Ocean Animal Activities for Preschoolers
Teaching preschoolers about ocean animals can be a fun and exciting experience. With so many fascinating sea creatures, getting your kids interested in learning about them is easy.
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The best way to teach your kids is with hands-on activities that help them learn without feeling like they’re in school. Below are some fun ocean animal activities for preschoolers that you can do at home.
Fun Ocean Animal Activities
Kids love learning about ocean animals because there are so many amazing creatures living in the sea.
Make an Underwater Scene
Create an underwater scene with paper, crayons, and markers, and let your little ones go wild! Have them draw their favorite ocean animals or anything they can think of, then display it proudly on the fridge or wall. This will encourage creative thinking and lets them express themselves through art.
Play Ocean-themed Games
Print out pictures of different ocean animals and make a bingo board out of them! When you call out a photo, the players must find it on their boards until one gets five in a row. This will help teach recognition skills while making it into a fun game.
Create an Ocean Habitat Diorama
Get some shoe boxes or other boxes and have your preschoolers create their ocean habitats inside! They can use construction paper, glue, glitter, tissue paper – whatever they need to create their unique diorama! This activity encourages creativity as well as an understanding of habitat concepts.
Ocean Animal Activities for Preschoolers
Preschoolers will have a ton of fun learning about the different animals that live in the ocean with these creative and engaging activities.
Get out those sharks and whales to create your very own ocean sensory bin for some hands-on sensory play your child will love.
This I Spy game is a perfect activity for preschoolers! Kids will enjoy looking for ocean creatures and counting how many are there on that page.
Do you love coloring pages? These ocean coloring pages will be perfect for your sea lover.
Get counting with these adorable printable counting cards and puzzles. Make learning math a blast.
Check out this fun, sweet, and under-the-sea-themed activity for your little one who loves skittles! Plus they can eat their work once they're done.
Kids will have a blast while doing this very cute ocean animal craft. Who wouldn't love learning about octopuses after this?
With your ocean animals, you can create a cool ocean sensory bottle for hours of delightful fun. Your preschooler will enjoy this engaging activity.
You can have a ton of fun with pattern blocks by building your own ocean animals with them. Preschoolers will enjoy building and counting the blocks.
Make your own ocean animals that can be found in the ocean with these cool ocean play dought mats.
Practice letter recognition with these letter find printables with an ocean theme.
If your kids love the book, “I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean”, they will surely enjoy this activity.
This cute craft using cupcake liners will be an awesome ocean activity for preschoolers. It's super fun and cute!
Help your child work on their fine motor skills and scissors skills in a fun way with this ocean-themed activity.
These are just a few ideas for teaching your preschooler about ocean animals, which one will you do?
No matter which activities you choose, these fun projects will help teach your child important lessons while having fun at the same time. So get creative and make learning about ocean animals enjoyable for your preschooler!
Monique is a homeschooling mother to 3 in Ontario, Canada. She shares homeschooling and science resources for young learners on Living Life and Learning. You can find her on Facebook or Pinterest.
Monique is a homeschooling mother to 3 in Ontario, Canada. She shares homeschooling and science resources for young learners on Living Life and Learning. You can find her on Facebook or Pinterest.
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