Sorting Seashells, Sorting Seashells, Sorting Seashells!

We have been having a ton of fun in the Our Time class with the Going to the Ocean curriculum! Here is an activity for you to do at home with your child:

Seashell Sorting

If you have seashells available to you, you may wish to play a sorting game. Although seashells come in many shapes, sizes and colors and have many descriptive names, to your child a seashell may just be a seashell. Help him learn to sort and find commonalities by looking closely at individual shells. Decide on ways to group them: color, shape, size. Also, allow your child to discover his own groupings, thus enriching the experience by making it more personal to him.