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Ocean Animal Busy Bag

Print out this adorable Ocean Animal Game for preschoolers for your own ocean animal busy bag. Work on their skills of one-to-one, matching, patterning, and number recognition!

Ocean Themed Game for Preschoolers for Busy Bag

It’s time for Busy Bag of the Month!

This month we’re exploring the theme of the ocean! We’ve been spending a lot of time at the beach this summer and were looking for ways to have fun at home to keep those memories in our minds. I’ve created a fun little Ocean Animal Game to help us remember the animals we discovered and learned about this summer.  

Plus we’ll work on some math skills of one-to-one, matching, patterning and number recognition!

Let’s get started by printing the pieces for the Ocean Animal Busy Bug Printables {Click HERE}. If you have any ocean toys many of these activities will work them instead of printables too.

Ocean Themed Printables for Busy Bag Game

Ocean Themed Busy Bug 

Here are the activities that you can do with just a few simple items in a bag!  Perfect for learning at home and on the go!

Activity #1

Match the Ocean Animals to the “Let’s Explore the Ocean Mat”

Activity # 2

Sort the Ocean Animals into matching groups

Activity #3

Create Patterns with the Ocean Animals

Activity #4

Pull a number from the number pile and place that amount of Ocean Animals into the water.

Activity #5

Make your own ocean with printables or draw an image

For the Ocean Animal Busy Bug Printables {Click HERE}  {Free for a limited time}

Ocean Themed Busy Bag for Preschoolers

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Be sure to explore our Busy Bags for the Kiddos! Pinterest board.

Disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links.

Here’s a few links to Amazon Ocean Animals for even more fun with your Ocean Busy Bag.

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About Kim Vij

Early childhood teacher, author, speaker and mom of 3. Kim shares ways to make learning fun and parenting an adventure by sharing developmentally appropriate activities.

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  1. Megan Sheakoski says

    August 1, 2013 at 9:35 am

    What a great idea! My daughter will love this!

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