Let's Go to the Beach! Storytime

Have to have a beach theme in the summer!  Most of these kids have actually been to a beach (unlike my kiddos in Nebraska!)

Books

Sea, Sand, Me!

by Patricia Hubbell; illustrated by Lisa Campbell Ernst

How will we get to the beach?

by Brigitte Luciani; illustrated by Eve Tharlet

Flannel Board/Song

We're Going to the Beach
(tune: Farmer in the Dell)

We're going to the beach
We're going to the beach
I bet we'll see some __________ there
We're going to the beach.

Flip-flops
Sandcastles
Beach ball
Seashell

The Ocean
(tune: Wheels on the Bus)

The sharks in the ocean go chomp, chomp, chomp
Chomp, chomp, chomp
Chomp, chomp, chomp
The sharks in the ocean go chomp, chomp, chomp
All day long!

Additional verses:
Octopus--wiggle
Crabs--pinch
Fish--swim
People (on the beach)--up and down

Play and Learn

Early Learning at Home--Cognitive
Number Creatures

Children choose a number between 1 and 5.  They create a creature with that many eyes, arms, legs, etc.  We had a variety of supplies to make these creatures: construction paper, feathers, googly eyes, sequence, pipe cleaners, foam stickers, crayons.

Beach Fun Outside!

Sand Tub
Water Tub
Shell Tub
Parachute
Beach Balls

So much fun!!  (Why do I always forget my camera on such fun days!)