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Octopuss Garden
Octopuss Garden
Overview
The students will enjoy reading and exploring the
ocean in the lively and loveable childrens book
Octopuss Garden by Ringo Starr and Ben Cort.
Objectives
1) The students will demonstrate the following
actions and events that occur throughout the
book using puppets and movement.
2) The students will demonstrate their ability to
follow directions and sequencing.
3) The students will positively engage in the story
with purpose and understanding.
Activities
1) The students will be arranged in a circle with
the desks surrounding the outside
2) The book will first be read to the students
3) Hand out puppets to students who would like to
have one
4) Explain the movements of the story
1) Lay on bellies thinking (Page 1)
2) Introduce puppets and start swimming on
belly (Page 2)
3) Continue swimming on belly and turn to a
friend and ask to swim with me (Page 3)
4) Students get up and follow child with turtle
puppet
5) Get up and hide behind desks when thunder
crashes & make crashing sound (Page 5)
6) Students come back out and rest head on
ground (page 6)
7) Gather in a circle and dance (Page 7)
8) Students fallow child with whale puppet
(Page 8)
9) Swimming on bellies again (Page 9)
10) Search for items on ground in center
(Page 10)
11)
Swim on bellies again (Page 11)
5) The students will then insert the actions and
the book will be read again
6) The actions will be performed again but only to
Octopuss Garden
Materials
1) Octopuss Garden by Ringo
Starr and Ben Cort.
2) Octopuss Garden CD
3) Ocean Animal Puppets
4) Desks
5) Plastic Gold Goins
Lyrics
"Octopus's Garden"
I'd like to be under the
sea
In an octopus's garden in
the shade
He'd let us in, knows
where we've been
In his octopus's garden in
the shade
I'd ask my friends to come
and see
An octopus's garden with
me
I'd like to be under the
sea
In an octopus's garden in
the shade
We would be warm below
the storm
In our little hideaway
beneath the waves
Resting our head on the
sea bed
In an octopus's garden
near a cave
Octopuss Garden