ABC and 123: A Learning Collaborative: Boat Themed Activities

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Boat Themed Activities

Preschool Express has a great boat unit: Boats Afloat

Science:
Sink or Float File Folder Game
Sink or Float experiement guide

Snack:
Submarie Sandwiches
1/2 of a Deviled Egg
1/2 of a peach
Banana Boat

Sing:
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)

Play:
The Boat Race Relay

Craft:
Fold an origami boat. This reminds of of the fun Curious George book about turning all of the delivery boy's newspapers into little boats.

Valerie shared a styrafoam boat craft she posted on Preschool Post.
Styrofoam Boats

Learn to draw sailboats, submaries, pirate ships, speedboats, and Navy ships.

Make an Incredible Ice Boat or Foam Boat.

Use rectangular shapes for the boat, then tape or glue a paper triangle onto a popsicle stick and insert this into the "boat." Let the children paint and/or glitter-glue all over to make their boats extra-special. Consider having boat races once the boats are ready and dry.

Read:
The Boat Book by Gail Gibbons

Toy Boat by Randall de Seve and Loren Long

My First Book of Boating Words by Erica Watson

Read and learn about the Coast Guard

Show photos of different boats. What are the differences between yachts and sailboats? Between tugboats and barges? Submarines and aircraft carriers?

1 comment:

  1. That is a great variety!

    I haven't read what tomorrow's picnic talk will be. I tried looking...can you fill me in please?

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