the octopus song.

I love this little song. I taught it to my 2 years olds and now they always want to sing it.

OCTOPUS
The "Slippery Fish" Song

During the "gulp, gulp, gulp" part of the song, keep the palms of your hands together and open the fingers of each hand to represent the gulping of a fish. During the "Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …" part of the song, put your hands on your cheeks. All other movement instructions are in parentheses within the song.

(Put your hands together in a prayer position to resemble a fish and wiggle them together as if swimming)
Slippery fish, slippery fish,
sliding through the water,
Slippery fish, slippery fish,
Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by an …

(Wave your arms up and down at your sides like the flailing arms of an octopus.)
Octopus, octopus,
squiggling in the water
Octopus, octopus,
Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …

(Put your hands together with your fingers slightly bent and spread, keeping your palms touching each other. Open and close your hands as you sing.)
Tuna fish, tuna fish,
flashing in the water,
Tuna fish, tuna fish,
Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …
I have never done the tuna fish part, but it's part of the original song.

(Place one hand, with fingers straight upwards, on top of your head.)
Great white shark, great white shark,
lurking in the water,
Great white shark, great white shark,
Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …

(Put your hands on your sides and spread your elbows out as if you are "large".)
Humongous whale, humongous whale,
spouting in the water,
Humongous whale, humongous whale,
Gulp! … Gulp! … Gulp! …
BURP! (Cover your mouth.) Pardon me!

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Have fun!