{"id":13695,"date":"2019-05-13T17:03:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T00:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/?p=13695"},"modified":"2019-05-14T14:15:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T21:15:47","slug":"under-the-sea-toddler-storytime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/kids\/2019\/under-the-sea-toddler-storytime\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Sea — Toddler Storytime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Tuesday’s storytime we went under the sea to meet lots of fish and other undersea creatures.<\/p>\n

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Books We Shared<\/h4>\n

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Lucy Cousin’s big book Hooray for Fish<\/a> was a great introduction to the variety of life underwater. It’s also a rhyming book somewhat reminiscent of One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish<\/a><\/em> by Dr. Seuss.<\/p>\n

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Papa Seahorse’s Search<\/a> is a wonderful lift-the-flap exploration of ocean life. It incorporates a lot of math and counting too.<\/p>\n

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Flannel Boards We Shared<\/h4>\n

Five Little Seashells<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Five little seashells, lying on the shore.
\nSwish went the waves. Then there were four.<\/p>\n

Four little seashells, pretty as can be.
\nSwish went the waves. Then there were three.<\/p>\n

Three little seashells, all pearly new.
\nSwish went the waves. Then there were two.<\/p>\n

Two little seashells, lying in the sun.
\nSwish went the waves. Then there was one.<\/p>\n

One little seashell, lying all alone.
\nI said Shhhh as I took it home.<\/p>\n

(Credit: http:\/\/www.songsforteaching.com\/hughhanley\/5littleseashells.htm<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Action Songs & Bounces We Shared<\/h4>\n

These next few rhymes were first introduced with puppets, which I brought out of my “I Spy” Box:<\/p>\n

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Little Blue Whale<\/strong><\/p>\n

Little blue whale
\nin a big blue sea
\nSplish, splash, splish, splash
\nSwim with me!
\nDip a little, dive a little,
\nDunk a little whale,
\nThen come back up and flip your tail!<\/p>\n

(Credit: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tRDPO2hiZWY<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Octopus Riddle<\/strong><\/p>\n

He doesn’t have fingers,
\nHe doesn’t have fins,
\nMy friend uses tentacles to help him swim.
\nHe can’t give you five,
\nBut he can give you eight!
\nWould you like to meet him? He can hardly wait!<\/p>\n

Orange Octopus<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Tune: If You’re Happy And You Know It)<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh, I wish I was an orange octopus.
\nOh, I wish I was an orange octopus.
\nOh I’d wave my lovely legs,
\nAnd I’d splash in all the waves.
\nOh, I wish I was an orange octopus. <\/p>\n

(Credit: https:\/\/www.dltk-teach.com\/alphabuddies\/songs\/o\/orangeoctopus.htm<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Open Shut Them<\/strong><\/p>\n

Open shut them, open shut them.
\nGive a little clap, clap, clap.
\nOpen shut them, open shut them.
\nPlace them on your lap, lap, lap.
\nCreep them, crawl them
\nCreep them, crawl them
\nRight up to your chin, chin, chin
\nOpen up your little mouth… Buuuuuuuuuuut…
\nDo not let them in!<\/p>\n

Peekaboo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peekaboo, where are you
\nhiding in your… PLACE! PEEKABOO!
\nPeekaboo, I see you
\nand your smiling… FACE! PEEKABOO!<\/p>\n

Two Little Boats<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two little boats are on the sea
\nAll is calm as calm can be
\nGently the wind begins to blow
\nTwo little boats rock to and fro
\nLoudly the wind begins to shout
\nTwo little boats are tossed about
\nGone is the wind, the storm, the rain
\nTwo little boats sail on again<\/p>\n

(Credit: Under-Fives Alive!<\/a> by Jane Farley, Eileen Goddard and Judy Jarvis)<\/p>\n

Goodbye Friends<\/strong> (song in sign)<\/p>\n

Click here for video:\u00a0 <\/em>Goodbye Babies (Friends)<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Goodbye friends, goodbye friends
\nGoodbye friends, it\u2019s time to say goodbye.<\/p>\n

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Music from CDs We Shared<\/h4>\n

Children love to sing and dance to music.\u00a0 Here are some of the songs\/bounces on CD that we\u00a0used in storytime.<\/p>\n

“Clap Everybody and Say Hello” from Sally Go Round the Sun<\/a> by Kathy Reid-Naiman<\/p>\n

“Row, Row, Row Your Boat” from Songs for Wiggleworms<\/a> by Old Town School of Folk Music<\/p>\n

“Dancing Scarf Blues” from Dancing Feet<\/a> by Carole Peterson<\/p>\n

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Video We Shared<\/h4>\n

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We saw an oldie but a goodie–sometimes I like showing these older classic storytime films and seeing how they used to do the animations in the 1970s. We watched Fish is Fish from our Swimmy DVD<\/a>, based on the book Fish is Fish<\/a> by Leo Lionni. In this story, a fish is told all kinds of wonderful stories about life above water by his friend the frog, and tries to imagine seeing those creatures with wings and legs. Would they look like fish? Each time I showed this, everyone laughed when the fish tried to imagine a cow–it’s pretty ridiculous!<\/p>\n

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Continue the Fun<\/h2>\n

Here are some more books about the ocean to check out at your Pasadena Public Library Branch:<\/p>\n

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