Here are more Life at Sea Activities for Kids as promised!  

This week's activities are very near and dear to my heart as many of them are inspired by my past.  

My family owned and operated a marina from the time I was born until I was married.  

I had my own boat and boater's license at age 11 and spent every summer working in the beautiful 1000 Islands side by side with my grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, brother etc.  

The water is in my blood for sure. 

Since we don't live around water, this is the way that I can pass down that legacy.

Dinomite has come SO FAR with his reading skills. It's amazing.  Most important, he feels so confident and willing to try reading anything.  His frustration level is so low with it, which is amazing!  

I love it when I feel like I've gone about teaching things in the right manor.  Thank you Montessori Method inspiration once again!

More Life At Sea Activities for Kids with Free Printables

Letter Writing Practice

Bulldozer and Princess are learning how to write letters C, D, O, & H this month, both uppercase and lowercase.  We'll continue next week with the same letters as it takes Bulldozer about 2 weeks to feel confident writing each letter.  

I must say, despite the largeness of each letter, he's doing so well.  Each day he works so hard at his writing, with his little tongue stuck out as he concentrates.  I'm so proud of my little guy!

Source: These cards are part of printable alphabet cards at Homeschool Creations.

Phonogram Sorting: Long I

We're moving along with our phonograms. Dinomite is loving the process.  I can't believe we'll be finished with long vowels in two weeks.  It looks like I'd better get going on my next set of cards. Lol.

Source: I created these cards and all other long vowel resources. These printables are Subscriber's Only Freebies. For your free copies, be sure to follow the directions at the bottom of this post.

Phonogram Writing: Long I

 

Yet another sheet of writing practice!  It's funny, Princess really likes this activity.  She feels so great when she can write the letters by herself where they go, using the control.  I love how these activities work for so many different age levels.

Source: I created these cards and all other Phonogram Writing Cards. These are Subscriber's Only Freebies. For your free copies, be sure to follow the directions at the bottom of this post.

Nautical Nomenclature Cards

I am super excited at how these cards turned out.  The kiddos LOVED them today.  I had thought about adding more words, but then I decided these were the most basic, and they worked.

Source:  I created this printable. The Nautical Nomenclature Cards are a Subscriber's Only Freebie. For your free copy, be sure to follow the directions at the bottom of this post.

Counting Odd & Even Numbers

It's been a while since we've done a counting activity, so figured it would be a great review, not to mention a great way to remember odd and even numbers.  I chose blue glass beads to look like bubbles in the water.

Source:   I've seen this activity a million times in several places, so I can't really give credit to any one person or place.

Match the Time

It is one of my goals to teach Bulldozer and Princess how to tell time this month.  As we did this activity for the first time today, Bulldozer completely surprised me.  He understood the big hand/little hand concept, and he could identify on the hour times.  

Mind you, I've had time activities on the shelves before, he just doesn't touch them. I'm hoping he'll continue to choose this activity this week.  

On the opposite side of this activity sheet is the 1st grade level equivalent for Dinomite.

Source:  This printable is part of a fabulous pack at 3 Dinosaurs and Royal Baloo.  

The two authors have created a multi-level pack for tots through 1st grade.  It's fabulous, I must say!

Numbers to 9,999

 

I'm hoping by the end of this week, all three kiddos will have this activity mastered. Dinomite did very well today with it!  

It always warms my heart when he learns something new, as I worry so much about his academic progress, because of his severe distractibility.

Source:  These free cards can be found at Montessori Print Shop.

Shark Tanogram

 

A set of tanograms was given to me a while back.  Princess LOVED the ones we worked on before. I figured I'd give her a new challenge.  

The girl is amazing at putting puzzles together.  I'm so intrigued to find out how long it will take her to complete this task.

Man Overboard Rescue Sequence

 

As a licensed boater, one is obligated to help another boater in distress, especially if people are in the water.  

