Ocean Theme

MAKE (Art Center)

• Crafts Shaped Like the Letter O/o
• Ocean Crafts Shaped Like the Letter O/o - Walking by the Way 
• Letter O/o Filled in with Ocean Animal Stickers
• Fingerprint Crafts
• Handprint Octopus - Mommy Minutes
• Handprint Crab - Things to Share and Remember
• Handprint Turtle - cryanjackson.blogspot.co.uk
• Handprint Jellyfish - It Happens in a Blink
• Handprint Fish - The Kinder Wife
• Handprint Hermit Crab  - The Kindergarten Connection
• Footprint Flip Flops - pinterest.com 
• Fingerprint Fish Aquarium Craft - Fun Handprint Art 
• Ocean Themed Handprint and Footprint Crafts - I Heart Arts n Crafts
• Thumbprint Ocean Animals - mundoinfantildeclara.blogspot.com
• Recyclable Crafts
• Paper Plate Ocean Aquarium - Preschool Alphabet
• Paper Plate Sea Aquarium - Thrifty Fun
• Paper Plate Fish Aquarium - Director Jewels
• Paper Plate Beach - First Palette
• Under the Sea Paper Plate Craft - Surviving a Teacher's Salary
• Paper Roll Fish - The Craft Train
• Ocean in an Egg Carton - The Imagination Tree
• Recycled Green Sea Turtles - Mamas Like Me
• Paper Plate Whale - In the Playroom
• Other Crafts
• Painting O's - Mommy Crusader
• Sand Paintings - Gift of Curiosity
• Memory Craft Shells - Kids Activities
• Ocean Stamp Art - Gift of Curiosity
• Ocean Themed Wreaths - 3 Dinosaurs
• 15 Ocean Themed Crafts - I Heart Crafty Things
• Sandcastle Sand Art - MakingMamaMagic
• Sea Creature Art Prints - The Crafty Classroom
• Foil Fish Craft - Nurture Store 
• Dolphins in the Ocean Art - Craftulate
• Sand Footprint Craft - PagingFunMums!
• Cupcake Liner Shark - I Heart Crafty Things
• Cupcake Liner Lighthouse - The OT Toolbox
• Free Art
• Have art materials accessible to children such as an ocean coloring page, an ocean stencil, an easel, markers, stamps, colored pencils, crayons, play-dough, and tissue paper/construction paper/fabric squares for children to work with if they'd like as well.

EXPLORE (Sensory Centers)

• Practice Painting the Letter O/o in Water
• Salt Water Density Experiment - Science Kiddo
• Under the Sea Homemade Slime - Little Bins for Little Hands
• Sand and Water Ocean Sensory Bin - Mom Inspired Life
• Saltwater vs. Freshwater Experiment - To the Lesson!
• Simplified Ocean Zones in a Bottle - Science 4 Superheroes
• Beach in a Bottle - House of Burke
• Ocean Themed Sensory Bin - Simply Mommie
• Sand Foam - Creative Playhouse
• O is for Ocean Fizzing Fun! - Ducks 'n a Row
• Ocean in a Bottle - Gift of Curiosity
• Ocean Play Dough Invitation  - Gift of Curiosity
• Ocean in a Bag - Gift of Curiosity
• Ocean Montessori Trays - Gift of Curiosity
• Ocean Science - Gift of Curiosity
• Ocean Sensory Bins - Gift of Curiosity
• Shell Activities - Gift of Curiosity
• Aquariums in a Bottle - Curvy Eco-centric Recessionista 
• Wave Bottle - agirlandagluegun.com
• Ocean Zones - A Day in First Grade
• Ocean Sensory Play Ideas - Fun at Home with Kids
• Soapy Sea Foam - Twodaloo 
• Ocean Zones, Sea Life, & Deep Sea Creatures - KC Edventures
• Net Fishing Fine Motor Play - Best Toys 4 Toddlers 
• Ocean Sensory Ice Melt - Little Bins for Little Hands
• Ocean Play Dough Invitation to Play - Sugar Spice and Glitter
• Beach Vacation Small World Play - Still Playing School
• Invitation to Create a Mini Ocean World - Little Worlds

PLAY (Inside and Outside Games/Activities)

