Under The Sea

I intentionally planned this theme for the week after our retreat to the beach. This one is going to be so much fun. We are still at the beach and this evening I will take the kids back out and we will spend some time collecting shells and talking about what used to be in them. I will also talk to them about things that can be found in the water. Tuesday we will start an under the sea wall. We will add pictures of different fish and sea shells each day. I also have a craft planned for the things they collect here. So, here is the plan for Tuesday.

Circle Time:

Talk about and show pictures of different kinds of ocean life. Then sing.

Slippery Fish
By Charlotte Diamond

Slippery fish, slippery fish, sliding through the water,
Slippery fish, slippery fish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by an …

Octopus, octopus, squiggling in the water
Octopus, octopus, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …

Tuna fish, tuna fish, flashing in the water,
Tuna fish, tuna fish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …

Great white shark, great white shark, lurking in the water,
Great white shark, great white shark, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a …

Humongous whale, humongous whale, spouting in the
water,
Humongous whale, humongous whale,
Gulp! … Gulp! … Gulp! … BURP!
Pardon me!

Think and Do:

I plan to do a little math with the sea shells we collected. (we will do an actual craft with them later in the week.)

Make some cards numbered 1-10. Have kids take turns choosing a card and count out the same number of shells as the number listed on the card. When they have counted out the correct number of shells have them place the shells on the number card.


Arts and Crafts:

*Edited* We ended up doing this rainbow fish project instead because I forgot to buy paper plates. Which, now that I think about it, fits better with the the lesson plan anyways. We may or may not do the paper plate fish tomorrow. :)

Paper plate fish. Add fish to the Under the Sea Wall. (will post pictures later.)

Story Time:

The Rainbow Fish

Music and Movement:

Sing Row, Row, Row Your Boat.

Move like fish around the room.

*Edited to add* We ended up pretending to be different fish as we danced to a song about the sea. Puffer fish, shark, whale, star fish, octopus etc. They loved it.