Oceans Part I

We are covering Marine Birds, Salt Water vs. Fresh Water, and Shells this week.

Booklist for the Week:

Poetry of Earth edited and illustrated by Adrienne Adams
The Pelican Chorus by Edward Lear, illustrated by Harold Berson
Pond Lake River Sea by MaryJo Koch
Knitted Animals by Anne-Dorthe Grigaff
Houses from the Sea by Alice E. Goudey
A Child's Seasonal Treasury by Betty M. Jones
Moonsnail Song by Sheryl McFarlane
On My Beach There Are Many Pebbles by Leo Lionni



Day One: Read "The Sandhill Crane" poem from Poetry of Earth, find bird footprints in the sand at the beach, observe birds in the sky (hawk, seagull, blue heron), footprints art

Day Two: Read The Pelican Chorus, read "Look, the Sea!" poem from Poetry of Earth, sea salt crystal painting, ocean water experiment (with water from the Chesapeake Bay gathered yesterday), making sea water activity from Montessori curriculum

Day Three: Look at Pond Lake River Sea, field trip to Patuxent River (fresh water), read "The Prayer of the Little Ducks" from Poetry of Earth, teach game "Duck, Duck, Goose", give children knitted ducks and goose to play with from Knitted Animals

Day Four: Read Houses from the Sea, visit beach and gather shells, glue shells onto beach tote bag, shell tracing and cutting work from Montessori curriculum, "Seashell Song" fingerplay from A Child's Seasonal Treasury - page 124

Day Five: Read Moonsnail Song, make clear glycerin soaps with some of the shells gathered yesterday inside, make collage with shell cutouts from yesterday, seashell postcard matching, matching seashells and small/medium/large work from Montessori curriculum, "The Sea" fingerplay from A Child's Seasonal Treasury - page 123

Day Six: Read On My Beach There Are Many Pebbles, field trip to Annmarie Garden, sand sculpture on the beach, "At the Beach" fingerplay from A Child's Seasonal Treasury - page 123