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Sail Away With Books!
sailboats and let each family add the title of a book they read in the Texas Reading Club or their
family name. See how quickly the water fills with sailors!
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by
the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade
winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” –Mark Twain
Refreshments
Sweet Fleet Treats
Make rice crispy treats and cut them into triangles to look like sailboats. Make a sail from a piece
of white paper cut into a triangle. Insert a toothpick through the top and bottom of the sail and
stick it in the rice crispy treat to make it look like a sailboat.
Rhymes and Poetry
Seasick? Not Me!
(By Lucina Carpenter. Inspired by Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See by Bill Martin.)
I climbed aboard a sailing ship (Pretend you are climbing)
And what did I see? (Hand above eyes and lean forward)
A very tall mast (Hand goes from ground to up high)
Looking back at me. (Fingers make “o” shape around eyes)
I climbed aboard a sailing ship ((Pretend you are climbing)
And what did I see? (Hand above eyes and lean forward)
The captain of the ship (Salute and stand at attention)
Looking back at me. (Fingers make “o” shape around eyes)
I climbed aboard a sailing ship (Pretend you are climbing)
And what did I see? (Hand above eyes and lean forward)
The pretty blue ocean (Make wave motions with hands)
Looking back at me. (Fingers make “o” shape around eyes)
I climbed aboard a sailing ship (Pretend you are climbing)
And what did I see? (Hand above eyes and lean forward)
Seagulls, flying, and (Flap arms to sides)
Looking back at me. (Fingers make “o” shape around eyes)
I climbed aboard a sailing ship (Pretend you are climbing)
And what did I see? (Hand above eyes and lean forward)
The big wide sky (Arms come up in front of you and out)
Looking back at me. (Fingers make “o” shape around eyes)
I climbed aboard a sailing ship (Pretend you are climbing)
And what did I see? (Hand above eyes and lean forward)
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