Inside: Looking for toddler and preschool ocean theme resources? Here’s what we are doing this year – activities, books, songs and printables!
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.
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
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
Here is a video tour and post of our classroom set up for the beach and ocean themes through the yearsL
- Classroom Set Up
- Classroom Video Tour – Year #6
- Classroom Video Tour (week 1) – Year #5
- Classroom Video Tour (week 2) – Year #4
- Classroom Video Tour – Year #4
- Classroom Video Tour (week 1) – Year #4
- Classroom Video Tour (week 2) – Year #3
- Classroom Video Tour – Year #2
- Classroom Video Tour – Year #1
Toddler and Preschool Ocean Lesson Plans
We’ve done the work for you! We now have interactive thematic lesson plans for toddlers (18-36 months) AND preschoolers (3-5 years)!
I helped create these lesson plans along with a talented group of early childhood educators and home schoolers.
Easy to follow lesson plans include activity modifications and adaptations to meet the needs of all learners.
These activities come in a digital format. That means after you make a purchase, the links to the activities will arrive in an email.
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