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Sail Away With Books!
A Sailor Went to Sea
(Traditional.)
Children choose partners and sit facing each other as they sing this song and perform the
clapping actions listed below. Let them repeat the song as many times as they like.
A sailor went to sea, sea, sea,
To see what he could see, see, see,
But all that he could see, see, see,
Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea.
Children perform these clapping actions, repeating with each of the four lines.
A – clap own hands
Sai – clap right hand with partner
Lor- clap own hands
Went – clap left hand with partner
To – clap own hands
Sea, sea, sea – clap partner’s hands three times
Audio Recordings
Caribbean Party by Various Artists.
“ Coconut Moon” on Coconut Moon by The Green Chili Jam Band.
Reader’s Theater
Provide copies of the reader’s theater script “Reading to the Rescue” by Barrie Teague
Alguire in the Reader’s Theater section of this manual.
Present “Rub-a-Dub Dub, How Did All of Those Guys Get in the Tub?” from Tadpole
Tales and Other Totally Terrific Treats for Readers Theatre by Anthony Fredericks
available through netLibrary, a TexShare resource. This fractured tale explains how six
people managed to take a bath together.
Puppet Plays
Perform “The Fisherman and His Wife” or “Little Frog’s Big Trip” by Barrie Teague
Alguire in the puppet plays section of this manual.
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