15 Best Ocean Poems for Kids
Are you teaching kids about the ocean? If so, these ocean poems for kids will be a great addition to their poetry notebooks. At the end of the post, you will find a link to our fun Ocean Facts for Kids.
From the coral reefs to the kelp forests, ocean volcanoes, and mysterious creatures, the ocean has a lot going on! This makes it the perfect subject when you are wanting children to learn about the wide and diverse planet we live on!
The ocean blue is also a perfect topic if you are wanting to instill a respect for marine life, sea creatures, and healthy oceans in your students or children.
Ocean Poems for Kids
Reading and writing informational text is beneficial for discovering new tidbits about the ocean and its deep darkness. Ocean poems for kids, however, also adds more fun and creativity to the ocean facts.
If you are needing a poetry resource or collection of poems for an ocean unit or a unit about ocean animals, read on below!
Looking for a collection of ocean poems or poems about sea turtles and other ocean animals? We have plenty here for you to utilize!
Take Me Out to the Ocean
(New addition written by Little Learning Corner)
Take me out to the ocean,
take me out to the sea.
There goes a dolphin and a starfish,
now, I can’t even count all these fish!
So, let’s swim, swim, swim
underwater.
Try not to wake all the sharks!
For the ocean is
so pretty and cool.
Can we please stay till dark?
Five Ocean Friends
By Flannel Board Fun
5 little ocean friends
swimming near the ocean floor.
The yellow fish swam away, and that left four.
Four little ocean friends,
together in the sea.
The tuna fish splashed away, and that left three.
After reading the poems, it’s a good idea to revisit them frequently. Educational programs, and teachers like myself, suggest building fluency and language through familiarity, rhymes, and poems. The familiarity will build confidence in reading, and naturally encourage more learning.
The ocean poems for kids are also a great way to practice sight words.
Ten Little Sea Turtles
By Little Learning Corner
One little, two little,
three little sea turtles.
Four little, five little,
six little sea turtles.
Seven little, eight little,
nine little sea turtles.
Ten little sea turtles,
swimming in the ocean.
Scary Shark
Author Unknown
(tune of I’m a Little Teapot)
I’m a scary shark, just look at me.
I can be found swimming in the sea.
I like to eat fish, and some sea otters.
I’m not picky when it comes to my meals.
If I break a tooth, it will grow right back.
So, I don’t worry about, what I have for a snack!
I’m a scary shark, just look at me.
I can be found swimming in the sea.
I’m a Little Dolphin
I’m a little dolphin
splashing in the sea.
I jump through the waves,
and eat little fish.
When I am happy,
I will click and squeal.
Come swim with me
in the waves of the ocean.
Sea Animals
By: Meish Goldish
What do you see in the sea?
Animals moving free!
Snails and blue whales
using their tails.
Seals and gulper eels
searching for their meals.
Catfish, flatfish
chasing fat fish.
Bass and wrasse
swimming in mass.
Hagfish, hogfish
trailing dogfish.
What do you see in the deep blue sea?
Animals moving free!
Three Big Blue Whales
(author unknown)
Three big blue whales swimming in the ocean.
One swam away and then there were two.
Two big blue whales swimming in the ocean.
One swam away and then there was one.
One big blue whale swimming in the ocean,
He swam away and then there were none,
One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Once I Caught A Fish Alive
One, two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
This little finger on the right.
Old McDonald Had an Ocean
Found on The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
Old McDonald had an ocean,
EIEIO.
And in his ocean he had a shark!
EIEIO.
With a chomp chomp here,
and a chomp chomp there.
Here a chomp, there a chomp,
everywhere a chomp chomp.
Old McDonald had an ocean,
EIEIO
I’m a Little Lobster
I’m a little lobster
Hard and red.
I have a tail.
My name is Fred,
When I go out to sea,
I rest my head
On the sand and coral bed.
Sand Castle
By: Lynnette Streeter
At the beach I built a castle.
I made it of wet sand
that I scooped up with my shovel
and patted smooth by hand.
I made a wall around it
and a pretty seashell door,
but I watched my castle tumble
when the ocean rushed ashore!
I Like the Ocean
(author unknown)
I like the ocean, I like the sea.
I like the water splashing on me!
Ocean Animals
By: Helen H. Moore
Under the waves,
down deep in the sea,
live animals different
from you and from me.
Manatees, walruses,
dolphins and seals,
starfishes, sea urchins,
lobsters and eels!
They live in the water,
they don’t live on land.
Some swim and some float
and some crawl on the sand.
How Wonderful Oceans Can Be!
By: Madeleine
Oh, the oceans, how wonderful they can be!
A deep world full of mysteries, so let’s go on and see.
Two thirds of our Earth is covered by seawater,
Full of creatures, some larger some smaller.
Artic, Southern, Indian, Atlantic and Pacific,
The oceans that surround our countries, are so terrific!
They help to keep the climate steady,
And to keep them healthy we must all be at the ready.
Unfortunately, the ocean is full of the wrong stuff,
Full of litter, because people don’t care enough.
People don’t get how wonderful the ocean could be,
If only they understood, it needs to be litter-free.
The ocean is a place like no other,
Full of creatures who interact with one another.
They live and create a miraculous place,
That we as humans should appreciate!
Oh, the oceans, how wonderful they can be!
A world full of mysteries, deep under the sea,
There, now you have it, I’ve presented my case,
The oceans truly are a wonderful place!
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sonya ward says
I would like the Take Me Out to the Ocean Poem free please 🙂
Sarah Griffin says
I’m glad you like the poem, however it is not for free. If you’d like the printable, you can click on the links below that image. Thanks so much.