The Academy of Learning: Homeschooling, Homemaking and Crafting
LIft the flap SHARKS can be found HERE
I am using printables from
3 Dinosaurs and
I also made a few of my own, which can be found HERE (shown below)
Here is what is in the boxes:
Sensory Bin with blue rice, rocks and glass beads. Scoops and small bowls. Shark Fact cards from The Pinay Homeschooler, foam alphabet SHARK, and Safari Ltd. Sharks Toob (pictured below in another box).
Shark counting by two cards, I punched two holes in each card to put a link in as an added visual for counting. Cards from 3 Dinosaurs.
Lacing Sharks from 3 Dinosaurs.
Shark v/s Not a Shark sorting – Shark Toob and Safari Ltd. Whales and Dolphins Toob
Size Sequencing from 3 Dinosaurs
Spelling – matching letters (capital to capital, lowercase to lowercase OR capital to lowercase, lowercase to capital)
Nonstandard measurement
One-to-one correspondence from 3 Dinosaurs
I have also have several other worksheets from 3 Dinosaurs set aside for circle time (patterns, pre writing, which doesn’t belong, etc…)
We will also be using Sensational Sharks Unit Study by Amanda Bennett, mostly for my 7yo, but the littles enjoy the youtube clips.
Check out my Pinterest Boards Sharks and also Oceans for more great ideas!
I used a few printables from 1+1+1=1 blog D is for Dolphins, as well as some free dolphin and whale printables (that go with the toob) found at The Pinay Homeschooler. But other than that there was not much for dolphins in the preschool realm, so I made a few things of my own and you can find them HERE (9 pages).
Here is what is in the boxes! Sorry the pictures are so washed out.
Dolphin spelling (uppercase or lowercase) – made by me
Letter D from 1+1+1=1 cover in ocean stickers
Dolphin size sequencing – made by me
Dolphin and Whale sort – made by me (using the Whales and Dolphins Toob)
Beginning writing pages from 1+1+1=1, and a dolphin maze I copied from an oceans activity book. We also used the cutting page and coloring page from 1+1+1=1.
Non-standard measurement using 1” cubes – whales and dolphins- made by me
Sensory Bin – blue rice, blue and clear flat marbles and some blue aquarium rocks, whales and dolphins, scoops and cups, FREE whale and dolphin info cards. For how to dye rice – click HERE
We are using Unit Studies by Amanda Bennett Dolphin Days as the core for my 7yo, and the littles join in (they like the videos!).
(Click on the pictures for more info, the last two books are available as ebooks for a low cost on the FREE storytime app for iOS).
Great Beach Themed Game for ages 2-6yo (or older)
Sea Star and Sea Urchin Activities 
Crabs, Hermit Crabs and Seashells
Our hermit crab sensory bin, it's blue rice and a variety of shells and pebbles. We got the shell cards from HERE I found the little orange hermit crab on clearance at Walmart, he rolls around on the floor, the kids LOVED him!
Pinterest Beach Page – Lots of great Beach Ideas!
Lighthouses unit (2 pages, scroll through, 4 weeks of activities with printables) 
Other activities:
Practice letter writing in a tray of sand or salt
Make shell imprints in playdough, for more fun and texture make Beach Playdough or use Moon Sand
Make salty or sandy paintings….paint with glue (white or colored) and then shake sand or salt onto the picture.
Observe shells with magnifying glasses (you can also take a look at sand and/or salt)
Shell Picture Frames
Make a matching game with different grades of sand paper
Spend the day at the beach (if you can) or make a beach day at home
Make a wave machine with Oil and Blue water in a bottle – add sand and small shells too if you have them!
Listen to ocean sounds - These ones are FREE on Amazon The Best Healing Music for Relaxation, Meditation & Sleep with Nature Sounds (Ocean Waves Album Series Sampler), and Sea Waves, Vol. 2 (Sandy Beach 30 Minutes)
Beach Themed Sensory Bin – sand, water, shells, ocean animals
Take it a step further:
Our pirate workboxes and activities
More extension activities and books:
Fish Activities (with printables)
Whale Activities (with printables)
Pinterest Oceans Board – Lots more ideas and printables
We used a lot of TOOBS for these units – Pirates, Whales and Dolphins, Coral Reef, Ocean, SeaLife, In the Water. My kids LOVE TOOBS and they make great manipulatives!
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