This adorable shark and oceans for kindergarten fun sight word activity is such a fun activity for practicing sight words, letters, or even numbers. Also, grab my other tips, ideas, and crafts for kindergarten on my page Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum and look for ideas on my page Oceans Unit Study and Lapbook.
Do you need a learning activity that feels more like play and less like school?
For example, how about one that is themed to go along with a study of oceans for kindergarten?
I’m sharing a list of other helpful resources to round out your day like videos and hands-on activities.
Our shark is made from just one piece of foam board and a little paint.
It will give your child hours of learning that is fun and memorable.
Creating an activity that feels more like play is a great way to teach your child basic skills that they need to learn.
I created this activity to be used with sight word recognition but then realized that there were so many more possibilities with it.
You can have your child also feed the shark letters, numbers, and sums to orally given math problems, or have them choose the math problem that matches the number you give, and have them feed cards with rhyming words, and beginning letter sounds.
It can be a blank canvas for learning skills, anywhere your early learner is.
8 Awesome Shark and Oceans for Kindergarten Facts
- There are over 500 different species of sharks, and almost 150 of them are listed on the at-threat list.
- The largest sea mammal, the blue whale, is also known as the largest animal in the world.
- Sharks live in almost all ocean habitats from tropical coral reefs to the Arctic, and down in the deep parts of the seas.
- Sharks are apex predators, which means that they are at the very top of the food chain with very few to no predators.
- Most sharks are cold-blooded, but a few are warm-blooded, like the great white shark for instance.
- Here is a super gross fact about marine animals that kids will love. Lobsters pee out of their faces, and they pee on each other to communicate. (Their urine nozzles are located under their eyes).
- Octopuses have three hearts. Two of those hearts move blood beyond the animal’s gills, and the third heart keeps circulation moving for the organs.
- Dolphins can sleep with one eye open and with one-half of their brain in use.
Then, hands-on activities to teach kindergarten is the best way for children to learn.
Look at some hands-on activities below to learn about sharks and oceans.
More Activities For Shark & Oceans for Kindergarten
- Make an ocean in a bottle for a sensory experience that is calming and encourages kids to observe and ask questions.
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- Frozen animal ocean rescue is perfect for cooling off on a hot summer day.
- 10 Sea Shell Activities for Kids and Make Crystal Sea Shells
- Little hands love exploring their senses, an ocean sensory bin allows them to study ocean animals up close.
- Quick Unit Study & Easy Salt water Density Ocean Science Experiments For Kindergarten
- Free Coral Reef Printable Lapbook and Fun Hands-on Unit Study Ideas
- Beware of Ocean Pollution: Fun Science Activity for Kids
- Get them up, stretch, release those feel-good endorphins, and stimulate the brain with Ocean Yoga.
- How Do Sharks Float STEM Activity Free Shark Unit Study & Notebooking Pages
- Learn How to Make an Easy Jellyfish Lights Craft
- The Geronimo Stilton Series: Make a Fun Edible Coral Reef
- Kids Hands-on Egg Carton Sea Turtle Life Cycle Activity
Include a great book as a resource for your child to look at that has great illustrations and information.
I think Oceans Anatomy by Julia Rothman is a must-have addition to your science stack.
Everything is included in this book, from ocean tides to shark sizes, and sea grass to small and large ocean creatures.
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Also, add some of these fun books and resources to learning about sharks and oceans.
Kindergarten Ocean Unit Study Resources
Add a fun ocean unit study resource for kindergarten to your study for the day.
Following the wild success of The Big Book of Bugs and The Big Book of Beasts, The Big Book of the Blue is the third installment in Yuval Zommer’s beloved series. Alongside everything the young oceanographer needs to know, Zommer’s charming illustrations bring to life some of the slipperiest, scaliest, strangest, and most monstrous underwater animals.
Julia Rothman’s best-selling illustrated Anatomy series takes a deep dive into the wonders of the sea with Ocean Anatomy. Follow Rothman’s inquisitive mind and perceptive eye along shorelines, across the open ocean, and below the waves for an artistic exploration of the watery universe. Through her drawings, discover how the world’s oceans formed, why the sea is salty, and the forces behind oceanic phenomena such as rogue waves. Colorful anatomical profiles of sea creatures from crustacean to cetacean, surveys of seafaring vessels and lighthouses, and the impact of plastic and warming water temperatures are just part of this compendium of curiosities that will entertain and educate readers of all ages.
See the world in a whole new way! Acclaimed illustrator Julia Rothman combines art and science in this exciting and educational guide to the structure, function, and personality of the natural world. Explore the anatomy of a jellyfish, the inside of a volcano, monarch butterfly migration, how sunsets work, and much more. Rothman’s whimsical illustrations are paired with interactive activities that encourage curiosity and inspire you to look more closely at the world all around you.
Package includes about 100 or more pieces mixed beach sea shells. As shown in the picture, random matching includes seashells, starfish, tiny volutes varieties and sea snail, etc.
These seashell decors are exquisite and colorful, which are carefully handpicked and cleaned, generous size from 0.3" to 2.3", weigh about 250g, a wide variety of unique shells for crafts.
This box has 2.5kg (5.5lb) of natural brown Kinetic Sand to mix, mold, squish, cut and more! Once you pick it up, you won’t be able to put it down! What will you create?
Real Genuine Shark Teeth
Approximately 30 teeth per bag (plus fossils and bones!)
Great for classroom learning, Arts & Crafts and play "dig sites"
SET OF 12 FAVORITE FIGURINES – This TOOB brings together 12 of your favorite ocean-dwelling friends, including a sea lion, eagle ray, starfish, turtle, penguin, octopus, humpback whale, sperm whale, moray eel, hammerhead shark, tiger shark, and dolphin!
Finally, look how to make this fun feed the shark activity to use for learning.
Shark & Oceans for Kindergarten Sight Word Activity – Feed The Shark
Supplies needed:
- Foam board
- Grey and black craft paint
- pencil
- Scissors or straight-edge razor
Using a pencil, lightly trace a shark head shape using most of the board.
Cut out one side and flip it to the other side of the board matching up the corner.
Next, trace it so that both sides match exactly and set these pieces aside. We’re going to use them later.
Use sharp scissors or a straight-edge blade to cut around the top of the shark’s head.
Then, draw an open mouth in the middle that is flatter across the bottom with an arch at the top.
Cut this out and set it to the side.
Paint the border of your shark gray and paint a thin black border around the mouth. Allow the paint to dry completely.
Too, while the paint is drying, take the excess piece from the mouth and cut a bunch of triangles for the shark’s teeth.
Once the paint is dry, hot glue teeth on the back side of the shark’s mouth on top and bottom.
Paint eyes on either side of the head.
Flip the board over and take the two scrap pieces you cut off in the second step, hot glue them on either side of the opening.
Be sure they are both lined up with the bottom as these will serve as your stand.
Now, for the activity itself, you can either make cards with your sight words, letters, numbers, or whatever you want to work on, or use purchased flashcards.
Additionally, you can also use alphabet magnets, scrabble tiles, or whatever else you already have to work with.
Moreover, spread a few out on the floor and call them out to your child, who then picks up the corresponding card and “feeds the shark”.
Easy, fun, and enjoyably repetitive, this activity will help sharpen skills and create a memorable learning experience.
