Looking for fun ways to keep your kids entertained & cool this summer? From old-fashioned sprinklers to water balloon fights, these water play activities will make a splash with your little ones.

Ocean books for kids are the perfect way to learn about one of the most amazing parts of our world, and it’s a great way for children who aren’t near an ocean to bring it alive to them. If you are looking for even more great books, see our full list of best preschool books.View Post

Grab these printable whale coloring pages and embark on a wonderful under the sea coloring adventure. From simple to realistic designs!

This free printable pack of water cycle worksheets makes it easy to enjoy science fun activities with your kids.

The kids will love these Ocean Cutting Practice Worksheets! They're the perfect way to work on cutting skills and hand-eye coordination.

One of the more mysterious sea dwellers is certainly fun to color as you can use all the colors of the rainbow. So go on, grab these printable jellyfish coloring pages and embark on a

Under the Sea Printable Alphabet Worksheets are perfect for learning fun! If you have a sea fan in the house, each letter is about the sea!

Camp Learn & Play is a FREE at-home summer camp for preschoolers and school age kids, featuring fun themes like Under the Sea Week.

This colorful fish art lesson is a lot of fun for kids to make! Create a simple underwater scene and explore different techniques.

Print this Ocean Animals Alphabet Printable Pack to help with alphabet learning and fun! The kids will love working through the ABCs - and seeing all the various ocean animals on each page.

Dive in to the coloring adventure by printing out these wonderful fish coloring pages for kids and kids at heart. Many wonderful designs.

Grab your coloring supplies and get ready for a fun coloring afternoon with our big set of printable tortoise and turtle coloring pages.

Ocean resources are an incredible part of how we live our lives; read and write about them with this worksheet.

Take a look at this fun ocean sensory bin that kids will love! It can be used as a basis for science projects and for sensory needs children.

This picture of a shark needs finishing off. Trace around the outline for some pencil control practice.

Explore the water cycle for kids with this easy water cycle in a bottle activity. A simple way to introduce evaporation, condensation.

My son loves ocean animals so I created these cute parts of ocean animals worksheets for him to get to know his favorite ocean animals.

Sharks are amazing creatures! Teach your kids about them with this free printable science activity and hands on learning activity! #preschool #homeschool #kidsactivity #sharks

These Ocean Animals Letter Find Worksheets are part of our ocean animals unit study! They will help your Preschooler and up aged children work on improving their letter recognition skills.

Today we have the cutest beach crafts for kids. Beach crafts make great summer crafts for preschoolers, toddlers and kids…

We have bins & bins of crafting supplies in our house. There are some days that my daughter likes to pull out all the pom poms, craft sticks & pipe cleaners and just play with them. A couple of night ago she pulled out mini cupcake liners & said “Mama, I want to make […]

Lately I’ve noticed an abundance of cumulonimbus coolness popping up… must be something in the air (sorry, I’m ridiculous, I know). Today I’ve got no less than 10 clever ways for you and your little ones to have fun with clouds. Whether you’re looking for science, art, or just something fun to play with – …

Here's a fun printable activity for younger children. Print out our fish printables, cut each one out, and ask the children to sort them by size. You could also look for other characteristics - number of fins, shape of snouts etc.

This fall, we've had some fun with the higher reading group doing some non-fiction animal activities. These have been in a pile to share, so we apologize. :) We don't have any pictures, but we will do our best to share. We started with learning about sharks while we were learning the 'ar' sound. Sharks seem to be one of those things that really just grab the kiddos attention. They couldn't get enough of reading about sharks, looking at pictures of real sharks, and even watching a fun video. We began by reading several books about sharks, and made a chart of all of the cool and interesting facts that we learned. Next we completed this shark activity. We then read this little sheet that the kids loved, since it had such great pictures. They also loved that the got to take home a little mini-poster to teach their families about sharks. We read over this several times, and by the end, the kids were able to read most of it by themselves. (Keep in mind this is the high reading group, so we have several reading at a second grade level.) Last we each did a shark report to really share what we had learned about sharks. These turned out sooo cute, I wish I would have remembered to photograph them. Next time! {Also, I apologize that the jpeg cuts off the side of the picture. Drives me all kinds of crazy! The actual document is ok though.} Click below for copies of all of these for yourself! SHARK ACTIVITIES Later on, we learned all about whales when we learned the 'wh' sound. This came right after the sharks, which the kids loved. It was really fun to compare and contrast whales and sharks, and to discuss the similarities between the two. We followed the same basic pattern by starting with reading several books about whales. We also found some really great videos on you tube. HERE is a great one of whales breaching. Of course there were few if any of our kids who had seen this, so it was really fun to watch the kids watching them. We also watched a great video of Beluga whales singing, which was another really exciting idea for the first graders. Unfortunately when I went to link it, it had been removed. But I recommend sharing something similar if you're learning about whales. We then completed this whale activity. {Sorry, it doesn't seem to want to rotate for me. } The kids loved this whale text that we read together, and loved reading about different kinds of whales, and looking at their different pictures online as well. At the end of our whale activities, we also created whale reports. We had a great bulletin board of our reports up that turned out so cute! As mentioned before, we wrapped up by comparing and contrasting whales and sharks, and made this Venn diagram. Make sure to grab copies for yourself! WHALE ACTIVITIES WHALE & SHARK VENN DIAGRAM We hope you find some of these useful! Tune in later this week for some bat and owl activities. Have a great night! Some clipart courtesy of Scrappin' Doodles.

27 fun ocean activities for kids. This list of ocean themed activities and crafts for kids is perfect for preschool, daycare, and summer day camps.

Your child will be using their heavy thinking skills to manipulate and construct a picture using the different shapes and sizes of pattern blocks.

I love these detailed fact sheets about ocean animals. These are really great for any elementary age considering there are so many various ways to trim down or expand depending on the ages you are teaching.

For many years, I created a set of traceable monthly calendars for young learners. I needed a break from that particular project in the last few years because I just couldn't get it finished in time! I am back, however, with a Printable Monthly Calendar for the 2024-2025 school year! If you have downloaded my calendars in the past, you will notice that these are calendars seem... plain. I did not put clipart on the calendars that represent the month. This decision was intentional, as sometimes the cute clipart is a distraction. Some of my children love extra pictures and

Never planned to homeschool, now wouldn't trade it for the world

Help your kids develop their visual discrimination and fine motor skills with these cute summer shadow matching clip cards!