Experiencing Life Differently, the Beach(part 2)

Each day when the beach visited Junior we would spend a little time playing in the water and sand. We even made foot prints in the sand just like everyone who visits the beach does. Putting his feet in the sand ended up being a favorite thing for Junior.
One of our beach art projects was tie dye fish
I ran off some fish/ocean shapes on card stock paper(the cardstock holds up better to getting a little wet).
Place one of the cutouts on a waterproof surface. We used one of Junior's wedges so he could see it better and put a tiny piece of tape on the edge so it would stay in place. Cover the shape with coffee filters.
Then color over the top with markers. Dot markers are the easiest(that way you can just push straight down and don't have to worry about tearing the filter), or Junior has a blow pen in his hand in the picture above(he can't blow into it but it had a little hand puffer thing). After you are finished putting on the ink then drip water over the filters. This will cause the color to seep through to the paper. Because of the angle we blotted over the top of ours with a paper towel but if the picture is on a flat surface the color should go through with no problem.
Remove the coffee filters, let the picture dry and your all finished. For ours we finished it by covering each piece with contact paper and turning it into a "big boy" mobile to hang from his IV pole(isn't that what they are for anyway).

During Junior's reading time each day he worked on words that related to the ocean. While working on letters we would use things like b- beach, a-algae, c-coral, etc.

Junior loves all things ocean and animals so for science we learned about basic water and sand stuff but then spent a lot of time with books about sea creatures.
We have a few more ocean art projects to share so I will do 1-2 more beach posts.
I would love to hear how others have brought experiences "home" for their kids.