Ten children roll and push out the next in line, until there's no one left

Five children help act out flying around the world, and 'Whooosh' away - one at a  time...

A spoken song...

We make a fist and release one, then two fingers, and finally all the rest. We widen the size of the growing pea pod until it's as wide as the children can reach, at which point it POPs!

When we sing Mark the Shark we use a straight hand as the fin. There are plenty of friends for Mark - Gail the Whale, Trish the Fish, Myrtle the Turtle and even Gus the Octopus! Our children think of new sea creatures and choose rhyming names...

This is a lovely song, with lots of musical instruments to choose from

We plan to make up some new verses next time we sing this song...

As you can probably hear, we have great fun singing this! The children rotate their fingers, thumbs, arms, legs, and heads - and stand up and then sit back down again...

This very old song was first mentioned in 'Mother Goose's Melody' around 1765, and was about a hare, not a fish! 

There's a video of this song on our Facebook site - recorded on World Book Day, when we dressed as characters from The Very Hungry Caterpillar. What an amazing day!

https://www.facebook.com/ladbrokeschool/videos/2234257653559792/

A sea shanty with changing actions as the character grows up...