EHS Under the Sea

Changes to Environment  

Plastic Sea Animals

Sand

Shovels

Sand molds

Sea animal water squirters

Buckets

Sea Animal Puppets

Snorkel Mask

Sun Visors

Sunglasses

Sea Animal Stamps

Sea Animal Cookie Cutters

Books about the sea

Waves in a Bottle (clear plastic bottle containing water, blue food coloring, cooking oil, small plastic sea critters)

Blue playdough

Blue, green, tan construction paper

Toy submarine

Toy boats

Sea shells in a bottle

Green and blue crinkle paper

Homemade sand shakers (add sand to small bottle)

Water Table: green crinkle paper ("seaweed"), plastic crab, shark, fish, boats, water squiters, etc. 

Sensory Table: sand, blue crinkle paper, sea shells, bucket, shovel, sifter, sand molds

Teaching Concepts for Indoor Experiences

1. Look at pictures of different animals that live in the ocean and how each one is unique.

2. Dig for sea animals in sand using shovel

3. Paint paper blue, glue sea animals on it

4. Cut sea animals out with cookie cutters and playdough

5. Stamp paper with sea animal stamps

6. Decorate paper bowl, glue streamers around rim to look like jellyfish

7. Sand writing- put a small layer of sand (or colored sand) in a try or paper plate and children will use their finger to draw in the sand

8. Paint sea shells with water color paint

9. Ocean Sensory Bend

Time to set up an awesome play activity for your preschoolers to interact with different sensory aspects of the ocean. Your water table sensory activity can incorporate plastic ocean animals, beach sand, blue water beads, and any other toys/objects that will spark curiosity in your kids.

Teaching Concepts for Outdoor Experiences

1. Crab Walk

*Instruct children to sit on the ground and put their hands behind them and their legs in front of them. Have them push up on their hands and feet and walk forwards and backwards.

2. Move like you’re under the sea while wearing the snorkel mask

3. “Swim” like a fish

4. Baby shark

Teaching Concepts for Music Movement Wellness IMIL

1. Octopus (Slippery Fish)

2. Deep Down In The Ocean (Shawn Brown)

3. My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean

4. Fish Pokey

You put your left fin in, you take your left fin out

You put your left fin in and you move it all about

You do the fishy pokey and you turn yourself around

And that’s what it’s all about!

You put your right gill in, you take your right gill out

You put your right gill in and you move it all about

You do the fishy pokey and you turn yourself around

And that’s what it’s all about!

5. Baby Baluga by Raffi

6. Waves at the Beach (Tune: Wheels on the bus)

The waves at the beach go up and down, up and down, up and down,

the waves at the beach go up and down, all day long.

The crabs at the beach, crawl back and forth, back and forth, back and forth,

The crabs at the beach, crawl back and forth, all day long.

The lobsters at the beach go, snap, snap, snap; snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap

The lobsters at the beach go snap snap snap, all day long

The clams at the beach will open and shut, open and shut, open and shut,

The clams at the beach will open and shut, all day long.

The jelly fish go wibble, wobble, wibble; wibble, wobble, wibble, wibble, wobble, wibble,

The jelly fish go wibble, wobble, wibble, all day long

Teaching Concepts for Fingerplays

1. Here is the Sea

Here is the sea, the wavy sea (make a wave motion with one hand)

Here is my boat and here is me (open hands together at wrists, point to self)

All of the fishes down below (point down)

Wiggle their tails and away they go (put hands together and make swimming motion)

2. The Fish in the Sea

The fish in the sea go swim, swim, swim, swim, swim, swim, swim, swim, swim

The fish in sea go swim, swim, swim

All through the day.

The lobsters in the sea go pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch pinch, pinch

The lobsters in the sea go pinch, pinch, pinch

All through the day.

The octopus in the sea go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle

The octopus in the sea go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle

All through the day.

The crabs in the sea go click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, click

The crabs in the sea go click, click, click

All through the day.

3. Octopus (Slippery Fish)

4. A Sailor Went to Sea

A sailor went to sea, sea, sea (move hands like it’s the waves of the sea)

To see what he could see, see, see. (hold hand on forehead like you’re looking)

And all that he could see. see, see

Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea.

(Repeat getting faster, then slower)

5. Fish Story

One, two, three, four, five

Once I caught a fish alive.

Six, seven, eight, nine, ten

Then I list him go again.

Why did you let him go?

Because it bit my finger so

Which finger did he bite?

The little finger on the right

6. Five Little Fishes in the Sea

Five little fishes in the sea (hold up 5 fingers)

teasing Mr. Shark (wave hands by head)

you can’t catch me (shake finger)

you can’t catch me

Well along came Mr. Shark quiet as can be (hold hands together like shark is swimming)

He snapped that fish right out of the sea! (clap hands once)

(Keep repeating until all fish are gone)

Now Mr. Shark is lonely as can be!

7. Baby Shark

8. Five Little Shells Fingerplay 

5 little shells lying on the shore,

Crash went the waves and then their was 4.

4 little shells down by the sea,

Crash went the waves! then there was 3.

3 little shells, smooth as new,

Crash went the waves! then there were 2.

2 little shells, sparkling in the sun,

Crash went the waves!  Then there was 1.

1 little shell, left by itself,

I took it home, and put it on my shelf.