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Sail Away With Books!
Demco, www.demco.com, sells a variety of inexpensive bookmarks, such as a sea life
clip-on bookmark, that could be used as prizes and incentives.
Smilemakers, www.smilemakers.com, sells Undersea Fish Balls, rubber balls with small
plastic fish embedded in them, Fish Kaleidoscopes, and other fishy items.
Dance and Movement Songs
The Fishy Pokey
Do the "Fishy Pokey." Tell the kids to put their “fins” and “flippers” and “tails” in and
have them “swim all about.”
Move Like a Sea Creature
Play any of the musical recordings listed below and let the children move about like sea
creatures.
Example:
Octopus: arms out moving slowly up and down as you walk
Sea turtle: walking about moving arms in and out from your side
Jellyfish: bobbing up and down
Boogaloo
(Adapted by Shelly Lane. Two or three people line up with the leader for this song, side
by side with their arms around each other’s shoulders. Children form a line facing the
leader, side by side with their arms around each other’s shoulders. When the leader yells
the first line, everybody drops their arms to their side. Create additional verses,
substituting other sea creatures and actions, if desired. End by repeating the first verse,
“Boogaloo.”)
LEADER: Drop the beat!
ALL: Chh chh chh… (Stomp feet to beat)
LEADER: Let me see you boogaloo!
ALL: What’s that you say?
LEADER: I said let me see you boogaloo!
ALL: What’s that you say?
LEADER: I said let me see you boogaloo!!!
ALL: What’s that you say?
ALL: Ooh, ahh ahh, ahh, ooh, ahh, ahh ahh, ooh. (While dancing around)
LEADER: BOOGALOO! (Everyone back in line stomping and chanting chh chh…)
LEADER: Let me see your jumping fishie.
ALL: What’s that you say?
LEADER: I said let me see your jumping fishie!
ALL: What’s that you say?
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