Ocean Activities Pack

 This Ocean Activities Pack for preschool and kindergarten provides opportunities to develop important preschool and kindergarten skills in a fun way while also learning about the fascinating animals that live in the ocean. Both color and black and white formats are included, where possible, to suit your individual printing needs.

 

What’s included in this Ocean Activities Pack?

Literacy Activities Include:

• My Ocean Animal Mini Book: Featuring pictures of each animal to color and a simple sentence to read.

• Alphabet Trace: Students trace uppercase and lowercase letters to practice letter formation.
• 3-Part Cards: Featuring a range of ocean animal vocabulary and matching pictures.
• Vocabulary Match: Students draw a line to match the picture to the vocabulary word.
• Do-A-Dot Letter Search: Students search for and dot the target letter on each page.
• Writing Pages: Each page features dotted writing lines and an ocean animal picture prompt.

Math Activities Include:

• Count the Animals: Students count and record how many they can find of each animal.
• Counting Puzzles: Fun picture skip counting puzzles including counting by 1s, 2s, 3s and 4s.
• Count and Clip Cards: Students count the animals and clip the correct number.
• Size Sequencing Cards: Students order the pictures in order according to their size.
• Number Cards: Featuring pictures, numerals and number words, these cards can be matched or used for different games.

 

Fine Motor Skills Activities Include:

• Trace the Lines: Students practice their fine motor skills by tracing the various lines on this worksheet.
• Do-A-Dot Pages: Students use a bingo or stamp marker to dot each spot on these picture activity cards.
• Coloring Pages: Students color the ocean animals and trace their name.
• Cutting Practice: Students use scissors to cut along the different lines.
• Fingerprint Activity: Students use paint to dot their fingerprint on each spot on these activity cards.

Other Themed Activities Include:

• Animal Sort: A cut and paste sorting worksheets where students decide if an animal lives on the land or in the ocean.
• Ocean Animal Bingo: Including calling cards and both color and black and white game boards for students to color.
• Puppets: Attach each of these ocean animals to paddle pop sticks for dramatic play and role playing experiences. 
• Puzzles: 2- and 4-piece picture puzzles featuring themed pictures and vocabulary.
• Patterning Worksheets: Including What Comes Next? and Complete the Pattern.
• Dice Game: Students roll the themed dice and represent the results on a graph.

 

This Ocean Activities Pack is perfect for the following learning settings:

⭐ As part of your morning work during a unit on ocean animals

⭐ As a math or literacy center activity while learning about animals and habitats

⭐ With small groups of students with a particular focus, e.g. recognising numbers 1 to 10.

How to prepare this Ocean Activities Pack?

✂️ Simply print and laminate each component, if desired. 

✂️ Both color and black and white formats are included where possible to suit your individual printing needs.

Suggested materials:

✏️ Pencils / coloring materials

✏️ Scissors

✏️ Glue

✏️ Bingo markers

✏️ Pegs

✏️ Paddle Pop sticks

✏️ Dry erase markers

✏️ Paint

✏️ Counters or blocks for Bingo game