Today we’re featuring posts from the Discover & Explore Beach theme. Whether you’re at the beach or creating your own beach play at home, there are great opportunities for sensory play. These posts are a fun way to get started.
Find all of our beach activities in our printable lesson plans
for home preschool and preschool classrooms.
Beach Dough Sensory Play & Creatures (Blog Me Mom)
Beachcombing at the Water Table (My Nearest & Dearest)
Beach Themed Sensory Box (Buggy and Buddy)
Creative Sand Play (Vicky from MessforLess.net for GummyLump.com)
Sand Tracks: Train Beach Activity & Sensory Play (Play Trains!)
Beach Luau Sensory Play (Frogs & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails)
Tropical Island Water Table (Craftulate)
Get a Full Week of Beach Theme Learning and Play
Save time and get right to the playful learning with our printable lesson plan sets. Each set includes over 30 playful learning activities related to the theme, and we’ve provided different versions for home preschool families and classroom teachers so all activities are geared directly toward your needs.
This set includes active hands-on learning ideas and the following printables:
1) Beach 5 Senses Recording Sheet
2) Initial Sound Clip Cards
3) Seashell and Bucket Rhyming Game (-en, -at, -et, and -ug word families)
4) Seashore Counting Mats for Numbers 1-15
5) At the Beach Emergent Reader (2 Versions)
6) 1-35 Beach Theme Calendar and Number Cards
7) Beach Pattern and Counting Seashell Cards
8) Sand Castle Shape Matching Game
9) Uppercase and Lowercase Alphabet Matching Flip Flop Cards
Get Your Lesson Plans
Home Preschool Beach Theme Lesson Plans
Preschool Classroom Beach Theme Lesson Plans
Find more inspiration in our ocean theme.
Krystal
August 19, 2014 at 8:08 pmA great post. I love the little train track for Thomas!
Shaunna Evans
September 24, 2014 at 4:11 pmYes, isn’t that such a fun idea?
jaime
July 25, 2013 at 6:52 amfeaturing this on the kids co-op! thnx 4 linking up:)
Suja Balaji
July 23, 2013 at 11:47 pmThank you so much for featuring is Shauna. I’m always impressed with your themed linkies. Such a great resource
Shaunna
July 24, 2013 at 4:54 amThanks, Suja! I’m so glad to hear you’re enjoying the theme linky.
Crystal
July 21, 2013 at 11:43 amI love your sand tracks. Thank you for sharing at Mom’s Library. I’ll be featuring you this week at Crystal’s Tiny Treasures 🙂
Shaunna
July 23, 2013 at 5:42 amThanks so much for featuring this collection. Those sand tracks by Play Trains! are awesome, aren’t they?
Jessica @ Play Trains!
July 16, 2013 at 2:26 pmWhat a wonderful collection! I can just feel the sand between our fingers now. Thank you for including our Sand Tracks. 🙂
Shaunna
July 17, 2013 at 6:21 amThanks, Jessica! Your sand tracks are AWESOME…so glad to include them.
Mary Catherine
July 16, 2013 at 8:29 amWhat a great set of beach sensory play ideas! Thanks for putting this together for us. Off to pin it now. 🙂
Shaunna
July 16, 2013 at 9:19 amThanks, Mary Catherine! I love how the beach can inspire so many different kinds of sensory explorations.