Shark Sense November 28-December 2

We went swimming with the sharks of the sea!

Water play was filled with sharks galore.

"I Spy Sharks" was our table game. We had to look for all kinds of sharks in the ocean- megalodon, tiger sharks, blue sharks, whale sharks, hammerheads, bull sharks and great white sharks.

Salt was added to blue, purple, turquoise and green paint for some ocean fingerpainting. The texture provided a great sensory experience.

Don't Eat the Teacher by Nick Ward was a silly book about a shark named Sammy who had a hard time with self control when he got excited. He learned some valuable lessons when he went to school, most importantly- "Don't eat the teacher!".

We sang to the tune of “Wheels on the Bus” as we travelled through the body of a great white shark.
I’m being swallowed by a great white shark,
a great white shark, a great white shark.
I’m being swallowed by a great white shark,
And I don’t like it very much.
Oh, no. Oh, no. He swallowed my toes.
Oh gee, oh gee. He’s up to my knees.
Oh my, oh my. He’s swallowed my thighs.
Oh fiddle, oh fiddle. He’s up to my middle.
Oh heck, oh heck. He’s reached my neck,
Oh Fred, oh Fred. He’s swallowed my head.
I’ve been swallowed by a great white shark,
a great white shark, a great white shark,
I’ve been swallowed by a great white shark,
And I don’t like it very much!

Sharks have a sixth sense called electro-reception that helps them to locate prey they can’t find with their other senses. We created electrical circuits with batteries, wires, light bulbs, motors and buzzers.

A shark eats just about anything in the ocean. A card game called "Chomp" helped us to learn that sharks are at the top of the food chain.

Shark in the Sea by Joanne Ryder had us jumping into the ocean and imagining ourselves as sharks.

To the tune of "Three Little Monkeys" we chanted:
Three little fish were swimming in the sea
teasing Mr. Shark,
“You can’t catch me, you can’t catch me!”
Along came Mr. Shark as quiet as can be
CHOMP!
Two little...One little...
No little fish were swimming in the sea,
Here comes Mr. Shark as fat as he can be!

A shark’s favorite meal is seal. We went on a seal hunt. As we played, we sang, “Goin’ on a seal hunt...”

Fish, Fish, Shark!
We played this game just like "Duck, Duck, Goose"!

Half of a shark’s brain is devoted to its sense of smell. We had some jars with mystery items in them. We had to try and guess what was in them by their smell. There was cinnamon, chocolate, pickle juice, orange juice, cloves, root beer and coffee beans.

We used a technique new to us to design our own sharks.

Shaving cream was used as our "pallet".

Combinations of the colors we chose were squirted onto the pallet after we spread it on a cookie tray. Using a plastic spoon, we swirled the colors around on the pallet.

As soon as it was to our liking, we placed a shark shape on top of the design and pressed down.

We lifted it up, placed it on the table and used a squeegie to get rid of the shaving cream.

Wow! The process is the most important thing to kids our age, but the products were pretty cool, as well!

Iron Man Tiger Shark



Spiderman Great White Shark



We met megalodon and lots of other sharks at The Wildlife Experience. We decorated dorsal fins to make shark hats and walked through a model of the largest shark that ever existed.