In my previous blog post, Create a Fun Ocean Theme for Preschoolers: An In-Depth Guide With Ideas and Planning, I brainstormed 19 ocean activities and shared how I use my Montessori Planner.
During the past week, my daughter, Annie (2 years 10 months old), explored more with the ocean theme, mostly with fine-motor activities. She loves seashells, and there is no sign that she’s bored of them yet!
Based on my observations, I decided to pull together more activities with seashells, focusing on fine motor. I noticed that she could practice more with fine motor as she tends to be more physically active.
Annie enjoys working with tiny objects, pouring milk into her cereal herself in the morning, and eating with a spoon. So I thought playing with more challenging fine motor activities would be fun while still enjoying our ocean theme.
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Love these ideas!
You put so much time in creating and sharing these activities. I will have to try this with my little ones.
Looks like lot of fun activities. I loved the frame made by your daughter. Thanks for sharing.
I’m going to try this with my kids on Sunday. It’s a good one.
Love that you broke down what five motor skills are and have examples on how to work on them. Such a great activity!
It’s always fun incorporating a theme into the Montessori curriculum, especially Practical Life!
I peeked at your ocean theme, it’s awesome. These early motor skills are so important!
These are great activities for early childhood learners. Fine motor control needs to be practiced often. The seashells frame is perfect.
I ABSOLUTELY love this! I signed up for your email subscription as I am thrilled to have some guidance in homeschooling my toddler/preschooler, while I’m teaching my school aged kiddo. I am so excited to try these all out TOMORROW. We live super close to the Ocean, so this theme would be so relevant. Thank you!
Awesome, Deb, I’m so glad! If you need help with anything or have a question feel free to reach out to me anytime!
This is really great. I love the ocean theme. What a fun idea!
These activities look like so much fun. My daughter would love these.
These are all fun and educational activities that will keep little ones busy for some time.
My daughter would love an ocean themed unit! Definitely going to try these activities.
What a great theme! I love anything marine inspired. My kids loved sensory activities like these.
These simple tasks are great for their fine motor skills at any age. More so when they’re little and are key to their development.
this is a great, engaging theme for kids!
This is so neat. My kids love the water. I a m going to have to try this.
Wow so much fun and great learning ideas. I hope to try these out with my kids.
I bet my daughter would love this activity! She has a sandbox so I’ll just need to get some shells.
Both of my kids went to a Montessori for preschool. Such a great early education. I miss those classrooms! These look like great lesson plans.