Sea Sums by Joy N. Hulme is an introduction to an ocean coral reef.
The book could be used as a supplement to a science unit on ocean animals or as a supplement to a math unit on counting and basic addition and subtraction.
The book introduces lots of common and uncommon ocean animals to the reader in a rhyming text. Readers will be introduced to a giant clamshell, crabs, spiny urchins, sponges, lionfish, etc.
The age level is Kindergarten to Grade 2 (ages 5-8).
If you read this book with the kids and would like to follow-up with a craft activity, here are some suggestions from previous posts. Just click on the links below.
Sea Urchin Craft Activity:
http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/08/sea-urchin-craft-activity.html
How to Draw Crustaceans (crabs):
http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-draw-crustaceans-crab-lobster.html
Have fun learning about ocean animals!
The book could be used as a supplement to a science unit on ocean animals or as a supplement to a math unit on counting and basic addition and subtraction.
The book introduces lots of common and uncommon ocean animals to the reader in a rhyming text. Readers will be introduced to a giant clamshell, crabs, spiny urchins, sponges, lionfish, etc.
The age level is Kindergarten to Grade 2 (ages 5-8).
If you read this book with the kids and would like to follow-up with a craft activity, here are some suggestions from previous posts. Just click on the links below.
Sea Urchin Craft Activity:
http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/08/sea-urchin-craft-activity.html
How to Draw Crustaceans (crabs):
http://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-draw-crustaceans-crab-lobster.html
Have fun learning about ocean animals!
This book looks fantastic. I have to put this one on my list.
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