Under the Sea
/Travel under the sea with us this week as we learn about the ocean! Here are a few activities to try at home!
Squish the Fish with Cosmic Kids Yoga
We love doing yoga with Cosmic Kids on Youtube! In their videos, kiddos are encouraged to stretch and strengthen their bodies while learning mindfulness techniques. These skills are taught through fun and engaging stories. This story follows Squish the Fish in the ocean!
Field Trip to the Aquarium
Take a virtual field trip to Monterey Bay Aquarium! Check out the aquarium’s website and explore the many live-streamed exhibits! Click here - Aquarium - to begin your trip! Allow your child to explore the exhibits, and then ask him/her to draw a picture of his/her favorite animal. Help your child research information about his/her favorite animal. Find out what kind of food this animal eats, where it lives, how long it lives, etc.
Salt Water Painting
Create an underwater masterpiece with watercolors and salt! Ask your child to paint an entire piece of paper blue and green to look like the ocean. Use watercolors or water and food coloring. While the paper is still wet, have your child sprinkle salt on the paper. The salt will create a beautiful effect on the paper! Allow the paper to dry. On a separate piece of paper, ask your child to draw fish and other sea creatures and cut them out. Once the ocean paper is dry, glue the sea creatures to the salty blue paper to create an ocean scene! For an example of this craft, see this blog post - Salt Painting - from Little Bins Little Hands.
How Big Is a Blue Whale?
Watch this story about blue whales, then, measure one yourself!
Blue whales can reach 100 feet in length! Before measuring 100 feet, stand at the starting point and ask your child to guess where the ending point will be. Once you’ve worked together to measure 100 feet, guess how many bikes, cars, people, etc. would fit in the length of the whale? Test your hypothesis! For a great example of this activity, see this blog post - Blue Whales - from Edventures with Kids.