on the octopus - EVERYONE pretty much WINS!

~ Have *blue* jello - complete with gummy fish! - for snack

~ Watch The Little Mermaid movie

~ Have a *beach party* - Let kids wear swim suits, bring beach towels, play

with beach balls...

The ocean is full of beautiful colors....

How about tissue paper collages on fish shapes using a rainbow of

different colors.

Tissue paper can be cut or torn by the children to make various shapes

and sizes. OR if you prefer not using the fish shapes, how about tissue

paper collages on paper using the various ocean colors...blues, greens and

purples.

In either project, paint on the tissue paper with liquid starch or

diluted school glue to give it a "wet look" as the children create it and then a

stiff texture when it has dried. The children may want to add fish to

this "ocean". If so, provide small rubber stamps of fish for the children to

stamp on fish pictures or furnish more tissue paper in other colors for

them to tear and cut their fish shapes ...do either of these when the ocean

picture has dried.

If you want to use this as a sort of a printing experience, you can

have the children peel off the tissue paper when they have finished painting it

on and while their projects are still wet, and the colors will remain, kind

of a watercolor look...

* How about laying out blue celophane and a variety of things to make a

collage. Maybe you could even just cut waves at the top of the

celophane?

Just let the children go at it!

Setting out blue and green paint is always a good stand by too!

Dye spaghetti blue and green. Have paper available for the children.

As the children put the spaghetti on the paper (9out of 10 times they will

squish it), the dye leaves a mark on the paper (but not on the kids!).

After they have done that they could draw animals that live in the

ocean if they so choose.

Let's not eat the spaghetti!!

Crafts: Make a fish out of paper plate. Or cut out fish shape out of cardboard and let children color, paint and decorate their fish.

Fish in the Sea

Need: Italian bread or french bread, Cream cheese, Goldfish crackers, Blue food coloring, Bread knife, Bowl, Plastic knives, Waxed paper

* Slice bread * Mix blue food color and cream cheese * Spread cream cheese on bread * Put goldfish in the blue sea * EAT

Each child will do their own. It looks so cute!

How about tissue paper collages on fish shapes using a rainbow of different colors.

Tissue paper can be cut or torn by the children to make various shapes and sizes. OR if you prefer not using the fish shapes, how about tissue paper collages on paper using the various ocean colors...blues, greens and purples. In either project, paint on the tissue paper with liquid starch or diluted school glue to give it a "wet look" as the children create it and then a stiff texture when it has dried. The children may want to add fish to this "ocean". If so, provide small rubber stamps of fish for the children to stamp on fish pictures or furnish more tissue paper in other colors for them to tear and cut their fish shapes ...do either of these when the ocean picture has dried.

If you want to use this as a sort of a printing experience, you can have the children peel off the tissue paper when they have finished painting it on and while their projects are still wet, and the colors will remain, kind of a watercolor look...

* How about laying out blue celophane and a variety of things to make a collage. Maybe you could even just cut waves at the top of the celophane?

Just let the children go at it!

Setting out blue and green paint is always a good stand by too!

Dye spaghetti blue and green. Have paper available for the children. As the children put the spaghetti on the paper (9out of 10 times they will squish it), the dye leaves a mark on the paper (but not on the kids!). After they have done that they could draw animals that live in the ocean if they so choose.Let's not eat the spaghetti!!

* Aquarium

Take 2 paper plates & cut out the inner circle. Tape blue cellophane or clear plastic on to the inside of each plate. Glue fish, shells, sand & "seaweed" to the inside & then glue paper plate together to make an aquarium.

Stuffed Fish

Cut large fish pattern from two pieces of colored cellophane & punch holes around edge. Stuff with small pieces of shiny paper & "sew" atound the edge with ribbon. OR cut out two fish shapes from grocery sacks & stuff with newspaper. Decorate or paint. Another project we have done is cut out a figure of a seahorse and the children spread glue on and glue on a googly eye. I let the children sprinkle the Seahorse with sand to give it, its texture.

* *fingerpaint with ocean colors *print with sponges shaped like under water creatures *children could create any ocean creatures they like with any materials they like (have scissors, variety of paper, paint, markers, yarn, etc.) available and put together on a group mural if desired (watercolor wash background painted together?)

*octopus painting-just a thought, what if children were asked how an octopus would paint. . .

*display photos of ocean life with markers,etc. *provide hologram type paper for collage after reading Rainbow Fish

Octopus

Materials:

Brown trash bags Glue Scraps of construction paper Picture of an octopus Newspaper Styrofoam packing half circles Tape

What to do:

As the children are seated for circle time show them a picture of an octopus. Discuss the characteristics of the octopus color; size, how many arms, how it moves. Make an arm by stuffing a trash bag with newspapers filling only half of the bag lengthwise. Tie the bags. Fold the other side of the trash bag over the stuffed side and tape it, making a large narrow arm. Using the stryrofoam packing half circles, have the children glue them to the bottom of each arm representing the octopus' suction cups Make the head by stuffing the entire bag with newspaper and use construction paper scraps to make the facial features of the octopus. When the eight arms are finished, tie them together and then tie them to the stuffed head.

