In their journals, they practiced drawing and tracing shapes. They pulled a shape card, identified the shape and drew on the turtle.
Sea turtles are members of the reptile family. They lay their eggs in the sand. Sea turtles have a large shell on their back to help protect them. They are great swimmers and can swim far distances. They created their own sea turtle, cut out template and their own shapes for the shell. In their journals, they practiced drawing and tracing shapes. They pulled a shape card, identified the shape and drew on the turtle.
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Sharks are considered fish because they are cold-blooded. They don't have bones; instead they have cartilage that makes up their skeleton. They have a great sense of smell. Sharks lose and regrow many teeth over a lifetime. We took turns spinning the game spinner, they would add teeth (shells) to the sharks mouth.
Small fish can protect themselves from large predators by swimming together in a group called a "school." Fish will travel together because there is safety in numbers. During this Invitation to Create, children designed their own traveling school of fish using confetti and paper. Children explored their spatial skills when creating the school of fish. Whales are the largest marine mammals. They come up for air and breathe through a blowhole. Whales are the largest animals on Earth. They often make "whale songs" to communicate with each other. We pretended to be whales, held our breath, and blew out. For their art project, they used a straw to blow paint on a whale template, added an eye, and used a napkin and straw for the blowhole. The younger kiddos colored their whales.
They colored a W coloring sheet, used a pom pom to make whale bubbles with blue paint. Octopuses have two eyes and eight arms with suction cups. Octopuses are very good at hiding from predators, such as sharks. Octopuses are intelligent and can use different types of simple tools with arms. They created their own octopus, coloring and cutting legs.
We played a counting game, they took turns rolling die, identified the number and placed that many suckers (bingo chips) on the octopus. Dolphins are large marine mammals that live in the ocean. They are known to be playful and social. Dolphins have a blowhole they breathe through. They make sounds, such as clicking and whistling, to communicate with other dolphins. They created their own diving dolphins using a paper plate and markers.
They practiced making waves in their journals, sorted letters and the younger kiddos colored and used stickers. I love seeing kiddos making progress. We work on their names and do some sort of work in their fine motor journals daily. Our fine motor journals include cutting and pasting, drawing lines, scribbling, using stickers, drawing and so much more.
This photo is one example of progress. The larger picture with circles was taken late February and the picture on the bottom was taken today. I always encourage the children to write their names on all their work, sometimes they will say "I don't know how." I simply tell them to give it a try! Coral reefs in the ocean are home to living creatures called polyps. Many plants and animals rely on the coral reefs for shelter and even survival. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure and can be seen from space! During this Invitation to Create, children used their creativity and fine motor skills to create their own coral reefs. Children explored using starch noodles and straws to build a 3D structure. Through this process, children further developed their tactile and critical thinking skills.
There are three main zones in the ocean: Sunlight, Twilight and Midnight. The Sunlight zone is the top layer of the ocean and received the most sunlight. This zone is where most of the plants and animals live. During this Invitation to Create, children created their own ocean zones using blue paper and festoon. Children used their creative ideas to demonstrate their interpretation of layers in the ocean water.
They measured seaweed, sorted shortest to tallest and tallest to shortest. They also explored in ocean sensory bin! Ocean caves are made by waves crashing into the rocks. There are some sea creatures that live in the caves, such as sponges and sea stars. They created a cave and sorted the animals.
They counted 15 triangles and glued in their journals. They were encouraged to create a fish using triangles. For their free time they played in the sand with ocean animals! The deepest part of the ocean floor reaches down to about 36,00 feet. The floor consists of sand, rock and even volcanoes. There are coral reefs, plants and animals that live on the ocean floor.
When a piece of sand gets inside an oyster shell, it might turn into a pearl over time. They each threaded beads onto a pipe cleaner and colored a shell. We practiced making waves in their journals, counted, colored and cut a triangle. They used a sea shell to write in the sand! |
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