There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Shell Week: Tuesday!

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Shell Week

Tuesday

Crafts:

• Clam Paperweight: Large scallop shell, plaster of paris, bowl and spoon

1. Clean large scallop in a bucket of warm, soapy water and a couple capfuls of bleach if you found it on the beach.  Just let it soak, then rinse it off.  You can also bleach shells to pure white by soaking them overnight in a mixture of equal parts bleach and water.  Make sure there is enough water to cover the whole shell. Let dry for 24 hours.
2. Use the paintbrush to spread a thin layer of glue on the shells in the spots where you want to add glitter.  Sprinkle a spoonful or two of glitter onto the glue area.  Shake off excess glitter and let dry.
3. If you want to use more than one color, spread glue on another spot.  Spoon on glitter in a different color.  Shake off excess glitter and let dry.  Repeat this step until you've made the design you want. 
4. Following the directions on the package, mix up plaster of paris.  To make the paperweight, turn shell over and spoon the plaster of paris into the shell to fill.  Smooth the top; let dry. 

• Ocean In A Jar: Bucket of soapy water, bleach, clear glass jar with a tight-fitting lid, seashells and dried starfish, blue food coloring, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, hot-glue gun

1. Clean seashells and starfish in a bucket of warm soapy water  and a couple capfuls of bleach.  Just let them soak, then rinse them off.  You can also bleach shells to pure white by soaking them overnight in a mixture of equal parts bleach and water.  Make sure there is enough water to cover the whole shell.  Let dry for 24 hours.
2. Fill the jar with cold water.  Add the shells, 2 to 3 drops of blue food coloring, and vegetable oil to the jar; adjust color and oil, adding more if needed.
3. To seal the lid of the jar, heat one stick of glue in the hot-glue gun; apply the glue to the top edge of the jar, then quickly place lid on jar.  Once cool, peel excess glue from outside the jar.
4. Shake and watch--the oil in the water moves slowly and mysteriously!

• Wind Chime: Cardboard tube, paint or paper, string, yarn or ribbon, seashells

1. Choose a tube for your chime and decorate it.  You can have many colors or glue on sand and seashells, whatever you wish.  Make a wave at the bottom of the tube if you like.
2. Punch holes near the bottom of the tube.  Thread lengths of string through the holes and shells. (You'll be surprised of how many shells have natural holes.)

Activities:

• Beach Walk Bracelet: Piece of wide masking or colored electrical tape, plastic wrap

1. Cut a piece of wide masking or colored electrical tape to fit around your child's wrist, plus 1 inch.
2. Arrange and press collected items onto sticky side of tape.  With sticky tape side up, fold ends under a couple of times.  Cover sticky side of bracelet with plastic wrap and trim excess.  With a small hole puncher or needle, make sure one hole through each end; tie a 5-inch piece of string through each hole.  Tie bracelet around waist.  

• Moving Currents: Clear plastic bowl, tap water, baby powder

1. Fill the plastic bowl with tap water.
2. Sprinkle a tiny amount of the baby powder on the water.
3. Gently blow across the surface of the water and baby powder.  What happens?

Sea water is constantly circulating in orderly patterns called currents.  Continuous winds are the main force that keeps currents moving.  Blowing on the surface of the water caused the water to start moving in circles.  The baby powder made it easier for you to see the movement of the water.  The water in the center of the bowl made ripples as if moved from the center outward.  One circular movement went in a clockwise direction while the other went counterclockwise.

• Sand Secrets: Dry beach sand, screen strainer, plate, magnifying lens

1. Place the beach sand in the strainer and shake most of the sand through.
2. Place the materials that did not shake through the sand on the plate and examine them under the magnifying lens.  What do you see?

You were probably able to see small shells, pebbles, fish teeth, and bones that once belonged  to animals that lived in the sea.  These materials were broken into tiny pieces by the action of the ocean waves against the shore.  As the waves receded because of the tide, these pieces were left on the shore.

Snacks:

• Try something with Sea salt like cashews, etc.
• Shell macaroni and cheese

Education:

Letters/Words

• Word of the Day:Index card, Pen

1. Be
2. Make sentences up like: I will be good today; I will be a goofball today; etc.

Numbers

• Rock Dominos: 28  Smooth Flat Stones, white paint pen

1. Smooth flat stones aren't for skipping --they perfect for game pieces too.
2. Begin by drawing a line across the center of each.
3. Then on either side of the line, mark with two sets of dots in every combination from zero to six.  

Music:

Ocean

(sung to "Take Me Out to the Ball Game")

Take me out to the ocean,

Take me out to the sea,

Show me the foamy waves rolling there,

As I breathe in the salty sea air!

Let me look, look, look at the ocean,

See the sea and explore,

For it's fun to dive from the top

To the ocean floor!

Take me out to the ocean,

Take me out to the sea.

Show me the currents and ocean tides,

Let me see where the seaweed resides!

When you look, look, look at the ocean,

Look at all it is worth!

For the ocean covers three-fourths

of the entire earth!

Song found on http://www.k12.hi.us/~shasincl/poems_ocean.html website.

Rhyme:

Five Little Seashells
Five little seashells lying on the shore;
(hold up 5 fingers)
Swish! went the waves, and then there were four.
(bend down one finger)
Four little seashells, cozy as could be;
Swish! went the waves, and then there were three.
Three little seashells, all pearly new;
Swish! went the waves, and then there were two.
Two little seashells sleeping in the sun;
Swish! went the waves, and then there was one.
One little seashell left all alone;
It whispered "SHHHHHHHH" as I took it home.
Rhyme was found at http://w3.gorge.net/cannon/songs22.html website.

Books:

• Under The Sea by Beck Ward
• The Sea by Marie Aubinais
• Awesome Ocean Science by Cindy A Littlefield

Some ideas were found in the following books:

• Look What You Can Make With Dozens Of Household Items! by Boyds Mill Press
• Rosie O' Donnell's Crafty U
• Nature in a Nutshell for Kids by Jean Potter

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Shell Week: Tuesday!