We are starting our first co-op with a fun field trip to the beach.

We are meeting at Sunken Meadow Beach
Sept. 7th at From 10-12:30
Bring: Beach toys, snacks, drinks, towels, blankets, chairs

Park by main beach entrance walk through go to your right and second stair case by the tan shed and we will be on the beach out there by the life guard stand to your right. 

Prayer
Explore >Scavenger Hunt
Play >Free time fellowship
Create >Hand Print, Watercolor
Activity >Sand Angel, Sand Castles
Home >Additional suggested readings, Worksheets.

Pinterest Page for Beach Activities

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES:
>While at the beach collect, sea shells, sea glass, rocks, straw and other beach objects for sensory bins. Beach Sensory Bins Ideas
>Collect different sea shells, rocks, sea sponge, seaweed and use guide to find out what kind they are.
>How are sea shells made?
>Sea shells and acid science experiment
>Beach Slime
>What is New York’s State Shell?
>Just for FUN all New York State symbols, bird, flower, etc)
( Symbols from every state of the union)
>Shells of the South Atlantic Coast Guide
by John Douglass and Jackie Leatherbury Douglass

Open Ended Research Questions
-How are sea shells made?
-How many kinds of sea shells are there?
– What is a sea shell with two side called?
-What do the lines on a clam shells represent?
-What is New York’s State shell?
-Can you hear the ocean when you listen to a shell?
-Why are clams all clumped together?

Books:
Where The Ocean Meets the Sand
The Brave Little Crab
Seashells, Crabs, ans Sea Stars
The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Seashells