Art Activity: Water Color Ocean Scene

For this art activity we used fish stickers and water color paints.  First the children applied their fish stickers to their paper.  Next they used the water colors to paint the ocean around the fish, including coral, sea plants and of course the water.

Science Activity: Sink or Float?

For this activity we gave the children a variety of materials and a clear container of water.  We asked the children to make predictions about which items would float on the water and which would sink to the bottom of the container.  After making their predictions, the children dropped their items into the water to see what would happen.

Story Book for January 7, 2009

Our story book for January 7th was Shark Mad Stanley by Andrew Griffin.  In this story, a little boy names Stanley loves sharks and wonders if he could have one as a pet.  He has to do some research to find out what it would take to have a shark for a pet.

Story Book for January 6, 2009

Our story book for January 6th was Fish Faces by Norbert Wu.  Fantastic photo graphs of ocean creatures and simple text make this a great book for preschoolers.

Art Activity: Jelly Fish

For this art activity, we gave the children paper, strips of tissue paper, glue and glitter.  The children spread glue all over their paper, sprinkled glitter over the glue, and then added the tissue paper strips to make tentacles for their jellyfish.  We will be using the jelly fish later in the week to do a Jelly Fish Dance music activity.

Bulletin Boards for Under the Sea

These are the classroom bulletin boards that are displayed for the "Under the Sea" theme.  The first two pictures show the children's art work bulletin board.

Art Activity: Fish Painting

For this art activity we gave the children fish shaped paper in various colors, sponges, and various colors of paint.  The children used the sponges to paint their fish.