Fishy Tails by Flannel Board Fun
©Wendy Gerbi/FlannelBoardFun.com
Sure, it’s fun to swish your tail if you’re a squirrel. But maybe it’s even better if you’re a fish! This fun movement song uses ocean-creature-related vocabulary, mixed up with lots of large muscle movement. Ocean fun for all your little fish 🙂
Lyrics:
Yellow fish, yellow fish, swish your fishy tail! (swish your tail!)
Yellow fish, yellow fish, swish your fishy tail! (swish it again!)
Use your gills to get some air (raise your arms a bit from your side as you take a breath)
Flap your fins—steer here and there (flap your hands like fins and move about)
Yellow fish, yellow fish, swish your fishy tail! (swish it!)
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Gray whale, gray whale, slap your whaley tail! (slap hands like a big tail!)
Gray whale, gray whale, slap your whaley tail! (again!)
Swim up high to breathe your air (pantomime swimming to surface)
Use your tail—steer here and there (swim around)
Gray whale, gray whale, slap your whaley tail!
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Great white shark, great white shark, swish your sharky tail! ( swish your big tail!)
Great white shark, great white shark, swish your sharky tail!
Lurk around and hunt some fish (dorsal hand/fin up, sharky look)
Give your tail a great big swish!
Great white shark, great white shark, swish your sharky tail!
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Tuna fish, tuna fish, swish your tuna tail!
Tuna fish, tuna fish, swish your tuna tail!
Swim so fast and dive so deep
Swim, swim, swim—you never sleep!
Tuna fish, tuna fish, swish your tuna tail!
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