Toddler Storytime

Theme: Ocean

Head Shoulders, Say Hello

Head, shoulders, say hello, say hello.

Head, shoulders, say hello, say hello.

Eyes and ears and mouth and nose.

Head, shoulders, say hello, say hello.

Repeat, going faster!

Rhyme 1: Swing Me Over the Ocean

Swing me over the ocean (swing to the right)

Swing me over the sea (swing to the left)

Swing me over the garden (swing to the right)

And have me home for tea. (sip tea)


Rhyme 2: If you’re ready for a story


Book: Pop Up Sea

Rhyme 3: The creatures in the sea

The sharks in the sea go chomp, chomp, chomp;

Chomp, chomp, chomp; chomp, chomp, chomp.

The sharks in the sea go chomp, chomp, chomp;

All day long.

The fish in sea go swim, swim, swim....

The crabs in the sea go pinch, pinch, pinch....

Scarf time!

Scarf Song: “Wave Your Fish Up and Down” (Tune: “London Bridge”)

Wave your fish up and down,

Up and down, up and down,

Wave your fish up and down,

Wave your fish.

Scarf Song: “We Shake Our Fins Together”

We shake our fins together,

We shake our fins together,

We shake our fins together

Because it’s fun to do.

We shake them way up high,

We shake them way down low,

We shake them in the middle

Because it’s fun to do.

Book: Turtle- Turtle and the wide, wide river

Rhyme 5: A Pirate

A pirate went to sea, sea, sea

(move hands in curving motion to show ocean waves)

To see what he could see, see, see

(place hand above eye and look around)

And all that he could see, see, see

(place hand above eye and look around)

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

(move hands in curving motion to show ocean waves)

Video: The Jellyfish


Goodbye Friends

Goodbye Friends.

Goodbye Friends.

Goodbye Friends.

It's time to say Goodbye!

Adiós Amigos.

Adiós Amigos.

Adiós Amigos.

Adiós Amigos.

Es hora de decir adiós

How it went!

Pop Up Sea went over well! It engaged the kids immediately, and I had them guess what the next animal would be. The second book was a bit long, so I skipped to the end and shortened the story because the kids were very wiggly.

The scarfs were very fun but were time-consuming. I am still brainstorming what I would do next time instead of walking around and handing each kid an individual scarf.