O is for Octopus

Mommy & Me Book Club
Gathering Activity	Look at books about the ocean. Play with puzzles.
Welcome Announcements:	Welcome Song (tune: London Bridges) Come along and clap with me, Clap with me, clap with me. Come along and clap with me, It’s time for us to start.
Circle Time	The More We Get Together Sing ABC song. Count from 1-10 forward and backward.
Book Time	Gentle Giant Octopus—Karen Wallace My Very Own Octopus—Bernard Most Octopus’s Garden—Ringo Starr Octopus Alone—Divya Srinivasan
Art Activity (Fine motor skills activity)	Make an O octopus from: http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2008/06/letter-of-the-week-oo.html
Snack	Fish crackers
Game  (Gross motor skills activity)	Splash outside in the wading pool.
Closing	Good-bye Song (tune: Here We Are Together) Now we wave good-bye, Good-bye, good-bye. Now we wave good-bye, I’ll see you next time.
Other	More books with an octopus or ocean theme: I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean— Wiggle! Like an Octopus— An Octopus is Amazing—Patricia Lauber Commotion in the Ocean—Andreae Hello Ocean—Pam Munoz Ryan I Can Save the Ocean—Allison Inches Water Sings Blue—Kate Coombs Ocean Soup—Swinburne Some fun websites: http://clutterfreeclassroom.blogspot.com/2012/04/sea-life-eye-candy-virtual-vacation.html http://www.kinderbykim.com/may.htm My four year old especially loved learning about the octopus and has retained so many of the facts about the octopus. It was interesting to learn new things for me too!