Ocean Activities – diorama
We spent one day painting our boxes.
The girls then added glue and sand along the bottom.
You can see all the sea creatures in the picture at the top of this post!!
The kids have had a blast making various sea creatures. They made fish, jelly fish and sharks for nearly two hours! I found an amazing set of ocean craft ideas over at Playing House in Maryland.
These were the cute felt animals we made for our diorama:
We haven’t done that much sewing here at the Homeschool Den, so when I saw these cute projects over at future girl‘s blog I thought they’d be perfect. The kids each chose their own project. I thought they turned out pretty cute!
DD made the octopus. LD made the jellyfish. ED made the fish. DD and LD did the sewing completely on their own, although I threaded the embroidery thread through for the tentacles and LD did the knotting. I had to show ED where to place the needle. She only stabbed me once!
One of the books we used for this unit was Awesome Ocean Science!: Investigating the Secrets of the Underwater World (affiliate link) by Cindy Littlefield.
Another book full of ideas for learning about the ocean is: The Ocean Book: Aquarium and Seaside Activities and Ideas for All Ages (affiliate link)
- School of Fish Activity
- Layers of the Ocean: Ocean Zones
- Ocean Unit Freebies
- Ocean Animals and Their Groups
Be sure to see the related posts:
- Montessori Cards: Vertebrates and Invertebrates – Free Printable
- Animals and Their Groups
- Animals and their Characteristics
- Animals Around the World – Montessori 3-Part Cards
- Animal Portfolio Project (for ages 8-10 or so)
- Free Montessori World Pin Map
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Don’t miss our Animal Unit Packet with activities on vertebrate groups and their characteristics, invertebrate groups, domesticated vs. wild animals, and animal track cards and matching pages.
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- Preschool at Home: Activities you can do with your 2-4 Year Olds, Fine Motor Skills
- Preschool at Home: Learning Letters
- Preschool at Home: Alphabet Activities
- Preschool at Home: Handwriting
- Preschool at Home: Science for 2-4 Year Olds
- Preschool Montessori: Vertebrate and Invertebrate Study and Free Cards
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- Preschool Math Activities (K4) Montessori Math and More
- Preschool at Home: Lapbooks
- You might also be interested in the post: Homeschool Preschool Year in Review which was a recap of many of our preschool activities this past year.
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- Preschool Geography: Maps and More
- The Seven Continents and World Landmarks
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Fab diorama! Thanks for cornstarch clay recipe, never heard of it so look forward to making it with the kids 🙂
Fab diorama! Thanks for cornstarch clay recipe, never heard of it so look forward to making it with the kids 🙂
Thats wonderful!! Looks like that was a ton of fun!
Thats wonderful!! Looks like that was a ton of fun!
This is amazing! I love it a lot! You have some fantastic ideas…so happy to have you in class!Blessings, Karen
This is amazing! I love it a lot! You have some fantastic ideas…so happy to have you in class!Blessings, Karen
My daughter is going to absolutely jump for joy when she sees what we can make! She is very much into sea creatures right now – especially starfish! Thanks for sharing!
My daughter is going to absolutely jump for joy when she sees what we can make! She is very much into sea creatures right now – especially starfish! Thanks for sharing!