Let's get WET!

Art, Crafts & Experiments:

• Make an ocean in a jar. . . or a beach in a bottle! 
• ​Make a tornado in a jar . . . that really works!
• ​Follow along and draw a super cute dolphin!

Storytime:

• Water Can Be by Laura Purdie Salas
• Hello Ocean by Pam Munoz and Mark Astrella
• Big Al by Andrew Clements  is a great story to accompany a “don’t judge a book by its cover” lesson!
  • Once you’ve heard the Big Al read-aloud, click here for a wonderful Big Al movie made by a first grade class!

Games & Activities

• Oh WOW!  Directions on how to make a huge, water blob for the kids to play on in the backyard!
• ​Fill the bucket game . . . a winner for a hot summer afternoon!
• Make your own sprinkler…then play in it!
• Is your child learning how to swim?  Here are some fun ideas to help get them started. 

   

Printables:

• Lots of fish shapes to color and cut
  • ​Create a fishing game with a fishing pole (stick/string/magnet) and fish (paperclip attached to each paper fish). Make it an alphabet upper/lower case match game or a sight word game or just for fun! 
• Print, color, and cut out all sorts of sea creatures!
• A day at the beach coloring page.

Movement and Music:

• Remember hand clap games? 
  Here’s “a sailor went to sea, sea, sea!"
• ​This is a nice action song with sea creatures.
• Let’s all dance barefoot on the beach!
• Go where “life is the bubbles” and sing-a-long with Arial Under the Sea!

Other:

• Make some yummy, strawberry & watermelon ice pops! 
• Let’s go on a fieldtrip to see tide pools in Half Moon Bay! 
• Have some fun with a few Sand & Sea Jokes! 
• Do you have older children (or perhaps you want to learn more about how important water is to our bodies)?  Here is an interesting site with lots of info and experiments.