Deep Sea Divers!
2-3's and 4-5's
1. Activity 1: Camouflage
Fish
As an ice breaker, obtain
various pictures of sea creatures in their camouflage state. Ask the
participants to find the animals in the picture. Various fishes are able to
camouflage because of disruptive patterns such as stripes, spots, splotches or
eyespots. Eyespots refer to the illusion of the back of the fish being in the
front, hence the name eyespot. Examples of animals that have the ability to
camouflage include the octopus, scorpion fish, goby fish and seahorse.
2. Read: "Sneakers, the Seaside Cat"
3. Song: Fish in the
Sea
(Tune: “Wheels on the bus”)
The fish in the sea go swim,
swim, swim
swim, swim, swim, swim, swim,
swim
The fish in the sea go swim,
swim, swim
All through the day
The lobsters in the sea go
pinch, pinch, pinch
pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch,
pinch, pinch
The lobsters in the sea go
pinch, pinch, pinch
All through the day
The octopuses in the sea go
wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle,
wiggle, wiggle
The octopuses in the sea go
wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
All through the day
The crabs in the sea go click,
click, click
click, click, click, click,
click, click
The crabs in the sea go click,
click, click
All through the day
Or Action Song: “5
Little Fishies”
Five little fishies swimming in
the sea, teasing Mr. Shark; “You can’t catch me!” Along comes Mr. Shark quiet
as can be….SNAP!
Four little fishies swimming in
the sea, teasing Mr. Shark; “You can’t catch me
Three little fishies swimming in
the sea, teasing Mr. Shark
Two little fishies swimming in
the sea, teasing Mr. Shark;
One little fishies swimming in
the sea, teasing Mr. Shark; “You can’t catch me!” Along comes Mr. Shark quiet
as can be….SNAP!
No more little fishies swimming
in sea!
5. Action Song: Blue
Shark, Blue Shark
(This can be done with puppets,
as a felt board, or pictures printed in colour)
Blue shark, blue shark
What do you see?
I see a green turtle swimming
next to me.
Green turtle, green turtle
What do you see?
I see a purple octopus gliding
next to me.
Purple octopus, purple octopus
What do you see?
I see an orange seahorse
floating next to me.
Orange seahorse, orange seahorse
What do you see?
I see a red crab crawling over
me.
Red crab, red crab
What do you see?
I see a yellow fish speeding
past me.
Yellow fish, yellow fish
What do you see?
I see a big whale coming after
me!
6. Read: "The Snail and the Whale"
7. Craft: Submarine
Window
Supplies:
-Paper plates (2 per child)
-Blue and green tissue paper,
craft paper, or streamers
-Scissors
-Glue
-Saran Wrap
-Markers
-White paper
-Stapler
Instructions:
Prepare beforehand (if the
children are too young, or time is limited) by cutting the center out of half
of the paper plates, and cutting the blue and green papers into pieces and
strips. You can also draw and/or photocopy small pictures of fish, octopi, sea
horses and other sea creatures onto white paper.
The Children can use the blue
and green paper as their sea water by gluing the pieces onto the back side of
an in-tact paper plate. Ten, have them color and cut out (with help if
necessary) some of the sea creatures. They can then set the sea creatures on
their sea background (note: it is not necessary to glue them). After adding all
of the desires sea creatures, place a layer of Saran Wrap over the scene. Then
place the cut-out paper plate on top and staple it all together to form an
ocean scene, as viewed through a submarine window.
