Centre: Shell cleaning Explicit / Intentional Teaching: Centre: Beach squish bag

Children will be given a variety of resources such
as water, toothbrushes and other sized brushes.
There will be different sized shells collected from
the beach and children will be given the task to
clean the shells. This activity will promote
communication about what the shells look like
and allow them to use fine motor skills while
cleaning each shell.
Mat session/Introduction: The educator will prepare zip lock bags with
Begin the lesson by reading ‘Grandpa and sand, blue hair gel, shells and sea creatures.
Thomas’ by Pamela Allen The children will be able to explore the
insides of the bag by drawing over the
This story will introduce the elements of the
outside of the bag. This is a great sensory
beach. The educator can ask the children
activity that allows the children to explore
questions such as:
- Have you been to the beach before? and discover elements of the beach.
- Who did you go with?
- Did you like the beach?
- Did you collect shells when you were
at the beach?

The educator can then how the children

some shells they have collected and how she
describes them.

https://planningplaytime.com/under-the-sea-theme
Centre: Sorting shells
Children will be given a variety of different shells
of various sizes. There will be buckets that the
children will need to sort them into. Each bucket
will be labelled with what the children will need to
sort them into such as small and big.
Conclusion:
Play the song Under the Sea from Little
Mermaid to stop the students from playing,
pack up and bring themselves to the mat.
https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/beach-
ocean-sensory-squish-bags.html
Centre: Shell art
Children can create pieces of art work using
shells and sand or other items that have
been collected from the beach.

https://planningplaytime.com/under-the-sea-theme
Centre: Shell Crystals
Pour boiling water into a jar and stir salt into the
water until the salt no longer dissolves. Places 1-3
sea shells into the jar and observe the jars to watch
salt crystals form.
https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/crystal-seashells-borax-
crystal-growing-science-experiment/
Children will discuss what they did at each activity
and what they found out about shells while at
each activity.
Objective/s: Centre: Beach discovery table
- Children are able to describe the Children will explore the different elements
look of a shell of the beach. It allows the children to be at
the beach without actually being there. At
- Children can sort shells into the
the table children will have access to sand,
appropriate bucket
pebbles, shells and sea weed or other plants.
 https://busylittlebunnies.com/2014/08/25/sea-
shells-sensory-bin/

Assessment & Recording: (What are we assessing? How are we assessing? How are we recording?)
- Able to sort shells correctly
- Able to describe what a shell looks like
- Anecdotal notes
- Questioning
- checklist

Highlight one or two outcomes specifically connected to your objective/s.

Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators