It's time for this month's Virtual Book Club For Kids with author Gail Gibbons! Naturally, while I was contemplating garden themes or a book about the moon, my sidekick grabbed the book "Sharks!". He also had a very firm idea of what he wanted to do for it. I've also put together a list of shark themed crafts and activities for a potential unit study. The last section includes Amazon book links.
Here's the very basic but entertaining sensory play bin he put together after reading Sharks:
General shark education:
Learn all about sharks - species, sizes and more - at Smithsonian's Ocean Portal
Watch real sharks live by webcam!
Shark themed Food and party ideas:
Shark themed food and party ideas:
Shark cookies
Shark sandwiches
Shark fin cupcakes
Jaws watermelon tray
Decorating and invitation ideas
Crafts and activities:
Make shark socks
Shark from a dish tablet tub on The Joys Of Boys
Flowerpot shark on Free Kids Crafts
Paper plate shark craft on Almost Unschoolers
Free shark themed printables and resources:
Powerpoint about sharks
Shark notebook pages
Classroom resources (borders, editable labels, and more)
Shark award certificates
Shark Playdough mat
Shark role-play mask
Learn how to draw a shark 1
Learn how to draw a shark 2
Sensory bins and small world activities:
Shark sensory bin with aquarium gravel on Taming The Goblin
Jello ocean sensory bin on Cachey Mama
Glass bead ocean sensory bin on My Montessori Moments
Other shark unit studies:
Living Montessori Now has a great Montessori-themed shark unit study
Kidzone has loads of shark themed printables, poems and ideas
Homeschool Share has a free shark lapbook
The shark unit of Our Homeschool Notebook
Homeschooling Heart and Mind offers a free Hammerhead shark unit study
Great books about sharks:
(A side note: You know your child's ability to handle scary topics better than I do. Always preview this kind of book first and make your own judgements.)
Make sure you check out all the great posts by my VBC cohosts:
Toddler Approved - Rainy Day Mum - Adventures in Reading with Kids - 3 Dinosaurs - Royal Baloo - The Educators' Spin On It - Inspiration Laboratories - Pleasantest Thing - Edventures with Kids - Two Big Two Little - Playing With Words 365 - Kitchen Counter Chronicles - Outlaw Mom - Mommy and Me Book Club - Crafty Moms Share - No Twiddle Twaddle - The Good Long Road - Ready. Set. Read 2 Me - Reading Confetti - Mama Smiles - Juggling with Kids- Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas - Creekside Learning - Creative Family Fun - The Usual Mayhem - Teach Preschool - PlayDrMom - CraftoArt - Here Come the Girls - Being a Conscious Parent - Smiling like Sunshine - Crayon Freckles - Train Up a Child - Smile Play Learn - Enchanted Homeschooling Mom - Coffee Cups and Crayons - Having Fun at Chelle's House- Love, Play, Learn - Juggling With Kids - Motherhood on a Dime - Growing Book By Book
- This Reading Mama - Fantastic Fun and Learning
Link up your Gail Gibbons book crafts and activities below!
Link up your Gail Gibbons book crafts and activities below!





















