Ocean Math Literacy Centers | Printable Classroom Resource | Glitter and Glue and Pre-K Too

Looking for fun, hands-on math and literacy activities to go with your summer or ocean theme? These centers are perfect for reinforcing letter recognition, handwriting, letter sounds, syllables, rhyming words, counting, patterns, shapes, and measuring. Perfect for use in small groups, morning tubs, centers, or fast finishers in your preschool, pre-k, or special education classroom.

All 11 centers come in color and black/white. Here's what's Included:

Sandcastle Letter Dig & Match

Includes: capital letter mat, lowercase letter mat

To play: Bury letters in sand (capital or lowercase). Students dig out letters and match them on the sandcastle. Capital and lowercase included.

Sandcastle Letter Trace

Includes: capital letter shell cards, lowercase shell cards, capital letter tracing mat, lowercase letter tracing mat.

To play: Students choose a letter, identify it, and trace it on the sandcastle. Choose from capital or lowercase.

Digging up Beginning Sounds

Includes: 26 beginning sound task cards, capital letter buckets, lowercase letter buckets

To play: Students choose a card and find the bucket that matches with the beginning sound. Use in a sensory bin or as task cards.

Diving for Syllables

Includes: 24 syllable cards, Syllable mat (students count out using shells), Syllable mat (students trace number of syllables in each word)

Option 1: choose a card, place it on the mat, and count out/show the number of syllables using shells/pom-poms/buttons/etc. Option 2: Students choose a card, place it on the mat, clap out the syllables, and trace the number on the mat. 24 syllables included.

Fishing for Rhymes

Includes: 12 multicolored fish with 2 mats (6 fish/mat). This would be for students still mastering rhyming words as they can use the colors to help them.
12 red fish with 2 mats (6 fish/mat) are also included for a higher level of difficulty.

To Play: Students catch a fish and find the fish that rhymes on the mat. ***There are several ways to differentiate this activity for your little learners. Choose from using 1 mat or 2 mats and using multicolored fish or fish that are all the same color.

Shark Teeth Count & Cover

-Choose which option works best for your learners…1-10, 11-20, or 1-20.

To Play: Have students choose a card, count the teeth, and cover that number on the shark. Use a fun manipulative like fish crackers or fish candy!

Shark Teeth Count & Trace

-Choose which option works best for your learners…1-10, 11-20, or 1-20.

Option 1: Write the Room

Hang cards around the classroom. Students find a card, count the teeth, and trace the number on the recording sheet.

Option 2: Sensory Bin

Students choose a card, count the teeth, and trace the number on the recording sheet.

Crab Crawl Measuring

Students choose a card and use one inch blocks (or manipulative of your choice) to measure how far the crab crawled. 8 Cards and an optional recording sheet included.

Whale - Build a Spout

Students choose a whale card, identify the number, and build the spout as high as the number.

Option 1: Use blocks, buttons, pom-poms, etc. to build the spout.

Option 2: For extra fine motor practice punch holes in the cards and have students use links to build the spout.

Fish Bubble Patterns

Students create fish bubble patterns using pom-poms, buttons, glass beads, play dough, etc.

Jellyfish Shape Hunt

Includes 12 shapes and two recording sheets.

Option 1: Write the Room

Hang jellyfish shape cards around the classroom. Students hunt for jellyfish and trace the shapes on the recording sheet.

Option 2: Sensory Bin

Students hunt for jellyfish and trace the shapes on the recording sheet.

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