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A Slippery Fish

November 24, 2009 by ajpassey 1 Comment

This is a simplified version of the original lyrics to A Slippery Fish (Octopus Song). In the original lyrics, each creature moves through the water in a different way. For example, the octopus squiggles through the water or the tuna fish flashes through the water. This simplified version is perfect for babies and young toddlers and their caregivers!

Lyrics     Actions     Video

Slippery Fish Lyrics

A slippery fish, a slippery fish,
Swimming in the ocean.
A slippery fish, a slippery fish,
Glub. Glub. Glub.
Oh no, I’ve been eaten by an octopus!

An octopus, an octopus,
Swimming in the ocean.
An octopus, an octopus,
Glub. Glub. Glub.
Oh no, I’ve been eaten by a tuna fish!

A tuna fish, a tuna fish,
Swimming in the ocean.
A tuna fish, a tuna fish,
Glub. Glub. Glub.
Oh no, I’ve been eaten by a great big shark!

A great big shark, a great big shark,
Swimming in the ocean.
A great big shark, a great big shark,
Glub. Glub. Glub.
Oh no, I’ve been eaten by a humongous whale!

A humongous whale, a humongous whale,
Swimming in the ocean.
A humongous whale, a humongous whale,
Glub. Glub. Glub.
Oh no, I’ve been eaten by a human!

Was it you?

Slippery Fish Actions

Slippery fish: hold hands together, palms touching, and move hands like a fish swimming in the water

Oh no! I’ve been eaten by…: Clap hands to your face making a surprised looked

Octopus: 1) lock thumbs together and wiggle 8 remaining fingers as legs or 2) place fist of one hand on back of the other and wiggle the second hand’s fingers as legs

Tuna fish: Keep hands together, palms touching. Keep fingers connected while moving hands from close together to making a circle or bowl shape, like a puffed up fish. Move them back and forth during this verse.

Great big shark: Extend arms out long spread apart then bring them together clapping hands like a giant mouth closing

Humongous whale: Place hands on hips with arms rounded out, taking up as much space as possible. Rock from side to side while singing this verse.

Was it you? Point at a child and ask them if they ate the whale. If this is a smaller, more personal group or with your own child, this is a great tickle opportunity.

Slippery Fish Video

Cover image of Slippery Fish book

There’s Even a Book

You can find the book on Amazon (affiliate link): Slippery Fish in Hawai’i by Charlotte Diamond

Filed Under: Lyrics, Songs Tagged With: actions, animals, infants, ocean, Oceans of Possibility, water

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Laptime is a library program for babies and toddlers that incorporates books, songs, fingerplays and nursery rhymes. Laptime Songs is a place to find inspiration and resources for bringing the laptime program to life in the library, preschool, day care and at home! Amber Passey, founding editor of Laptime Songs and Because Babies Grow Up, discovered the laptime program through the Orem Public Library. She loved the program so much that when the opportunity arose, she volunteered to be a teller.

After volunteering at the Orem Public Library for over a year, her family moved to Tennessee. They found a terrific children’s librarian at the Bell County Library in Middlesboro, Kentucky. She had programs for all ages, but due to lack of time in her schedule, she didn’t have a program for babies and toddlers. Amber was excited to offer to start the laptime program and Cindy was excited to get a laptime program going. There she had fun introducing new friends to the library and inviting them to continue to enjoy music and books outside of the library.

Amber worked as the Assistant Children’s Librarian at the Bellevue Public Library. There she planned and ran programming for the early childhood crowd including storytimes for babies, for toddlers, and for preschoolers. Amber also provides outreach programs to local Headstart preschool classrooms. In addition to storytimes, Amber ran the library’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program.

Amber is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Library and Information Sciences from the iSchool at San Jose Statue University.

Some of Amber’s Favorites:

  • Open Them, Shut Them
  • Slippery Fish
  • Star Light, Star Bright

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