Flannel Friday: Chomp Like a Shark

For last week's Under the Sea story time I adapted a Caroline and Danny song Wiggle, Jiggle, Giggle into a flannel board rhyme.

Sharks have rows and rows of teeth
They don't chew gum but they do chew meat!

So let's chomp like a shark,
Chomp, chomp like a shark
Let's chomp like a shark
Chomp, chomp like a shark

 

Dolphins aren't fish but they play in the sea
They swallow fish whole that they catch with their teeth

So let's dive like a dolphin,
Dive, dive like a dolphin
Let's dive like a dolphin,
Dive, dive like a dolphin

 

We hold our breath by holding our nose
Whales hold their breath by closing their holes!

So let's blow like a whale,
Blow, blow like a whale
So let's blow like a whale
Blow, blow like a whale

 

Octopi wave their 8 arms at me
They don't taste with their mouth but with their arms, you see

So let's wave like an octopus,
Wave, wave like an octopus
Let's wave like an octopus
Wave, wave like an octopus

 

 

Crabs don't go forward, only side to side
On the beach they may pinch you and hide

So let's pinch like a crab,
Pinch, pinch like a crab
Let's pinch like a crab,
Pinch, pinch like a crab

 

As I put each animal up we stopped and talked about it for a while. What does it do? Where does it live? Let's count the arms on the octopus, so by the time we got to the rhyme the kids could anticipate what action we would be doing to imitate the animal.

 

Once they were all up on the board we took them off, one by one, repeating their rhyme as it came off the board.

This photo is a much better representative of the colors, except the pink whale. Figuring out photography of these flannels is an ongoing struggle in my professional life.