Ocean and beach play are a big part of our summer fun. When we aren’t at the beach during the summer we’re usually doing some sort of ocean-related activity. I’ll be sharing more of the activities we’ve tried this summer throughout the month of July. In the meantime I’ve gathered some terrific ocean, beach, and sea life ideas from The PLAY Group for you to enjoy with your child.
Get a full week of ocean theme lesson plans for
Home Preschool or your Preschool Classroom.
Sensory Play
Learning Activities
Ocean Animals and Phonics Squishy Bag
Beachcomber Letter Learning Game
Arts & Crafts
Snacks and Party Time!
Beach Games, Crafts, and Party Ideas
Get a Full Week of Ocean 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.
Watch this short video to see just a few examples of the types of activities and printables included in this set:
1) Shark Dice Game (color and black/white)
2) Whale Dice Game (color and black/white)
3) Starfish Sorting and Patterning Cards
4) Ocean Letter Matching Puzzles
5) Ocean Life Number Cards 0 to 35
6) Ocean Family Counting Sets for Numbers 1-10
7) Sea Life Cards (for counting, patterning, and sorting)
8) Ocean Roll and Graph Game
9) Sea Life Word Building Cards
10) Sea Life Syllable Sort Activity
Rachel
What a great collection of Ocean Activities!! Thanks for sharing at For the Kids Fridays over at SunScholars! I am playing some catch up, and featuring your lovely idea at this week’s party! Thanks for being a frequent friend and participant in our weekly link parties! xoxo
Shaunna
You are so sweet to go back and feature some of the previously shared posts. I hope you’re enjoying your time home with family!! Thanks for the feature.
Beth
What a great round- up Ocean activities! So many creative ideas!
I featured this at TGIF this week (http://www.123homeschool4me.com/2013/06/tgif-linky-party-82.html) I hope you will stop by and link up again today.
Thanks again for sharing your creativity with all of us & have a great weekend,
Beth =)
Kriss MacDonald
I love sea and underwater themes for my kids. Thanks!
Shaunna
We do, too!
Sinea Pies
What awesome ideas! I am going to be teaching preschool for the first time this fall. This is a great resource. Thanks.
Sinea from Ducks ‘n a Row
Shaunna
Thank you! I hope you enjoy teaching preschool. Such a fun age!!
Katie @ Gift of Curiosity
I put out a Beach Printable Pack not too long ago in anticipation of doing an ocean unit with my kids. Can’t wait to explore some of the ideas as I plan what we’ll do to learn about the ocean! There’s so many great sensory activities here it will be difficult to do just a few!
Shaunna
I felt the same way…so many great activities to choose from. Hope you enjoy trying them out!
Samantha @ Stir the Wonder
Love all of these ideas! We just finished our beach and ocean themed weeks!
Shaunna
Thanks! I bet you had a lot of fun with your ocean themes. Maybe you can include some of these ideas next time ๐
Ann @ My Nearest and Dearest
These activities are a feast for the eyes, Shaunna! I love, love, love all things beach!
Shaunna
Aren’t they all fabulous? I love the beach, too!