Shark- Sh sh sh sound

Since I work at the YMCA in the mini care we sometimes to little fun lesson crafts!  :) We did this cute shark thing so Selah decided our letter this week should be "S" and also since her name starts with the letter "S."  We are also working on the "sh" sound since we are doing shark but also we will do "S".     We should have a few more "S" things to share later this week.  :) 

For this activity we read "Five Little Sharks Swimming in the Sea" and we already had these 5 cute sharks so I handed them out to my little helpers.  The book has some fun motions that the kids could use their shark and act out.  

Before we read the story we sang the song "Slippery Fish."  Here are the lyrics:

(make a fish with hands together)Slippery fish, slippery fish swimming in the water

Slippery fish, slippery fish,

Gulp, Gulp, Gulp

 It was eaten by a...

 (move hands around like you have 8 tentacles)Octopus,  Octopus, swimming in the water

Octopus, Octopus,

Gulp, Gulp, Gulp

It was eaten by a...

(move hands side to side)Tuna Fish, tuna fish swimming in the water

Tuna fish, tuna fish, 

Gulp, Gulp, Gulp

It was eaten by a... 

(put hand on forehead like a shark fin) Great White Shark, Great White Shark swimming in the water

Great white shark, great white shark

Gulp, Gulp, Gulp

It was eaten by a...

(push hands up over head like water spouting out of a whale)  Humongous Whale, Humongous whale swimming in the water

Humongous whale, humongous whale

Gulp, Gulp, Gulp

It was eaten by a...BURP!  

To make this shark all you need is an envelope.  Lick the envelope closed, cut one end across so your hand can be the puppet and then cut a triangle and use the triangle for the fin.  Allow them to glue on the fin, color, draw an eye, teeth, and gills. :) Then allow them to act out the story or just be a shark.  :)