Learn all about the ocean, aquatic animals, and going to the beach in this Ocean Circle Time Unit. All of the lesson plans for 10 full days of circle time instruction, plus literacy, math, and fine motor centers are included.
The Ocean Circle Time Unit includes 10 Circle Time Lessons:
- Introduction – photograph posters and class poll
- Ocean or Not? – animal sorting
- At the Beach – photographs and “I See Sea Shells” song
- Sharks – photographs and labeling parts of a shark
- Ocean Mammals – photographs, song, labeling
- Fish – hide and find carpet game to practice colors and numbers
- Jellyfish Jig – categorization and movement
- Scuba Diving – information posters and “A Sailor” song
- Ocean Riddles – active listening
- All About the Ocean – chart, concluding activity
This unit also includes these additional Centers:
- Word Wall Vocabulary cards
- Fine Motor Practice – tracing lines
- Colorful Fish Concentration
- Fish Shapes – folder game
- Sand Tray Letters
- F/S Beginning Sound Sort
- Sea Shell Syllables
- “At the Beach” – emergent reader and counting practice
- Book List – recommended read-aloud stories