Home Hot Topics Articles About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading ECN Radio NEWSlink Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Teaching Peace with Elyse Ideas and Activities for Indoor and Outdoor Play The Reading Corner Teaching Children with Special Needs How to Get a School Grant Earlychildhood NEWS Blog Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Subscribe today to our monthly newsletter!   ACTIVITY What’s in the Ocean? By Shelley Butler To make a discovery by myself is one of the joys of being a toddler. In this activity, toddlers can find out about the wide variety of life in the ocean, and do it by themselves. Curriculum Area Science Before You Start Set aside one example of each ocean item you have collected. Next, place the shells, sand dollars, and ocean creatures in the water. Let's Begin 1. Talk about the many living things that live in the ocean. Show examples of each item that can be found in the ocean. 2. Ask children to pretend that the water table (or sink) is the ocean. Can they find creatures in the ocean? Children may need to take turns—two or three at a time. 3. As a child locates a creature, name it for the child and ask him/her to throw it back in the ocean. Furthermore For more ocean activity ideas, see Exploring Water with Young Children (The Young Scientist Series) by Ingrid Chalufour (Redleaf Press).   Tweet Water table or large sink Two dozen or more sea shells and sand dollars Toy sharks, whales, crabs, starfish, octopus, and other things found in the sea Small Best Value Sand & Water Activity Table Sand & Water Activity Tubs - Set of 4 Sea Shells - 1 lb. Shape Shell Turtles - Set of 8 Sea Animals - Set of 12 Articles and activities listed on this website may be printed for single use. No article or activity may be duplicated or distributed in any form, in whole or in part, without permission from the publisher, Excelligence Learning Corporation. Contact Permissions Department.

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