Toddler Storytime for Boats and Ships

Hello again! The lovely weather has inspired me spend some time out by the coast. The sun shines on the beautiful boats as they prepare to go to sea. Let's pretend like we can join them as we listen to boat books and sing ship songs!

STORYTIME: Ships and boats

1. Intro: Good Morning Song
2. Rhyme: Row Row Row Your Boat
3. Story: Sheep in a Ship by Nancy Shaw (request here)
4. Rhyme: Motorboat
5. Story: Ship Ahoy! By Peter Sis (request here)
6. Rhyme: My Big Blue Boat
7. Story Extra (for a slow day): Burt Dow, Deep Water Man by Robert McCloskey (request here)
8. Song: Down by the Ocean
8. Craft: banana boat
(slice banana in half lengthways, stick in pretzels for rowing paddles)

Row Row Row Your Boat
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily,merrily,merrily
Life is but a dream.

Rock, rock, rock your boat
Rock it to and fro.
Watch out! Give a shout!
Into the water you go.

Row, row, row your boat
Down the jungle stream.
If you see a crocodile
Don’t forget to scream!

Row, row, row your boat
Underneath the stream
Ha-ha, fooled you!
You’re a submarine

Motorboat
Motorboat, motorboat, go so slow.
Motorboat, motorboat, go so fast,
Mototboat, motorboat, step on the gas!

My Big Blue Boat (Tune: Oh, Do You Know the Muffin Man)
I love to row in my big blue boat,
My big blue boat, my big blue boat;
I love to row in my big blue boat,
Out on the deep blue sea.

My big blue boat has two red sails,
Two red sails, two red sails;
My big blue boat has two red sails,
Two red sails.

So come for a ride in my big blue boat,
My big blue boat, my big blue boat;
So come for a ride in my big blue boat,
Out on the deep blue sea.

Down by the Ocean
Seagulls swooping down by the ocean
Down by the ocean, seagulls swooping
Oh how I love to go down by the ocean
Down by the ocean.
Seagulls (echo), Swooping (echo)
Swooping (echo), Seagulls (echo)
Oh how I love to go down by the ocean
Down by the ocean.
Dolphins diving...
People swimming...
Sailboats bobbing...


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