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Summer Lesson Plans

Ocean in a Bottle

Lesson Plan:

​Activity:  ​

Ocean in a Bottle
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Lesson plan developed by Ms. Erika Geelhoed, BA Ed

Age Group:

Young Infants

* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with mobile infants or toddlers.

Objectives:  

Children will:

• develop their sense of sight by focusing on small items in the bottle.
• develop communication skills by practicing back-and-forth dialog.

CDA Competency Standard:   

II.6.4b

• Candidate’s interactions encourage children’s communication skills
  • ​​​b) Interacts with children, listening and responding appropriately

Ocean in a Bottle

Materials: 

• clear and clean bottle
• water
• blue food coloring
• oil
• glitter or sand
• small shells
• ocean themed foam pieces or plastic sea creatures
• glue gun with glue

Procedure: 

• Fill bottle 2/3 full of water and add 5 drops of blue food coloring.
• Add as much sand, glitter, shells, and foam pieces as you would like.
  
• Cover bottle with lid and gently shake up.
  
• Remove lid and add oil almost to the top of the bottle.
  
• Apply glue to the inside of the lid and screw onto the bottle tightly.
  
• Present the bottle to the children and show them how to turn it on its side and gently rock and forth to create ocean waves.
  
• As the children are exploring the bottle, talk with them about what they are experiencing.
  
• Practice back-and-forth exchanges with them. 

Assessment: 

• Record how many exchanges were made between you and the children. Make any anecdotal notes and put all the information in the children’s portfolio. 

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Deep Blue Sea Classroom Fun!

Reel Fishy Pokey 
Author Unknown
Sung To: 'Hokey Pokey'

Put your left fin in, take your left fin out,
put your left fin in, and shake it all about.
You do the fishy pokey and you turn yourself around,
that's what its all about!
Put your right gill in, take your right gill out (etc.)


Catch a Fish
Sung to: "Row, Row, Row your boat"

Catch, catch, catch a fish,
Hook it on your line.
Reel it, reel it, reel it, reel it,
This one will be mine.


Fish Are Swimming
Sung to: "Frere Jacques"

Fish are swimming, fish are swimming,
In the sea, in the sea,
A-splishing and a-splashing,
A-splishing and a-splashing,
Look and see, look and see.

Suggested Books
Available from Amazon

1, 2, 3 in the Sea
by Sue Dicicco 

See The Sea! (Googly Eyes)
by Allia Zobel Nolan