We're having a lot of fun with these summer-themed preschool lessons! They're less focused on a specific letter of the alphabet (we'll start that again in the fall), but we're still practicing Aaron's preschool skills while exploring sea creatures!
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The Rainbow Fish Read + Create
We started this lesson by reading The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. After reading it, we acted out the story using play dough! I didn't have any fish cookie cutters on hand, so I made this play dough mat so that we could form the fish. Click here to get the free download! We formed the three fish, then added the rainbow sequins to the large fish. After talking about sharing and how our actions can make other people happy, I had Aaron take some sequins and share it with the two smaller fish. It was a really sweet activity to do together!
Create Your Own Sea Creature
This was an open-ended creative activity. I gave him triangles, long rectangles, and circle eyes and had him create his own sea creatures! He thought it was hilarious to make a "sword fish" by putting one of the triangles on the fish's nose, haha!
To connect with our book, I covered some of the "scales" with glue and had Aaron add glitter to make our own beautiful fish! Olivia (20 months) loved doing this activity too!
Calm, Rough, & Stormy Sea Cutting
This was a fun twist on the regular straight, curvy, and zig zag lines for cutting practice. We pretended that the ship was sailing on the water and acted out the different types of seas. I love that this activated his imagination while practicing his scissor skills!
Counting & Sorting Colors
I used the Goldfish Colors for this activity. I love using these columns to count and then compare: Which color has the most? Which color has the least? Which colors are the same? This activity builds really good number awareness.
Search & Find Ocean Sensory Bin
I set up a really simple sensory bin with water, teal food coloring (just mixed blue and green together until I got the right tint), and plastic sea creatures. Both of my kids loved playing with the bin, and it kept them occupied for quite a while! Then, to add an extra element, I gave Aaron this Search & Find page (in a sheet protector) and a dry erase marker. He would look for the matching animal, pull it out of the bin, and then check it off on his page. I designed it so that you can also use your dry erase marker or letter flashcards/wooden letters to match letters to the sea animals.
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