Display the octopus on the floor for an ocean scene.

FLASHY FISH

Have children glue oval shaped tissue paper and foil pieces onto a white const. paper fish shape. Attach a black dot sticker to resemble the eye. Punch a hole near the mouth of the fish. Put a paper clip through the hole in the mouth then attach to the rope.To display, suspend a length of rope from your ceiling, then attach your fish like you would on a stringer.

Triangle Fish

Cut a 9" X 12" piece of construction paper diagonally from corner to

corner. Now you have triangle to make two fish. Cut a muffin paper in quarters. Glue one quarter to the tail, one quarter to the top near the right angle and one quarter to the middle of the bottom ( the longest side) for fins. Add eyes and decorate anyway you desire. We usually use crayons and markers.

Circle Fish

Cut out a 6" circle from constuction paper and glue to a piece of light

blue construction paper. Cut a triangle from the same color or a contrasting color and attach to the back of the circle for a tail. Draw eye, mouth, gills, fins, a fish line with a hook and worm and whatever else you want.

Paper Bag Fish

Lay a plain paper bag down flat. Leave the bottom folded up and fold in the corners of the bottom of the bag and staple in place to form the fishes snout. Loosely stuff the sack with scrap paper or whatever you have. Close the end of the bag with a rubber band. Slide it up a couple of inches and spread out the end to make the tail. Let the children paint the bag with watercolors or tempera paint any way they want. Add paper or googly eyes if the children haven't already painted on eyes. Some times we have attached these to a piece of yarn like a fish on a string. We have also added a straw to the yarn for a fishing pole.

Books

Read McElligot's Pool by Dr. Seuss because it is so imaginative. Some other good books are Fish is Fish by Lionni Swimmy by Lionni Magic Fish by Littledale My First Nature Book by Kuhn Fish Do the Strangest Things by Hornblow

Thumbprint Fish Have children press their fingers onto a stamp pad & stamp fingers onto paper. Add features such as fins.

Stuffed Fish--Take 2 pieces of construction paper (white if you would prefer to let the kids color them themselves & colored paper for another look)cut out both of them into fish shapes. Staple them all the way around except for the tail end. Let the kids stuff them with crumpled newspaper till they are completely filled, then staple the tail end together.

Aquaruim--Take 2 paper plates and cut the inner circle out. Tape blue cellophane to on to the inside of each plate. Glue or tape fish and seaweed to inside and then tape outside paper plates together.

Go Fish--Make 6 inch fish from construction paper & write different numerals on each. Attach a paper clip to the nose of each fish. Tie a magnet to a 3 foot string which is tied to a clip. Spread out fish & fish. Variation: Punch a hole in the front of each fish, pass a twist-em through the hole, and bend it into a loop. Can use table as dock or big box as a boat.

Edible aquariums- use graham crackers, colored cream cheese, goldfish and cheerios.

Rainbow Fish--Cut a large fish pattern from two pieces of colored cellophane, and punch holes around the edges. Stuff with small peices of hollagram or shiney paper, and "sew" around the edges with ribbon.

Fish -Take bubble wrap and cut out two fish shapes and glue both pieces together leaving an opening to stuff. Fill the fish ith colored tissue paper and then seal the opening. Hang these from the ceiling and you have a room full of beautiful rainbow fish!

Tissue paper collages---Give children fish shapes using a rainbow of diffrent colors.

FISH MURAL--Cut fish shapes out of white construction paper. Decorate the shapes with crayons or felt-tip markers. Help the children glue their fish shapes onto a piece of butcher paper. Add twisted green crepe-paper streamers for seaweed. Hang the butcher paper on a wall and cover it with blue cellophane to make an underwater scene.

Styrofoam Tray Fish Tank Cleaned Styrofoam trays, Clear Plastic Wrap, Tape, Glue, Scissors,Colored Paper, Crayons, Sand Have Children cut out Fish and Plant shapes from colored paper and color them. Glue fish and plants to inside of the tray. Glue sand below the fish. Let dry. Wrap the tray with plastic wrap and tape closed on the back side.Variation: Use round styrofoam plates.Tell the kids they are peeking from the port hole of a submarine! Use the blue tinted plastic wrap for a really neat effect!

