Water

Last week I went on vacation for the holiday, so I'm posting a little late. Since everyone is going to the beach, our theme last week was water (and all things related to water: swimming, water animals, boats, etc.).

Books:

Toddler Books:

Surf's Up - Kwame Alexander

Brownie & Pearl Take a Dip - Cynthia Rylant

Preschool Books:

Surf's Up - Kwame Alexander

Captain Jack and the Pirates - Peter Bently

The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water - Gemma Marino

Brownie & Pearl Take a Dip - Cynthia Rylant

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Did You Ever See a Fishy? (Tune: "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"):

Did you ever see a fishy, a fishy, a fishy,

Did you ever see a fishy, swim this way and that?

Swim this way and that way, and this way and that way,

Did you ever see a fishy swim this way and that?

Repeat with: Octopus, Shark, etc.

Source: King County Library System

Song + Flannels: "Down By the Bay" - Raffi 

Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow,

Back to my home, I dare not go,

For if I do, my mother will say, "Did you ever see a goose kissing a moose?" 

Down by the bay...

Source: Raffi (Traditional Folk Song)

Whale Behind the Pail (Flannel):

Little whale, little whale,

Are you behind the  blue  pail? 

Source: Fun With Friends at Storytime