Ocean Dolphins + Planning ideas

[Ruthierhyme]

Ocean Dolphins Craft ~ Available as a Downloadable Craft Kit from our store.


Use this craft kit in a vartiety of ways to fill planning & curriculum requirements.

DOLPHINS

ELGS ~ Early Learning Areas
Click Titles for summaries of ELGS ~ Ealry Learning Goals

PSED
Personal Social & Emotional Development
Dolphins swim in the Oceans as family groups. Discuss the children's own family members and the relationships within them eg: son, daughter, mother, father, step parents, grand parents, aunts & uncles ...

CLL
Communication, language and Literacy
Emotive language - use the paint smearing & mixing to extend vocabulary:-
Introduce these descriptive words and talk about their meanings, texture & how they make the children feel.
Squishy, slimy, cold, slippery, smooth, wet, thick, gloopy,
light, dark and how changing colours
Additional Keywords
Sonar, echo,

MD ~ PSRN
Math matical Development - Problem Solving, Reasoning & Numeracy

Make jigsaws from our Ocean Dolphins and use the craft bag to store the pieces in.
Sizes - There are 4 differently sized templates in the craft kit - let the children cut them out and order them - Biggest or Largest first ~ Smallest last & vice versa.
Ask Questions ...
If they were hanging the dolphins as a mobile would the children have the Big Dolphin at the top and the small one at the bottom ?
How would they create a circle of Dolphins - Nose to tail or another way ?

KNUW
Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Where Dolphins live - Turn your home corner into the ocean - spread a large blue sheet over the floor & cover with strips of blue, white & clear cellophane.
Have a treasure chest full of ocean things for the children to sort through.
Books, Seaweed, Pebbles, Shells.

PD
Physical Development
Dolphin tails ~ cut out shaped tails and attach it to some ribbon - tie them gently to the children's waists & play follow my leader games.

CD
Creative Development
Role Play
Puppet show ~ glue sticks to the dolphins and use as puppets.

Cookery
Create Dolphin pictures on paper plates - use colouring crayons for the blues, greens & whites of the sea - Cover the whole plate with clear plastic film and use as serving plates for Dolphin shaped biscuits / cookies or sandwiches.

Dolphin shaped Cookie cutters from ALaCook .co.uk

We have a new affiliate account with A-La-Cook .. any purchases made through their website will help support Silkysteps.

Music
Fill your room with the sounds of Dolphins !!
Sounds of the Dolphin by Various Artists

Song of the Dolphins - various artists

Listen to Samples - Scroll down & click their 'Listen' button/links
Dolphin Dreams - By Jonathan Goldman

Track Sample on this page. ~ Customer Review on this page

Arts & Crafts
Use a variety of materials, papers & plastics to create your own Dolphins
Look at the body parts and shape of a dolphin - the nose, head, blow hole, dorsal fin, body, Pectoral fin (flipper) and tail.





HOME Communications
The templates in Ocean Dolphins Craft kit can be used as Display and Notice board decorations or borders.
Encourage interaction with your parents as you dress up the childrens art work areas.


Our other craft eBook 'Ocean Life' is a great accompanying activity book for the theme of Ocean Dolphins.


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[Miss Muffet]

You've posted a link to somewhere I can buy cookie cutters???? Are you mad woman???!!!??? (I have almost 200 cutters - I seem to collect them)

[Ruthierhyme]

*hangs head with shame ... I forgot LOL

So in a vague attempt to stop your cookie cutter buying ... How many specie of Dolphin are there ?

[Miss Muffet]

43!

33 marine dolphins, 4 river dolphins and 6 types of porpoises!

So Ner! Thought you'd catch me out eh??

[Ruthierhyme]

*laughs loudly all the way to the 'I give up' place

[Miss Muffet]

Heeheehee! I'd better go and amend my 'D' animals list....