We had so much fun for this lesson! We went to the beach last week, which made this lesson extra special. We talked about our memories of that day, compared the shells we found there to the shells we have at home, and came up with new ideas for our next beach trip.
This lesson used my Beach Educational Pack, available for purchase in my Etsy shop. Click here to check it out!
Our first activity was practicing numbers. I would give him a new number card, he would say the number out loud, then write the number in the sand, and then use the wooden tongs to put that many seashells into the bucket.
Sorting Big, Medium, & Small
Next, we put all of the shells into his bucket and he sorted them into three piles: big, medium, and small.
Beach Foam & Hidden Treasures
This is a beachy twist on the classic baking soda + vinegar activity.
Use an oversized ice cube tray (I found mine at Hobby Lobby for a great price!)
Put 1 tbs of baking soda in each square, then some treasures, and then fill it with water. For my treasures, I used plastic fish from our bath toy collection, seashells, and pearls + gems
Freeze it overnight
Put vinegar in a squeeze bottle or a cup + bulb dropper
Let your little ones use the vinegar to melt the ice cubes and reveal the treasure inside!
If you run out of vinegar, refill the bottles with warm water to melt the last bit of ice.
Aaron loves any activity that has baking soda and vinegar! This one is fun because the fizzy sound makes you feel like you're at the beach with the sea foam, and Aaron loved hunting for treasure in the ice cubes. This last picture is him sorting his treasure into three piles for the three different kinds.
Snack Color Sorting
I literally raided my pantry for this one, hunting for as many colors as I could find! I printed out the colored seashells and decided to put it into a sheet protector instead of cutting out each seashell. I liked how it turned out, and the paper was protected so I can use it again for another activity. Aaron had a lot of fun sorting! He chose to pick out all of one color at a time until there were only yellow fish left, which I thought was a cool strategy.
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