Otter Storytime

O is for otter. I couldn’t find any other otter storytimes, so hope this helps someone.

Opening Song with sign language

Sign Language: ocean, swim

Literacy Activity: Letter O
See https://libraryfun.home.blog/literacy-activities/ for more information.

Wiggle Song

Book: Otters Love to Play by Jonathan London

Baby otters love to play all day!

Feltboard: 10 Little Otters (Tune of Frères Jaques)

One little otter, one little otter
In the sea, in the sea.
Splishing and a splashing, splishing and a splashing,
Happy as can be, happy as can be.

Add one per verse and have the children bring up the pieces.
By Leslie Blount

Image purchased from Wetland Animals Clipart by Creative Clips Clipart on Teachers pay Teachers

Book: The Otter Who Loved to Hold Hands by Heidi Howarth  

Otters float together and hold hands!

Action Song Sea Otter Rhyme for Little Ones

I know this song isn’t perfect, but it was hard finding anything on this topic! I just played the song, I didn’t show the video.

Book: Little by Little by Amber Stewart

The baby otter can’t swim, but little by little he learns how.

Closing Song

Activity: Otter Paper Craft. This craft was purchased from Crafty Be Creations here. I made the otter smaller, then I cut and partially assembled the craft by putting on the nose and lower face piece the also chest piece on the body to make the assembly easier. The children liked them a lot!

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  1. Love the idea of an otter storytime! Thank you for sharing. Another fun read-aloud to consider is OTTER OUGHTA KNOW by Karyn Friedman-Everham (from Scholastic). It’s a super cute rhyming story with colorful illustrations that kids love.

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