Your children will learn all about the ocean with this fascinating week-long ocean theme! Just pick your favorite books and fun educational activities and you’re ready to go.

Oceans Theme

Themes are a great way to make learning fun and keep kids engaged as they learn math, grammar, reading, writing, science, history, and crafts with a fun theme. Make sure to check out all our themes that are perfect for preschool, prek, kindergarten, and elementary age kids. Whether you call it an oceans theme or an under the sea theme – you are going to love all these ocean theme activities for kids of all ages!

Books to Read

Choose between these two options for using books in your weather unit study:

• Read a different book each day of the week, Monday through Friday.
• Read your favorite book (s) each day of the week. Kids love repetition, so don’t worry about your children getting bored!

Here are 5 excellent books about the ocean to read to your kids:

          

Under the Sea Theme

Day 1- Language Arts Activity

Try a fun language arts activity about the ocean such as these Free Ocean Fish Coloring Sheets. They’re perfect for improving fine motor skills!

• Seashell Sight Word Practice
• Hands-on Reading Game: Diving for Treasure
• Free Ocean Themed Writing Paper
• Under the Sea Themed Writing Paper
• J is for Jellyfish: Letter of the Week Preschool Craft
• Ocean Themed ABC Sensory Bin
• Tide Pool Reader with 5 Useful Activities to Support Reading
• The Best Ocean Animals Preschool Activities
• Free Ocean Pack!
• Jump into Summer Learning: Ocean Week 2
• Free Alphabet Go Fish Game

Day 2 – Math Activity

Pick a couple of these fun math activities to enjoy with your kids!

• W is for Whale (Measuring Activities)
• Ocean Themed Counting Worksheets to Use with Lego
• Ocean Themed Counting Mats: Numbers 1 to 10
• Paper Plate Color Matching Jellyfish
• Practice counting with the Feed the Shark Game Fine Motor Game for Kids
• Use hands-on math activities with these Montessori Ocean Themed Preschool Activities & Printables
• One Fish, Two Fish Goldfish Printables for Preschool
• {Free} Subtraction Aquarium Fish Folder Game

And don’t forget to calculate the size of a blue whale with this exciting STEM activity!

Ocean Craft

Choose your favorite art activities to enjoy with your kids!

• Egg Carton Sea Life Recycled Craft
• Ocean Sunfish Paper Plate Craft for Kids (Mola Fish)
• Cool Ocean Art Project for Kids
• Ink and Tempera Resist Ocean Scene Art Project for Kids
• Art for Kids: Ocean Scenes Using Chalk and Tempera Paint
• Easy Starfish Craft with Free Printable Template
• Paper Plate Pufferfish Craft for Kids
• Cardboard Tube Jellyfish Craft for Kids
• Clay Sea Turtle Art Craft for Kids
• Jellyfish Preschool Craft
• Summer Crafts with an Ocean Theme for Kids
• Create these beautiful pictures of sea horses that you’ll find in Ocean Unit, Week 1

Don’t forget to print this Sea Drawing Prompt for your kids. They’ll have a fabulous time drawing underwater scenes.

Day 4 – Science

Now it’s time for science! Encourage your kids to learn the names of sea animals with this funBump Game for Ocean Animals!

• Layers of the Ocean: Under the Sea Science
• Ocean Zones, Sea Life, & Deep Sea Creatures
• Lego Ocean Zones Activity
• How Sharks Float Experiment
• How Do Ocean Currents Move and How Does This Affect Navigation
• Here’s a Free Tide-Pool Interactive Notebook Perfect for K-2 Grade
• Learn about Horseshoe Crabs
• Create a Rocky Shore Small World with Ocean Playdough
• Study the Sea Turtle Life Cycle
• {Free} Ocean Animals and Plants Cards
• Check out this Ocean Unit Study for Kids
• Let’s Learn About Stingrays
• Ocean Life Building Directions and Work Mat!

And if you’re looking for a different and fascinating science experiment or your older kids, you can’t go wrong with the Breeding Guppies Experiment!

Day 5 – Social Studies and Field Trips

• Take a trip to the coast and check out tide pools left when the tide goes out
• Enjoy a field trip to the local aquarium
• Learn All About the Oceans {World Map Puzzles}
• Here’s an inspirational example of how one family turned studying Oceans into a fun and fascinating week-long unit study!

Want to learn more about this amazing animal? Check out this huge resource for kids prek-8th grade to learn All About Whales.

Weekly Themes

Whether you use these themed learning ideas for your lower elementary age students or as preschool weekly themes, we’ve got lots of fun themed eductational activities to make your lesson plan:

• Explore the fascinating world of insects in this bugs themes
• Head out to the great outdoors without leaving your homes with this fun camping themes
• Teach kids about community helpers with these fun math, literacy, and community helpers crafts and activities
• Ready for some prehistoric fun learning in this dinosaur themes
• Explore the season of autumn with these fun fall unit study
• Old McDonald had a farm EIEIO; kids will have fun learning about farm animals and tasks with this farm theme
• Kids will bloom with knowledge as they learn valuable skills and create projects in this flower theme
• Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean you can’t sneak in some learning with this fun, engaging 4th of july theme
• This September, you’ve got to try these fun apple themed activities for Johnny Appleseed Day Activities
• Dive in and learn about animals under the sea with this oceans theme
• For a week that’s out of this world, check out the ideas in this space theme
• Get ready for St Patty’s day in March with these creative St Patrick’s Day Theme
• Learn about the pilgrims in this creative Thanksgiving Unit Study
• Celebrate Earth day in April with this Tree Theme perfect for spring
• Roses are red, violets are blue, learning is fun, with Valentines Day themes
• Rain, snow, sleet, and hail – discover fascinating facts in this weather theme
• Bird watching is lots of fun with this bird theme
• It may be COLD outside, but inside it is warm and toasty as kids learn with this winter theme
• Discover some amazing animals in this fun zoo theme with hundreds of fun and clever activities
• Find all our weekly themes here or explore our preschool weekly themes for 50 more exciting weekly unit studies.