Talk to your toddler about animals found in the sea: fish, turtles, crabs, octopus, etc. Find these items in books, magazines, and newspapers and help your child identify them.
Marine Life Search Take a tour throughout your area and find places with marine life such as: lobsters and crabs (some grocery stores), fish and turtles (pet shops, Walmart), octopus, dolphins, and sharks (aquarium). Enjoy observing the animals with your child.
Do this cute Fish Paper Plate Craft: http://www.dltk-kids. com/animals/mpaperplatefish.htm
Do this Paper Plate Crab Craft http://www.dltk-kids. com/animals/mcrab.html
Fish in a Bottle Fill a clean two liter (soda) bottle halfway with water. Blow up two or three very small balloons. Release some of the air and tie off the ends. Put the balloons into the bottle and twist the bottle top on tight. Show your child how to lay the bottle sideways and rock it back and forth to create gentle waves for the balloons (fish) to swim in. Variation: Add some blue food coloring to the water to turn it blue.
Stuff the Sock Set out some 12” tissue squares and a large sock. Show your child how to stuff the tissue paper into the sock.
| Sea Creatures (Tune: “Wheels on the Bus”) The birds at the beach swoop and soar, swoop and soar, swoop and soar. The birds at the beach swoop and soar, All along the shore.
The crabs at the beach creep and pinch, creep and pinch, creep and pinch, The crabs at the beach creep and pinch, All along the shore.
The seals at the beach dive and swim, dive and swim, dive and swim. The seals at the beach dive and swim, All along the shore.
The dolphins at the beach jump and dive, jump and dive, jump and dive. The dolphins at the beach jump and dive, All along the shore.
Catch a Fish (Tune: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat") Catch, catch, catch a fish, hook it on your line. Reel it, reel it, reel it, reel it This one will be mine.
Gertie the Goldfish (Smack - smack lips like kissing) Gertie the Goldfish goes smack, smack, smack She looks at me and goes smack, smack, smack, She doesn't laugh, doesn't sing doesn't do anything Just blows big kisses like this Smack , smack, smack, smack.
1,2,3,4,5, I Caught a Fish Alive (Slightly different than the original) 1,2,3,4,5 I caught some fish alive 6,7,8,9,10 I caught some fish again Why should you let them go? Because they like to swim, you know I'll let them swim away, So I can fish another day 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1.
Five Little Crabs One little crab, lonely and blue, It met another crab, now there are two Two little crabs living near the sea Out crawled another, now there are three. Three little crabs went off to explore, They soon found another now there are four Four little crabs, glad to be alive They found a new friend, now there are five Five little crabs went for a walk, and all at once they spied a rock Now five little crabs are happy as can be, Under a rock by the deep blue sea.
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Words/Phrases:
"Fish"
"Octopus"
"Crab"
"Turtle"
"Lobster"
"An octopus has eight legs (tentacles).'
| Color: Brown
Numbers: 1 to 20
Shape: Diamond
Coloring Pages:
Coloring Page 1
Coloring Page 2
Coloring Page 3
Coloring Page 4
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