Since we live near the beach we have a lovely collection of shells. If you take a close looks you can see on the shell board that we are learning about bi-valves (two halves that fit together).
Oyster- circular grooves
Scallop- symmetrical
Ark- zig-zag streaks
Cockle- asymetrical
At our house we get pretty creative with shells. Olive loves to make ornaments and necklaces out of them, while Jem loves to paint them. Pictured above is a sand dollar and an olive shell (the state shell of South Carolina).
This was one of her amazing Mother's Day necklaces for me!
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I will be hosting a great BIG giveaway on Thursday....so please visit again soon!
4 comments:
What fun learning activities! We just got back from the a week at the beach.. We however didn't bring any shells back. My son thinks they should all go back in the ocean after we find them ;-)
What a great learning experience, and fun too!! Didn't realize you could teach so much math collecting seashells :-)
Can't wait for my next visit so Olive to educate me about shells. I like the jewelry she made.
So Olive can educate me about shells. LOL!
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