Swim With the Fish Storytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

  

 

• Book #1 – Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins 

• Stand-up Activity – "The Goldfish" action song from Victor Vito by Laurie Berkner 

• Bridge - Open, Shut Them (fingerplay)

Open, shut them
(open and close hands)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap (clap)
Open, shut them

Open, shut them
Put them in your lap
(put hands in lap)

Creep them, creep them
Under your chin
(creep fingers up chest)
Open your mouth, but don't put them in
(do as words say)

Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them
Open shut them
Put them in your lap 

• Flannelboard - Five Little Fishies Swimming in the Sea (counting down rhyme I found on the blog Ms. Kelly at the Library) 

• Letter of the Day - "F" is for fish

• Book #2 – Splash! by Henrietta Branford and Rosalind Beardshaw 

• Activity – I'm a Little Fishy (action song to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot" that I found many, many, many years ago)

I'm a little fishy

I can swim

Here is my tail and here is my fin

When I want to have fun with my friends

I wiggle my tail and dive right in

• Closing - Scarves to the song "Popcorn Calling Me" from Buzz Buzz by Laurie Berkner 

  

• Art Experience – Star stickers on a sea star drawing