(to the tune of the Hokey Pokey) Put your left fin in, take your left fin out
You do the fishy pokey and you turn yourself around that's what its all about
Put your right gill in, take your right gill out (etc.) (tune of I'm a little tea pot) I'm a little fishy
watch me swim
Here is my tail
Here is my fin
When I want to have fun with my friends
I wiggle my tail an dive right in Silly Sally sells seashells
sells sea shell, sells, sea shells
Silly Sally sells seashells
sells sea shell, sells, sea shells
Down by the sea shore Down by the shore
In the sand and in the sun
I like to dive and splash and run
And as the waves roll out and in
I'll get warm in the sun and
Have lots of fun
Down by the shore Dolphin Dolphin in the Sea
Dolphin Dolphin wild and Free
Swimming Swimming in the Sea
Just as Free as you can be
Dolphin Dolphin in the Sea
Swimming Swimming Wild and Free. Five little fishes in the sea
teasing Mr. sharky
you can't catch me
you can't catch me
Well along came Mr. sharky (softly) as quiet as can be
He snapped! a fish up
right out of the sea.

Four little fishes in the sea
teasing Mr. sharky
you can't catch me
you can't catch me
Well along came Mr. sharky (softly) as quiet as can be
He snapped! a fish up
right out of the sea.

Three little fishes in the sea
teasing Mr. sharky
you can't catch me
you can't catch me
Well along came Mr. sharky (softly) as quiet as can be
He snapped! a fish up
right out of the sea.

Two little fishes in the sea
teasing Mr. sharky
you can't catch me
you can't catch me
Well along came Mr. sharky (softly) as quiet as can be
He snapped! a fish up
right out of the sea

One little fishy in the sea
teasing Mr. sharky
you can't catch me
you can't catch me
Well along came Mr. sharky (softly) as quiet as can be
He snapped! that fish up
right out of the sea
Now Mr. sharky is lonely can't you see. . An octopus has Eight long arms (Hold up four fingers on each hand)
It lives in the sea, but don't be alarmed (Wave hands back and forth to show no worry)
He squirts out ink (Clap hands), when he is the prey
And grows a new arm when it’s torn away.(Hold up arm as high as you can)
Have you ever gone fishing
On a bright and sunny day
With all the little fishies swimming
up and down the bay
With your hands in your pockets
And your pockets in your pants
All the little fishies do the hoochy woochy dance
Do Be Da Do Waa! Do Be DA Do Waa!
Yeah, all the fishies do the hoochy woochy dance My darling little goldfish (wiggle a finger)
Hasn't any toes (point to your toes)
He swims around without a sound (pretend to swim)
And bumps his angry nose (point to nose)
He can't get out to play with me (Point to your self)
Nor I get in to him (Point to other children)
Although I say Come out and play(motion finger for him to come)
He says, come in and swim(pretend to swim) On a chilly, willy night
We were telling spooky stories
in the pale moonlight

Then, we added some more logs
And sang some camp songs

As the fire flickered
And the ambers, began to form.
We snuggled in our sleeping bags
All cozy and tired and warm. Fishy swimming in a brook (Make diving motion)
Daddy catches with a hook. (motion like you are casting)
Mommy fries it in a pan (stir with a spoon)
Baby eats him like a man. (put hands on hips like superman) Once I caught a fish alive
But, then I let it go again
Why did you let it go (shout)
Cause it bit my finger so (grab finger)
Which finger did it bite (shout)
This little finger on the right (wiggle right pinky finger) Mr. lobster and Mrs. crab
pinch and snap all day
Mr. lobster and Mrs. crab
pinch and snap all day
with a pinch pinch here and a snap, snap there
here a pinch, there a snap
everywhere a pinch,pinch(snap, snap)
Mr. lobster and Mrs. crab pinch and snap all day. The fish in the sea go swim, swim, swim
swim, swim, swim, swim, swim, swim
The fish in the sea go swim, swim, swim
All through the Day

The lobsters in the sea go pinch, pinch, pinch
pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch
The lobsters in the sea go pinch, pinch, pinch
All through the Day

The octopus in the sea go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
The octopus in the sea go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
All through the Day

The crabs in the sea go click, click, click
click, click, click, click, click, click
The crabs in the sea go click, click, click
All through the Day
Use the book Five Little Sharks Swimming in the Sea (Steve Metzger, Laura Bryant (Illustrator)) and trace the sharks out of the book on tracing paper, plus all the other characters in the book and made flannel pieces.
(Sung To: Two Little Dicky Birds)
Two little fishes swimming in a tank,
one named Betty one named Frank,
swim away Betty, Swim away Frank,
Swim back betty swim back Frank.

(Sung To: "An ocean full of different creatures")

The clown fish lives in the ocean
The clown fish lives in the ocean.
The clown fish lives lives in the ocean....
His neighbour is the seahorse.

The seahorse lives in the ocean
The seahorse lives in the ocean.
The seahorse lives lives in the ocean....
His neighbour is the shark.

The shark lives in the ocean
The shark lives in the ocean.
The shark fish lives lives in the ocean....
His neighbour is the jellyfish.

Continue with: jellyfish, octopus, starfish, sea urchin, dolphin, whale, etc.

This instructional aid is called" Lets-go-a Fishing." You can do a lot of activities with it which promotes phonemics awareness.Cut out fish figures on different colors of construction paper, draw the mouth and the eyes and the scales around leave the body blank to write letters or numbers.And then put paperclip at the mouth of the fish. Then make a fish pole. Have a stick to tie the fish line then at the other end tie the piece of magnet. As the children deep the fish pole inside the container where the cut outs are, the magnet picks some of the cutout through the metal paper clips. With that the fisher (child) would identify what color of the fish and what letter or number he caught.

• Construction paper
• Markers or Paint