Healthy Oceans

EYLF Learning Outcomes:
Learning Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world
2.3 Children become aware of fairness
Learning Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners
4.1 Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity
4.2 Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating
4.3 Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another
4.4 Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials

• Sea diorama worksheet.

Ages – 0 to 2

• A range of toy sea animals suitable for getting wet. Your selection should include sea animals such as fish, shark, starfish, seahorse etc and should have at least one for each child.
• A range of sea related materials, such as sand, shells, seaweed and pebbles/rocks.
• A half full bucket or tub of water.

Ages – 2 to 3

• A range of toy animals suitable for getting wet. Your selection should include sea animals such as fish, shark, starfish, seahorse etc and land animals such as horse, lion, elephant and bird.
• A range of sea related materials, such as sand, shells, seaweed and pebbles/rocks.
• A half full bucket or tub of water.

Ages – 3 to 5

• A range of toy animals suitable for getting wet. Your selection should include sea animals such as fish, shark, starfish, seahorse etc and land animals such as horse, lion, elephant and bird.
• A range of sea related materials, such as sand, shells, seaweed and pebbles/rocks.
• A range of waste materials, such as plastic bag, chip packet, plastic bottle, tin can (all items should be clean and sharp edges covered in masking tape).
• A half full bucket or tub of water.

Supporting resources:

• Wildlife fact sheet

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