\nMe: Of course I am, what would I do without you?
\n17yo: …have really lackluster storytimes???
\nMe: *thinks fondly of the pre-snark parenting years* <\/em><\/p>\n
ANYWAY. <\/p>\n
This is a simple re-write of “One Elephant Went Out to Play” (or “One Dinosaur Went Out to Play<\/a>“) with two different types of simple props for the kids. Sing it to “Five Little Ducks Went Out One Day.”<\/p>\n One Little Shark<\/p>\n [sing] One little shark went out to play [yell] Oooooh, SHHHHHAAAAAAARRRRK! <\/p>\n [sing] Two little sharks…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n You can have the kids stand up and act this out without props. <\/p>\n First line: Hold up finger\/s for the number of sharks, then put palms together over your head to make a fin. <\/p>\n Second line: With fin in place, bob knees so you are riding up and down on the wave.<\/p>\n Third\/fourth line: Motion with hand like you’re waving someone to come over<\/p>\n Yelling line: Hold hands to mouth, call out, “Oh, Shark!” Then snap palms together like shark teeth! Or, wiggle like you’re swimming! <\/p>\n You can also make some simple props for the kids to use. You can make a shark fin on a pop stick: <\/p>\n These are cut from 6×6 squares of construction paper and glued together on either side of a large pop stick. You could make one for each child and hand them out. The kids can hold up the shark fin over their heads. Then it’s a little trickier for them to do the motions, but you can always be the one doing the motions while they sing, bounce, and yell. <\/p>\n OR, you could try making shark fin hats. I did NOT test this out on a small-size child, but I did try to fit one on my teens and it ALMOST fits so maybe it would work for smaller heads. <\/p>\n These hats are cut from two 9×12 pieces of construction paper, and just stapled around the convex curve with ONE staple at the top of the concave curve. (The photo below shows 2 staples but I took one out afterwards.) The open space in the back of the fin is what I *hope* would allow different-sized child-size heads to keep this on. <\/p>\n Construction paper shark fin hat<\/p><\/div>\n Here is Thomas the dog modeling the hat! *IF* the hats fit AND stay on, then the child could have hands free to do the motions of the song. Plus I think a room full of waist-high shark fins would look pretty funny. I will take the hat to Monday’s storytime and test it on a toddler! <\/p>\n In the meantime, check out all the other Shark Week posts at Kelly’s blog Ms Kelly at the Library<\/a>. All things Flannel Friday can be found at our webpage<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey all, here is a last-minute entry for the Flannel Friday Shark Week Round Up! Thanks to my teens who helped me develop this idea while we were driving around yesterday. 14yo: I think it’s funny that you’re still using … Continue reading
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