DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAIN CONCEPT MAP
PHYSICAL: Fine Motor
- Ocean playdough e.g. glitter, shells or sand in
the playdough.
- Sensory box: textures of the ocean.
- Ocean foam sensory play.
- Sensory box: rock pool.
- Pool noodle boat races.
- Baking soda ocean art.
- Ocean sensory balls (with orbees and plastic
figurines and a balloon)
- “Find the shells” water beads sensory tub.
- Sea Animal water bead sensory tub.
PERSONAL / SOCIAL /
EMOTIONAL:
- Making puppets.
- Beach treasure hunt.
- Healthy ocean theme snacks.
- Dress up, role play.
- Find the shells treasure hunt and classify.
CREATIVE / AESTHETIC: PHYSICAL: Gross Motor:
- Egg carton turtles.
- Excursions to the beach, ocean
- Create a picture with dyed sand.
discovery centres.
- Moving fish (paper structure).
- Ocean animal/Wave movement songs.
- Apple boats (half an apple and a sail)
- Ocean Animal/Wave movement games.
- Making ocean slime.
- Role play sea animals from literature or
- Ocean in a bottle. (with oil and dyed water)
experiences.
- Shell painting and printing.
- Jelly fish sun catcher.
- Lego/Duplo building of shells, animals or ocean.
Concept: Under the Sea Term: 3 Weeks: 4
COGNITIVE / LANGUAGE:
- Float and Sink activity/density of water. SPIRITUAL / MORAL:
- Frozen ocean and salt/water experiment.
- Starfish cookies.
- Global warming ice melting
- Categorizing shells. experiment
- Categorizing sea and beach (land) animals. - Recycling activities.
- Search and Find sensory box with dyed rice, shells etc. - Listening to the ocean/animal sounds
- Crystal sea shells. With salt crystals. e.g. meditation.
- Baking soda fizzy ocean sensory bin - Recycled wave object display.
Literacy (book corner): Literature (on climate change):
- The Rainbow Fish – Marcus Pfister
- The Tragic Tale of the Great Auk by Jan
- Hello Ocean – Pam Munoz Ryan Thornhill
- Commotion in the Ocean – Giles Andreae - Giddy Godspeed and the Felicity
- The Earths Ocean – National Geographic Flower by Maria-Pilar Landver
- Sharing a Shell - Julia Donaldson.
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