Shark Hearing---Sharks have REALLY good hearing in order to find their food. Listen for a moment for all the sounds around us, then name them. Try to figure out how far away things are by the volume of the sound. Then tell them that we are going to play a listening game. We are going to be sharks looking for our dinner. Have all of the children except one go out of the room where they cannot see inside the your room. The remaining child sets a kitchen timer for 4 minutes, (with adult help),hides it somewhere in the room, then tells the "sharks" that dinner is coming. The kids go into the room VERY quietly, listening for the ticking. It is funny to watch the face of a child who picks up the sound and starts to zero in on it. The other kids notice and zoom over to that area

Angelfish--Bend a wire hanger into the shape of a diamond.Cut a big piece of aluminum foil into strips and tape around the diamond shape.Crisscross the strips in the other direction.Add three strips for the tail and a white paper circle with a dot in the center for an eye.

Stained Glass Fish Materials: wax paper 9"x12", liquid starch, paintbrush,black crayon,tissue paper squares,construction paper, scissors and glue Use a black crayon to draw a large fish shape onto the wax paper. Cut out the fish shape and paint it with the liquidstarch. Cover the fish with tissue paper "scales" overlapping as desired, adding starch as needed for the pieces to stick. Let dry. Glue on construction paper details, such as eyes, mouth or fins. Hang the fish in a sunny window.

Fish

All the fish are swimming in the ocean, Swimming in the ocean, swimming in the ocean. All the fish are swimming in the ocean, Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble, splash!

Whales in Water-Take a clear empty 2 liter drink bottle and filled it about 1/3 full of water. Take a small blue balloon, and as it is held in the bottle, blow up the balloon and tie a knot in the end. Add a couple of drops of blue food coloring to the water. Turn the bottle on its side & there is a whale floating in the waves.

Read Rainbow Fish--Use a fish shape copied on construction paper, have pre cut tissue paper and let the children glue on tissue, have one piece of foil pre cut to represent the one scale he gives everyone.

Sharks--Take a long, white envelope and seal it. Then cut the end off of one end. On the other end, cut a triangle into it. Save this triangle because it will be a fin. Now the triangle is the mouth of a shark. Cut nicks along the edges to look like sharp teeth. Use a black marker make features such as eyes. Glue fin on top of envelope. Use as a puppet--- the child's arm should fit through it.

Use RAINBOW FISH as a theme book--Paint on aluminum foil with many colors of tempra paint (we use Q-tips). When dry, attach to a larger piece of construction paper (use black) leaving an edge all around for a frame.

Scale Prints--Use bubble wrap. Paint it different colors and placing a piece of paper over it and pushing down to get the imprint and when dry cut out a fish shape. The imprint looks like scales.

Rainbow fish--Blow up a balloon. Cover it with paper strips and glue until it is solid. Cut out mouth at end....paint all silvery blue.Make the scales from some iridescent fabric, glue these all over the body. Add same for tail and fins. Then attach two fishing line strings from near mouth/tail to a piece of dowel-the Rainbow Fish puppet. FISH: * Buy a whole fish and have the children paint over it with different coloured poster paint and then put a sheet of paper on top and rub to take a print - smelly, but the kids love it! * Cook jelly and put in fish shaped lollies. * Have children draw fish with crayons on fish bowl shaped paper.

Then have them brush over it with watered down dye.

Fingerpaint--Fingerpaint with green, blue tinted shaving cream. Offer vaious "combs" to drag through and make ripples.

* *fingerpaint with ocean colors

*print with sponges shaped like under water creatures

*children could create any ocean creatures they like with any materials

they like (have scissors, variety of paper, paint, markers, yarn, etc.)

available and put together on a group mural if desired (watercolor wash background

painted together?)

*octopus painting-just a thought, what if children were asked how an

octopus would paint. . .

*display photos of ocean life with markers,etc.

*provide hologram type paper for collage after reading Rainbow Fish

2) Use broken up shells to create a collage on styrofoam meat packages.

3) Fingerpaint with shades of blue. When dry, chalk draw different sea life.

4) Use sand (or salt- its cheaper) mixed with dry tempera (add a

tablespoon at a time to the salt/sand to achieve the color you want.)

Use clear jars and make sand pictures by layering the colors. Use

pencils to create points around the edges. Fill in top with glue to keep

sand from shifting when done. Let dry and put lid on.

7) Cut different sea shapes from Styrofoam and glue to wooden blocks or

such. Use as stamps with paint on separate pages to create different

groups of animals.

---use a fish shape to make a 'school' of fish.

---use a whale shape to make a 'pod' of whales

and so on.

Then hole punch and "sew" the different pages together to make a take

home book.

8) An excellent book...."Blue Sea" by Robert Kalan...cut out related

sized fish and coordinating holes in construction paper. Then use it as

a hands on story book. Make enough holes and fish for each kid and they

can experiment on their own with the sizes. Laminate/clear mailing tape

them they'll last longer. Let the kids go around the room finding places

big fish will get stuck in but little fish can fit.

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