Baby Shark Activity

This activity is suitable for kids ages 15 months to 5 years old. You can get as creative as you would like with this project, adding different animals, shapes, colors, numbers, words, etc. It is made of  simples materials that can be found at home, so no need to go out and buy things for this project. This is a very interactive activity and depending on the age of the child they can help make this project with the parents while learning at home.  

Ages:

·      15 months – 5 years old

Materials needed:

·      Cardboard box

·      Scissors

·      Marker

·      Pencil

·      Tape or glue

·      Color paper

·      Googly eyes (not needed)

o   Can be drawn on instead

·      Cardboard cutter or knife

·      “baby shark” playlist in the background

Steps to make baby shark:

·      I found a cardboard box and cut off the biggest piece of it off

·      Next, I drew the tip of a triangle to get the shape of the shark

·      After this, I drew the shape of the mouth and cut around it with a kitchen knife and scissors

·      I then started cutting out little triangles and tapped it to the mouth, so it looked like teeth

·      I used tape to attach the eyes and I had my shark ready to go

Steps to make fishes and shapes:

·      This part took the longest

·      I began to draw fishes and cut them out

·      I also cut out different shapes on different colored paper

·      Finally, I wrote numbers and letters on the fishes and shapes

There are many things a parent can do with this activity and it’s an easy way for parents to help their kids learn. For a child that is around 2-3 a parent can put different numbers or letters on the fish and together look for the correct numbers and throw them in the sharks mouth. For example, a parent can ask their child to look for the fish with the number one and ask the child to then throw it in the sharks mouth. An activity like this helps with cognitive skills, fine and gross motor skills and helps the child recognize different colors, words, numbers, etc. while bounding with their parent. 

For older kids this can also be fun because they can be a lot more involved in the making of the shark, fish, and letters. You can get creative and ask you child to spell words out with the fish, this can help the child’s spelling skills as well as conversation skills. An activity like this is really a great way for parents to guide their child’s education and practice some of their speaking skills, it would be fun to see how much a kid remembers and learns after 30 minutes of this activity.