• Puzzles/Board Games
• Ocean Bingo - Sunshine and Hurricanes
• Ocean Animals I Spy - Teachers Pay Teachers
• Fish in the Sea Counting Game - Lakeshore Learning
• Block Center/Building Ideas
• Ocean Animal Pattern Blocks - Crayons & Whimsy
• Ocean Theme Block Center - Pocket of Preschool
• Dramatic Play
• Fishing Alphabet Activity - Mom Inspired Life
• Beach/Ocean Dramatic Play - madeforkids.co.uk
• Quiet Activities
• Animals of the Ocean - Imagine Our Life
• Label Parts of a Fish - The Kinder Wife
• In the Deep Blue Sea Adapted Books Unit - File Folder Heaven
• The Beach Interactive Vocabulary Activities - File Folder Heaven
• Ocean Felt Busy Box - Teach Me Mommy
• Travel Felt Board Under the Sea Template - The Many Little Joys
• File Folder Activities/Worksheets
• Octopus Math - Chipman's Corner Preschool
• Ocean Themed Lesson Plans - Teacher's Notebook
• Ocean Animals Crossword Puzzle - Puzzles to Print
• Ocean Color Identification Posters - Teachers Pay Teachers
• Ocean I Spy Printable - Powerful Mothering
• Ocean Activities - Fantastic Fun and Learning
• Ocean Positional Words Interactive Reader - Teachers Pay Teachers
• Ocean Math and Literacy Centers - Teachers Pay Teachers
• Ocean Do-a-Dot Printables - Gift of Curiosity
• Find & Count Sea Creatures - Planning Playtime
• The Great 8 Octopus  - Mamas Like Me
• Ocean Animals Printable Mazes - Kids Activities
• Fish Color Match  - Childcareland 
• How Many Bubbles Does the Fish Have? - ironic adventures.com
• Ocean Lapbook - Rockabye Butterfly 
• Continents and Oceans File Folder Activity - Highland Heritage Homeschool
• Active Games/Outside Play Activities
• Shark - wondertime.go.com
• Ocean Themed Yoga - Pink Oatmeal
• Ocean Animal Movement Game - Toddler Approved
• Ocean Animals Movement Cards - Teachers Pay Teachers
• Beach Ball Towel Toss - Red Tricycle
• Indoor Beach Ball Games - We Have Aars
• Fishing for Numbers - Buggy and Buddy
• Beach Ball Relay Games - Oswego County Today
• Fill the Bucket - Tickled Pink in Primary
• Pirates - Musical Islands - geocities.com
• Feed the Shark Alphabet Game - Toddler Approved
• DIY Fish Toss Game - Kim Byers Celebration Shoppe
• Magnetic Fishing Game - Positively Splendid
• Fishes and Whales - teachers.net

READ (Circle Time/Books for the Book Center)

• The Berenstain Bears at the Aquarium - Jan & Mike Berenstain
• A House for Hermit Crab - Eric Carle
• Mister Seahorse - Eric Carle
• The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor - Joanna Cole
• A Day in the Salt Marsh - Kevin Kurtz
• Curious George at the Aquarium - Margret & H. A. Rey
• The Rainbow Fish - Marcus Pfister
• I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean - Kevin Sherry
• You Are My Baby: Ocean - Lorena Siminovich
• The Blue Planet: A Natural History of the Oceans - Andrew Byatt, Alastair Fothergill, and Martha Holmes
• DK Eyewitness Books: Ocean - Miranda Macquitty
• Eye Wonder: Ocean - Prentice Hall 
• National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of the Ocean - Catherine D. Hughes
• National Geographic Readers: Weird Sea Creatures - Laura Marsh
• Oceans: Dolphins, sharks, penguins, and more! - Johnna Rizzo
• Ocean Life From A to Z - Cynthia Sterile & Annie Crawley
• One Tiny Turtle - Nicola Davies
• Wish for a Fish - Bonnie Worth
• The Wild Whale Watch - Eva Moore
• National Geographic Readers: Sea Turtles - Laura Marsh
• Coral Reefs - Jason Chin
• Clam, I am! - Tish Rabe
• Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef  - Marianne Berkes
• Smiley Shark - Ruth Galloway
• A House for Hermit Crab - Eric Carle
• Children's Guide to Sea Creatures - Jinny Johnson
• Wow Ocean - Robert Neubecker
• Bright Stanley - Matt Buckingham
• Gentle Giant Octopus - Karen Wallace
• The Blue Whale - Jenni Desmond
• Into the Sea - Brenda Z. Guiberson

SING (Circle Time Songs/Poems)

• Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea - youtube.com
• Five Oceans - onceuponafirstgradeadventure.blogspot.com
• Ocean - mrswilliamsonkinders.blogspot.co.uk
• I Like the Ocean - littlezizzers.blogspot.ca
• I'm a Little Fishy - Explorations
• Old McDonald Had an Ocean - preschoolalphabet.blogspot.com
• Swimming in the Ocean - kidsparkz.com
• Five Little Fish - developingthewholechild.com
• Five Little Sea Creatures - kidsparkz.com
• Five Little Seashells Sleeping on the Shore - kidsparkz.com
• Continents and Oceans Song - youtube.com

EAT (Snack Center)

• Under the Sea Graham Crackers - The First Year
• Jellyfish for Lunch - JDaniel4's Mom
• Sand Dollar Cookies - Diamonds for Dessert
• Seashell Snack and Play - Fantastic Fun and Learning
• Fine Motor Fishing Snack - Twodaloo
• Under the Sea Snack - Creative Kid Snacks
• Ocean Party Popcorn Mix - The Love Nerds
• Ocean & Sand Pudding Cups - The Chirping Moms
• Shark & Seafoam Jello Cups - A Few Shortcuts
• Rice Cakes, Yogurt, and Goldfish - This Grandma is Fun!
• Fish Fruit Cups - Bing 
• Ocean Floats - The Crafting Chicks

VISIT  (Visitor/Field Trip Ideas)

•  Field Trip - Aquarium