Under the Sea: EYFS/Early Years activities, displays and ideas
🐠 Dive deep into a world of underwater wonder with our incredible 'Under the Sea' resources! Whether you prefer realistic illustrations or fun cartoons, we have everything you need to explore the ocean. Discover amazing creatures with our Sea Animal Word Cards and Fact Cards, practice counting with Sea Animal Counting Multimats and Number Slice Puzzles, and get creative with 'Drawing Sea Animals' and 'Design a Deep-Sea Creature' activities. Set the scene with our vibrant 'Under the Sea' Display Banners and enhance your role-play area with our Aquarium or Pirate Ship Dramatic Role Play Packs. Plus, explore enchanting Mermaids and Mermen resources, from Shell Playdough Mats to 'Design a Mermaid/Merman' activities, and discover fascinating endangered animals like the Vaquita and Whale Shark. You'll even find resources linked to popular nursery rhymes like '1 2 3 4 5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive'! Get ready for an ocean of learning adventures! 🐙
Please scroll down to browse our Under the Sea themed activity ideas, printable educational materials, planning inspiration, display resources, classroom & setting management tools and much more! If you’re looking for Preschool, Nursery, Childminder, Reception, SEND or Home Education resources for 0-7 year olds, you’ve come to the right place! Our interactive and engaging EYFS and KS1 learning resources are lovingly made (including original hand drawn images) by early years teaching and learning experts; a husband and wife team. We hope it helps! 😊
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Area of Learning/Resource Title
- *Area - Communication and Language
- *Area - Expressive Art and Design
- *Area - Literacy
- *Area - Mathematics
- *Area - Personal Social and Emotional
- *Area - Physical Development
- *Area - Understanding the World
- 100 SQUARE (CARTOON)
- ALPHABET (CARTOON)
- ALPHABET (REALISTIC)
- COLOURING (CARTOON)
- COLOURING (REALISTIC)
- COUNTING 0-10 (CARTOON)
- COUNTING 0-10 (REALISTIC)
- DISPLAY BANNER (CARTOON)
- DISPLAY BANNER (REALISTIC)
- DRAWING SEA ANIMALS
- Design/Make a 'Deep-Sea Creature'
- FACT CARDS (CARTOON)
- FACT CARDS (REALISTIC)
- MY FAVOURITE SEA ANIMAL
- NUMBER SLICE PUZZLES
- NUMBERS 0-100 (CARTOON)
- NUMBERS 0-30 (REALISTIC)
- PHASE 2 WORDS - CRAB
- PHASE 2 WORDS - OCTOPUS
- REWARD CHART (CARTOON)
- SEA ANIMAL COUNTING MULTIMATS
- SEA THEMED DICE GAME (1-6)
- SNAP CARDS (CARTOON)
- SNAP CARDS (REALISTIC)
- STARFISH PLAYDOUGH MAT
- SYMMETRICAL CRAB
- WORD CARDS (CARTOON)
- WORD CARDS (REALISTIC)
- WORD MAT (REALISTIC)
Keywords
- *Cartoon Style* 13
- *Realistic Style* 16
- Activity 8
- Alphabet 2
- Art and Craft 1
- Clownfish 22
- Colouring 2
- Counting 5
- Crabs 22
- Design Your Own 2
- Dolphin 19
- Edible Crab 13
- Eel 16
- Fact Cards 2
- Fine Motor 9
- Fish 11
- Flashcards 8
- Games 3
- Group Activity 1
- High Frequency Words 2
- Home Learning 4
- Invertebrates 7
- Jellyfish 10
- Laminate to use with w/b pens 4
- Lobster 7
- Mammals 7
- Mark Making/Drawing/Writing 7
- Matching Activities 1
- More/Less 1
- Narwhal 5
- Number Formation 1
- Number Lines 6
- Number Recognition & Ordering 5
- Numbers 8
- Observational Skills 6
- Octopus 19
- Pencil Control 7
- Personal Opinion/Feelings 2
- Phase 2 L+S 2
- Playdough/Loose Part Mats 3
- Posters/Displays 17
- Print Carries Meaning 5
- Problem Solving 3
- Puzzles 1
- Reading 7
- Reptiles 7
- Reward Charts 1
- Rockpool 1
- Scissor Skills 1
- Sea Lion 14
Related role-play packs - Aquarium - Pirate Ship
‘Mermaids and Mermen’
‘Under the Sea’ related resources in ‘Animals of the World’ & ‘Endangered Animals’
‘Under the Sea’ related resources in ‘Nursery Rhymes’
Related Topics you may be interested in
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Related role-play packs
Display Lettering
Mermaids and Mermen
‘Under the Sea’ related resources in ‘Animals of the World’ & ‘Endangered Animals’
‘Under the Sea’ related resources in ‘Nursery Rhymes’
Related topics you may be interested in…