Storytime Theme: Ocean Adventure
Spending time over and under the waves is a surefire way to find adventure! With this year’s summer reading theme being “Adventure Beings at Your Library,” I wanted to make sure we have lots of great suggestions early in the year! This storytime lesson plan works well for an adventure-theme program but could work just as well for preparing for a trip to the beach (or “down the shore” from where I come from!). Explore animals, plants, and more with these great fiction and nonfiction read alouds, plus adorable songs, rhymes, crafts, and activities!
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Storytime Theme: Ocean Adventure
Books
- Field Trip to the Ocean Deep by John Hare
- First Big Book of the Ocean by Catherine D. Hughes
- I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
- Jules Vs. the Ocean by Jessie Sima
- Ocean! Waves for All by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by David Litchfield
- Over and Under the Waves by Kate Messner, illustrated by Christopher Neal
- The Sea Below My Toes by Charlotte Guillain, illustrated by Jo Empson
- The Sea Knows by Alice B. McGinty and Alan B. Havis, illustrated by Stephanie Laberis
- Wave by Suzy Lee
Songs & Rhymes
- Once I Saw an Octopus – Jen In the Library
- Five Little Seashells – Pasadena Public Library
- All the Fish – Caspar Babypants
Crafts & Activities
- Seashell Sorting – The Crafty Classroom
- Puffer Fish Craft – Craft Morning
- Ocean Count & Trace – Preschool Play and Learn
