We introduced the theme with songs, named under the sea animals with picture cards, what’s your favorite sea animal?
Art
Monday- Star fish glued cheerios on star shape
Tuesday- Rainbow Fish- glued rainbow confetti on paper plate
Wednesday- Whale- Koosh ring painting with blue paint, glued spout
Thursday- Seahorse bubble wrap hand stamping
Friday-Crab- paint bowl red, glue claw/pieces
Math
Ocean animal counters with with bowls and tongs for counting one-to-one, number fishing with poles-name numbers they know, practice counting, magnet shoe horse and rings to watch connections, Octopus counting grid with numbers and pom-poms to place over each number and name, and fish counting with hand nets.
Motor Development
Sea animal counters with tongs and trays to practice open and close motions/squeeze to pick up and drop, under the sea animal puzzles, Octopus bottles with colored craft sticks for dropping into bottles/shaking out working arm/hand and fingers, whale poster board with crayon paints to design/practice grip and taking off cap/putting back on to work fingers and blue play dough with sea animal counters.
Sensory Table
Colored water each day, with sea animals and linking fish
Activities
Feed the Shark- toss letters of name and repeat
Favorite sea animal
Sea animal songs/movements
Importance of drinking water
Ocean snack- blue yogurt/sea animal gummies