Ocean Life

This week we are learning about Ocean Life.
Today we focused on whales.

Circle Time:
We read "Secrets of the Sea" by: Christian Riese Lassen

The kids love this amazing pop up book with all its colorful illustrations! They awed at the different underwater life. Some they knew and some they wondered, "What's THAT!?!" As we read along they tried to find new creatures! 

They especially loved the sea turtles. 

And of course we found a Nemo!!  

At the end of the story the last 2 pages fully POP OUT. It's such a cool book! The kids just wanted to look and find all the different fish and underwater fun!

Song:

Let's Go Diving Down
Tune:  “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Let’s go diving down
In the ocean blue.
See us swimming with a fish
And with an oyster, too.
                        Liz Ryerson
Each time you sing the song, let your children substitute a different undersea creature, such as “crab” or “shark, or “fish”

Art: Whale Puppet

I had the kids finger paint blue on to a small paper plate. Then I had them color a print out whale then cut it out & Glued it to a craft stick. After the glue and paint dried I was able to make a slit in paper plate and stick whale in slit in plate. Kids can make whale jump up and down.

Special Activity: Ocean Life Matching Game
I've printed out different sea life on card stock and had the kids take turns matching them.