I put this fishing net on the bulletin board and attach these creatures.

used for sponge painting

how to draw a fish directions -- another set making activity�child puts fish behind bowl and adds bubbles to match number on fish

fish painting on rice paper

Lobster balance. Child balances this on a finger tip or pencil tip. They brainstorm how many ways they can balance it

conch shell necklaces�used a drill bit and hand dug holes into shells, then threaded lace thru hole

pogs of sea life

book prop�Follow That Fish (note the boat with a little fisherman on the top left??????---rebus poster of a day at the beach

I spread a piece of seashell cloth on the table and they sort thru and observe a basket of large sea shells

these are colorful photos to sort ---this is a sea life organizational chart. Use the cards (they are not cut out) and let kids sort them

Stencils for the kids (left) Teacher's on the right.

these are Swimmy activities
A box of tiny sea shells to sort and pattern and use as other math manipulatives

count fish, find numeral, find number word-color fish match to color word

we measure crabs�go eat at a nice sea food restaurant and order stuffed crabs and save the shells

making sets putting fish in the bowl when dice is rolled
fish maze�I glued a little fish on a magnet. put this magnet on top and another magnet below, then by moving the magnet on the underside, the child finds their fish thru the maze. This takes lots of concentration.

beach scene � something for every letter of the alphabet can be found on this page

SeaLife counting book

These were taken from Waterford.com. they have good activities to adapt to whole or small group instruction (NOT TO BE used as WORKSHEETS)




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