Inside: Looking for toddler and preschool ocean theme resources? Here’s what we are doing this year – activities, books, songs and printables!
Updated: 7/21/25
We love to end our school year with the beach and ocean theme!
For two weeks we explore ocean animals and beach pretend play, indoors and out.
This resource page was created to share what we will be doing this year with our toddlers and young preschoolers. I’ve also included activities for older preschoolers, too.
Included are songs, books, printables and activities!
Toddler and Preschool Beach and Ocean Theme Resources
Make sure to check out my May Theme Ideas for more activities!
Table of Contents
Circle Time
- Beach and Ocean Songs (using printable lyrics from our toddler under the sea packet)
Art Activities
- Jellyfish
I have 2 versions of this art activity: Toddler Jellyfish Art and Watercolor Jellyfish.
This is a fun activity that the entire class can do together!
- Bubble Wrap Printed Fish
Roll blue and white tempera paint across bubble wrap and then press a fish-shaped piece of paper on top to make a print. You can use the template from this activity if you wish.)
- Shaving Cream and Watercolors
Squirt a small amount of shaving cream onto a tray and add dots of blue liquid watercolors. Drag small plastic ocean animals through the shaving cream to mix the blue watercolors.
- Blue Tissue Paper Collage with Sand
Roll white glue onto paper and then press pieces of blue tissue paper on top. Can also shake some sand into the glue as well.
- Snail Shell (from our preschool ocean packet)
Table Activities
- Ice Cream Mirroring Activity (using printables from our ice cream shop packet)
- Topping Counting Activity (using printables from our ice cream shop packet)
- Fish Matching by Color (using printables from our toddler under the sea packet)
Dramatic Play
- Ice Cream Shop (using printables from our ice cream shop packet)
- Summer Picnic (using printables from our picnic packet)
- Beach Day!
Science and Exploration
- Rescuing Frozen Sea Creatures (Freeze small sea creatures in ice cubes and hammer them out.)
- Exploring Shells
Sensory Bin
- Kinetic Sand, Shells, Shovels, Buckets
- Going Fishing
(At this writing, Amazon no longer carries this exact set, but here is another one .)
Block Area
Beach Small World
Writing Table
- Underwater Tracing Cards (Preschool) – from the underwater section of our tracing picture cards packet)
- Ocean Coloring Pages (using printables from our toddler under the sea packet)
- Seahorse and Snail Coloring Pages (from our preschool ocean packet)
- Chunky Ocean Stampers (You can find similar stampers here.)
Music and Movement
Printable Packets
Classroom Set Up
Classroom Set Up from 2018:
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