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2007 Texas Reading Club Manual
Refreshments
Serve blue Jell-O with gummy fish “swimming” in it, goldfish crackers, or submarine
sandwiches. Blue or green colored punch can be served as “seawater.” Blue punch can be made
using berry drink mixes or Kool-Aid.
Songs
Sing “Baby Beluga” from Baby Beluga by Raffi or read the book Yellow Submarine by The
Beatles and play the music during your celebration. Lyrics for both songs are provided at NIEHS,
www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/babybeluga.htm and
www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/submarine.htm. “Yellow Submarine” is also included on Rockin’
Down the Road by Greg and Steve.
Sing I Am A Sea Star, available at the Monterey Bay Aquarium web site,
www.mbayaq.org/lc/teachers_place/activity_popup_imaseastar.asp?bhcp=1. The site also
includes patterns that could be printed and copied for the children to hold up while singing.
Rhymes and Poetry
Like a Fish
(Traditional.)
I hold my fingers like a fish, (Place one hand on top of the other)
And I wave them as I go. (Wave hands up and down)
See them swimming with a swish, (Swim and flip hands in air)
So swiftly to and fro. (Swim hands back and forth)
Audio Recordings
“Across the Wide Ocean” and “Wish I Was a Whale” on Two Hands Hold the Earth by Sarah
Pirtle.
Bathtime Magic by Joanie Bartles.
“Billy the Squid” on Billy the Squid by Tom Chapin.
Flumpa’s World: Water, Water Everywhere by Wendy Whitten.
“Goin’ Fishin’” on Family Vacation by Rosenshontz.
“The Gooey Duck Song” and “The Fishin’ Hole” on Fred Penner’s Place by Fred Penner.
“Octopus (Slippery Fish)” on 10 Carrot Diamond by Charlotte Diamond.
What’s in the Sea? by Lois Skiera-Zucek.
Stories to Tell
Tell “The Klunge Maker” available online in Family Storytime: Twenty-four Creative Programs
for All Ages by Rob Reid, available through NetLibrary, a TexShare resource.
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