Our Ocean

Paper Plate Rainbow Fish

Mr. Seahorse - Eric Carle- Shaving Cream Paint

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Paper Bowl Jellyfish

Toilet Paper Tube Octopus

Ocean T-shirts

Ocean T-shirts

I usually make these every year with the kids.  However, we didn't do it this year so I used one of the five that my son has made!  I used their handprints and fingerprints to make the fish and octopus.  The sand at the bottom is gold glitter.  I used fabric paint, and I have the kids bring in their own t-shirts.  Sometimes they bring white sundresses, or shorts and t-shirts.  I have made some pretty cute clothes with this idea!

Paper Plate Jellyfish

We added them to our ocean!

Under the Sea Snack

Under the Sea Jello Snack

After I mixed and poured the Jello, I let it sit for almost two hours before they added their fruit snacks to their "ocean".  That way, they didn't all sink to the bottom.

Paper Towel Tube Sharks

We added them to our ocean!

Sharks

What We Know About Sharks

* Sharks have 2-3 rows of teeth with 20-30 teeth in each row.
* Sharks eat fish, seals, plankton, and other sharks.
* Sharks can be 12-16 ft. long. 
* Sharks are part blind, so when they see people in the water they think that they are seals so they take a bite.  Humans taste bad to them, so they usually let them go.  That is why most people don't die from a shark bite, they just lose a lot of blood.

I got this fish from http://www.orientaltrading.com.  The kids used bingo blotters to decorate them.  They look really cool hanging in our ocean room!

Fishing Snack

Gone Fishing Snack

You will need:
Peanut Butter
Goldfish Crackers
Pretzel Sticks (Fishing pole)

Dip your Fishing pole (pretzel stick) in the peanut butter and "catch" a fish with it!  What a fun and yummy snack!

Five Little Fishes

(Fingerplay)

Five little fishes, swimming in a school.      (Hold up 5 fingers, swim with hands)

The first one said, "This water's cool".        (Hold up 1 finger, then shiver)

The second one said, "There's a shark over there!"        (Hold up two fingers,then point)

The third one said, "We'd better beware!"        (Hold up three fingers, look scared)

The fourth one said, "Where can we hide?"       (Hold up four fingers, hold out hands)

The fifth one said, "There's a cave! Go inside!"      (Hold up five fingers, then point.)

Then in went the fish, and the shark went away,

And the five little fishes swam out to play.

Paper Plate Fish

We used big and small paper plates but it's hard to tell in the picture.

We added them to our ocean!

Going to the Ocean

(sung to:  "I've Been Working on the Railroad")

I am going to the ocean,
To the ocean blue.
I am going to the ocean,
And you can come along, too.
We could watch the big and blue waves
Rising up and rolling down.
We could look for pretty seashells
On the sandy ground.

Come along with me.
Come along with me.
Come along with me to the deep blue sea.
Come along with me.
Come along with me.
Come along with me today.

Handprint Fish

Handprint Octopus

Ollie is an octopus that lives beneath the sea,

Everyday he jets from here to there quite happily.

If you spot him somewhere, you'd better stop and think,

For if he does not know you, he might squirt you with his ink!

Five Little Fishes

Five little fishes swimming in the sea,

Teasing Mr. Shark,

"You can't catch me!"

Along comes Mr. Shark, as quiet as can be and.....

SNAP!

Four little fishes swimming in the sea,

(Countdown until you get to zero!)

What We Know About Seahorses

* Seahorse can grow to be 12 inches long

* They eat small shrimp, fish, and plankton

* Seahorses swim vertical and very slow

* They use their tales to hold onto plants and coral

* Female seahorse lay eggs and give them to the male.  He puts them in his pouch and when they are ready they pop out! 

Sparkley Seahorses

They have become part of our ocean!