Nancy Stewart

Sing this summer song as you learn about sea creatures! Add your own verses about other sea animals, some that swim, and some that don’t! Have children act out the animals in the song. Let them listen to the description, then “become” the animal. There are suggested movements below, but of course children can make up their own!

There are creatures living in the ocean
So many animals living in the sea
Some of them like to walk sideways
Along the bottom of the sea
Like the crab, the crab, walking sideways
On the bottom of the sea

There are creatures living in the ocean
So many animals living in the sea
Some of them are called cephalopods,
They only have head and feet
Like the octopus, the octopus,
It only has head and feet

There are creatures living in the ocean
So many animals living in the sea
One of them looks like a pretty flower,
But it's a sea anemone
An anemone, anemone,
It's a sea anemone

There are creatures living in the ocean
So many animals living in the sea
One of them is enormous,
He has either teeth or baleen
It's a whale, a whale,
Eating with teeth or baleen