Art - We stamped an Under the Sea poster with large foam stamps. This is a terrific activity for him. It's helping him practice 'staying within the lines' and I saw a quick improvement to his coloring.
He did a free painting with a circle foam brush. He says its round fish and waves. We also make these adorable ocean animals by connecting their parts with brad fasteners.
We read Over in the Oceans, a lovely book and were inspired by one of the pictures.
So we made this....
Build a Fish
We used the cute templates from Sparklebox to make these adorable creatures - 6 in all. Even LilSweetie got in on the fun. You poke holes in the pieces and attach with a brad. The kids loved that the parts moved! LilSweetie's is the Turtle and she cherished it!
Games
Of course we played Go Fish! He loves this game and will play it 100 times in a row if I will too. Daddy does, but not Mommy.
We also played Fish Bingo. I thought this was from Monterrey Aquarium website, but can't find it now. Sometimes we dumped them on the floor and other times we put them in ABC order. They have a paperclip on them and we used a magnetic fishing pool to fish and then mark our BINGO cards.
Sensory Tub
What's a fun theme without a sensory tub? The kids love these and I love that I can now leave them out! Both kids do a great job keeping it together.
Outing
We went to the beach of course! Love this beach because the sand is so soft and the water is rocky. That means the kids don't want to wade too far into the water and I can more safely take both by myself.
I had some directed play activities, but didn't use them at all. They were having such a great time playing with the sand that I didn't want to interrupt that.
Turbo was SO excited to see Sand Bugs. Lil Sweetie and I say....Ewww.
You can see our Ocean Theme Part 1 and Ocean Book list if you're looking for more.
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