I thought it would be fun to teach the kiddos the sequence of what to do, as they love playing rescue with all of their land and water emergency vehicles.  

It was great review for me too.  

The sequence is pretty easy and fun to memorize.

 

Source:  I found these pictures in the New York Boating Safety Course Guide Book.  The course has changed so much since I took it at age 11.

Preventing Boating Accidents

This seems to be Bulldozer's favorite activity by far this week so far.  

The objective is to practice who has the right of way, as shown in the pictures, using the boats in the water.  

Dinomite has loved learning about the rules of the water.

Source: The print outs for this activity are part of the New York Boating Safety Course Guide Book.

Reading A Nautical Chart

This has been Dinomite's favorite activity so far this week!  

I pulled out an old water proof nautical chart from the marina days, along with our toy boats.  I explained what the markings and colors mean on the chart, and then let them play to their hearts' content.  

They've loved learning to find the buoy/channel markers, and keeping their big ships in the deep waters. 

However,  they also enjoy running their ships into land.  Lol.  

I'm thrilled at how quick they took to the "map" activity, really paying attention to what kind of boat can be in which waters.

 Source: I created this activity using items we had at home.

 Information & Regulatory Markers

 

It's always important to know the signs and symbols of the water, especially in the 1000 Islands where I grew up.  

For this activity, the kids will practice drawing a marker of their choice, and write the name of it at the bottom. This works for a culture activity, but also a great prewriting and writing activity!

Source: I found the printable for this activity in the New York Boating Safety Course Guide Book.

Ocean Creatures

This month we're studying Echinoderms, Mollusks, Crustaceans, Fish and Marine Mammals.  

I created this activity to give Dinomite a challenge, as he's our animal expert, and to help the kiddos learn about more creatures in the ocean.  

Dinomite thanked me profusely for putting a new animal activity on the shelves.

Source: I created this printable. The Creatures of the Ocean Printable is a Subscriber's Only Freebie. For your free copy, be sure to follow the directions at the bottom of this post.

Making Constellations

This is a repeat of an activity we did before, but the kiddos loved it so much,  I decided to use it again . That, and I wanted Dinomite to learn a few more constellation names.

Source:  The idea for this activity came from Natural Beach Living. 

Painting Cloud Formations

The kiddos really enjoyed this activity last week, but I wanted to spend more time on it.  They know a few cloud formations by heart, but I wanted them to know a few more.

Source:  I created the printable for this activity. The Cloud Formation Cards are a Subscriber's Only Freebie. For your free copy, be sure to follow the directions at the bottom of this post.

Moon Phases

I can't think of any activity Bulldozer has liked better in all the time I have homeschooled, compared to how much he loves this activity.  I couldn't resist putting it out as a review.

Source: I found these free cards at Noor Janan.

Creating a Masterpiece like Michelangelo

Last week the kiddos learned about Michelangelo and some of his works, as others weren't appropriate.  

This week they'll work to make a masterpiece themselves with some tools and  homemade play dough.  It's not stone, but the next best thing with little hands. 

I was really disappointed I couldn't find our little hammer, but the Popsicle sticks and kabob stick seem to have done the trick.  

The kiddos are loving the project.  Dinomite carved out a brain today with so much detail.  (He has Halloween on the brain.  Lol.)

Source: I  thought up this activity, but that doesn't mean that it's original. Lol.

Transferring Bubbles

I've seen this idea a lot and thought it was cute to use blue and clear glass beads/marbles a bubbles.  At first the boys thought it was hard, but they're doing fabulous now!

Creatures of the Sea Lacing Cards

After all the complaining and avoiding, the kiddos are doing fabulous with lacing cards. Bulldozer did amazing today with only a few verbal prompts. I held the card and he laced the whole thing! I was SO PROUD!

Next week we'll be finishing up our Life At Sea Unit focusing on pirates!  I can't wait!  The kiddos have been doing so well!  What a great way to end the quarter for us!

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