Monday, August 31, 2009

Activities for Ocean/Water week

*Play Go Fish (Card Game)

*Play "Let's Go Fishing" (Kids game with plastic fishing poles and fish that open and shut mouths)

*Fish, Fish, Shark (Duck, Duck, Goose)

*Crab Walk Races

*Shark Attack (Play tag and whoever is it is the shark)

*Cut out ocean animals, write gross motor activities on the back and hide them around the room. Have one child at a time find one and do the activity written on the back. For example: swim, skip, walk backwards, crab walk, jumping jacks, hop on one foot, etc.

*Put a beach umbrella in the sand box with buckets, shovels, shells, etc.

*Paint your windows with blue paint and have the kids cut out fish to put "in the ocean"

*Hang blue crepe paper from the ceiling

*Dance with scarves (octopus or jellyfish tenticles) to "Under the Sea"

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