Under the Sea

Dive into a sea of creativity with our activity ideas that will have young learners swimming with excitement!

Sea Creature Sorting - Sort your sea animal resources by size, colour, or type.

Ocean Sensory Bin: Fill a bin with sand, water, and plastic sea creatures for tactile exploration.

Underwater Displays: Use blue cellophane and tissue paper to create ocean scenes on windows and walls where you can then show off all of your sea-themed art with pride.

Fishing Game: Create a magnetic fishing game with paper fish and a homemade fishing pole. Simply add paperclips to each of the fish (or other exciting sea creatures) then hang a magnet from the end of a piece of string. You could incorporate this activity with learning about sounds, increasing communication or even early years maths.

Ocean Songs and Rhymes: Sing songs like "Baby Shark" and "Under the Sea" to engage children in music and movement (this is super fun as a group activity!).

Water Play: Set up a water table with sea creature toys and boats for imaginative play.

Ocean Story Time: Read books about the ocean and sea creatures, like "The Rainbow Fish" or "Commotion in the Ocean."

Seaweed Streamers: Create your own seaweed with green crepe paper for children to wave and dance with.

Marine Movements: Imitate movements of different sea creatures like swimming like a fish, waddling like a penguin, or scuttling like a crab.

Key Vocabulary:

We have delved into the depths to create a  list of key vocabulary that will help early learners with language to talk about the salty seas:

Ocean

Sea

Fish

Coral

Shell

Sand

Wave

Tide

Dolphin

Whale

Starfish

Seahorse

Jellyfish

Shark

Crab

Seal

Octopus

Mermaid

Scuba

Submarine

Lighthouse

Shipwreck

Beach

Seaweed

Treasure