Monkey Mitt Poems

                                                                        By

                                                            Marilyn A. Kinsella

                                                                 Fishies

(colored fish – need a blue, pink, yellow green and orange fish unless you change the poem.  Take off the named fish)

I saw a fish a-swimming                                                            Along came another                                                 

They did a backstroke and a dive                                            Pink is nice to be

Count with me then   1-2-3-4-5                                                 Green fish, blue fish, pink fish       

Then I didn’t see blue fish                                                        That makes 3

Swimming any more                                                                    In came yellow

Count them with me 1-2-3-4.                                                      And jumped on shore

                                                                                                       Green fish, blue fish, pink fish, yellow fish

Then, little Pinkie                                                                        That makes 4.

Went behind a tree                                                                     Orange Roughie

Count them with me 1-2-3.                                                         Came in for a dive

                                                                                                       Green fish, blue fish, pink fish, yellow fish, orange fish

My little lemon yellow fishie                                                      That makes 5.

Cried boo-hoo-hoo                                                          

Count them with me 1-2.                                                     (Gingerbread Man, Little pig, Goat, Rabbit, Princess)

Then, green fish                                                                                                    Nursery Rhymes                                                                       

Went away for some fun.                                                            Run, run as fast as you can.  You can’t catch me

Count with me 1                                                                                          I’m the Gingerbread Man

Orange fish looked around                                                           Not by the hair on my chinny, chin chin

“Hey I’m all alone, I’ll go swim in the sun.”                            Cried the 3 Little Pigs when the wolf wanted in.

Then there was  --None                                                            Trip-trap, trip-trap, trip-trap went the Three Billy Goats Gruff

 (or you can add one fish at a time)                                                    Below was the troll…and he was tough

When I went to the ocean

I saw one bright green fish                                                        Slow and steady said the turtle to Rabbit’s face

Swimming around with a swish, swish, swish.                                Slow and steady will win me this race.

Then came a fish                                                                           Cinderella,Cinderella what will she do

His scales were all blue                                                                        At 12 o’clock she lost her shoe.

Green fish, blue fish; that makes two (cont. at top)

Ants!

5 little ants scurrying about/ Till one little ant began to shout

“It’s too cold; I’m out the door,”/ Then there were 4. 

4 little ants scurrying about/ Till one little ant began to shout

“It’s time for some tea,”/ Then there were 3.

3 little ants scurrying about/ Till one little ant began to shout

“Oops, I forgot my shoe.”/ Then there were 2.

2 little ants scurrying about/ Till one little ant began to shout

“I think T.V. is much more fun,”/ Then there was 1

1 little ant scurrying about/ Till that ant began to shout

“There’s a hungry crow flying around the sun,”/ Then there was – None!

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