Under The Sea..

Under the seaaa... Under the seaaaa, Life is much better (8)

Afternoon!
So at creche we have these amazing sea life toys that the kids like to play with, i never imagined how much learning i could get out of these simple toys!
It began by listening to the 'wind and the sea' in the shells. Then began a discussion on the types of animals, and we grouped them together. Next i filled the tray with water, and we talked about what was under the sea, and what a diver could see. Then we played some target practice - throwing the animals into the water! Can you tell i look after lots of boys?!

Sea Life Play.

After putting the animals in groups, they began to be put into order of size, little-big or baby to daddy!
This also worked for the coral and shells. This turned into abracadabra play, making big/small animals disappear! Later we found an Under The Sea book, with a magnetic submarine.. Although, we'd lost the submarine! Doh! This led to using the diver from the toys, and putting him through the holes in the book, and him diving off the book into the toys, and talking about what animals he could see, and what the animals were eating. Including the diver being eaten by a few sharks!

Lastly, we made our own book, of the favorite things we could see under the water, crabs, turtles, shells, string rays, fish, seahorses and sharks! I drew the pictures and the words first for most of the book, and the kids copied.