Free Homeschool Preschool Curriculum – Week 20, The Ocean
This week we are headed to the coast where our preschoolers will learn all about the Ocean!
In summary, we will be covering our traditional subject areas – math, music, arts and crafts, language arts, etc. Some of the activities you can look forward to are visiting your local aquarium, or spending the day on the beach if it’s close by! In science our preschoolers will explore buoyancy, research their favorite ocean animal, and even create an ocean in a bottle.
Additionally, the letter of the week is “Z” so, be sure to scroll ahead for more activities to build literacy. I think you will enjoy the selected read aloud books too. In math we will be working on the number 18, as well as practicing our addition and subtraction skills as well as working with patterns.
There are loads more activities to explore, just continue reading below.
Pre-K Homeschool Week 20 Free Resources
Here are some of the free resources I gathered from across the web to pull together our week 20 ocean theme:
Feature Image by Pawel Kalisinski
Math Activities for Preschoolers
Number 18 Recognition + Tracing (Kindergarten Mom)
Grab your tangrams, and this free printable from J Daniels 4 Mom. Tangrams are a fantastic hands on way for our preschoolers to recognize patterns, develop spatial awareness, and learn geometric shapes.
The Curated Creative over on Teachers Pay Teachers has a great ocean animal measurement freebie for this week. This sheet is for non standard measurement. Sadie grabbed her snap cubes to complete this activity.
Homeschool Share has created a fantastic instant download, to help our preschoolers practice patterns. With this worksheet, your preschooler gets to create a pattern of their very own!
Spend some time this week working on addition and subtraction drills with Math Salamanders.
Fine/Gross Motor Skills
Here are some activities to develop your preschoolers fine and gross motor skills this week:
Play catch
Puzzle time (at least 12 pieces)
Sort pom poms with tongs, tweezers, or a clothespin
Bed Sheet Parachute
Play snake with jump rope (encourage start trying to jump rope on own)
Language Arts
Introduce the letter “Z” – show your preschooler the capital and lowercase letter “Z”, and introduce the sound of this letter. Next, have your little one try to create the letter “Z” on a playdough mat or geoboard. Watch the letter “Z” on Starfall.
Letter “Z” phonics and writing practice (Daycare Worksheets)
Letter “Z” phonics review (Flashcard Fox) – build your preschoolers vocabulary by sharing the “Z” words on these flashcards. Make sure to print out two sets to create a memory game.
Choose a letter “Z” collage from Early Learning Ideas.
The sight word this week is “in”. Kindergarten Mom has a great free printable to introduce this sight word to your preschooler.
**Remember to read 1 level B book with your child each day.
Read Aloud Books:
Deep in the Ocean – Lucie Brunelliere
My Little Book of Ocean Life, Camilla de la Bedoyere
Earth’s Incredible Oceans – Jess French
Ocean – Britta Teckentrup
Big Book of the Blue – Yuval Zommer
OCEAN SCIENCE/SENSORY ACTIVITIES
Make an ocean in a bottle (A Little Pinch of Perfect)
Discover ocean life with the Smithsonian
Let your preschooler pick their favorite ocean animal to learn more about, and complete this animal research report together
Discover buoyancy with this hands on science experiment.
MUSIC
Teach your preschooler the name for each of the five oceans with this catchy tune. Sadie, Nora and I were signing this song for weeks afterwards.
You can’t go wrong with the classic – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive
Pick a handful of rhymes from Childhood 101. We chose I’m a Little Fish.
OCEAN INSPIRED ARTS + CRAFTS
Create a Cupcake Liner Puffer Fish (Our Kid Things)
Learn how to draw a seahorse (Art Projects for Kids)
Invitation Play, Create Your Own Fish (Paper and Glue)
Create a coral reef (Primary Theme Park)
FIELD TRIP
Visit your local aquarium or spend the day at your local beach!
