All About the Ocean is the ultimate resource for teaching children about the ocean and for practicing important language and math skills that help children make cross-curricular connections. This wonderfully illustrated thematic unit has an easy-to-use format that makes it a must-have! The five ocean themes explored are: The Ocean Near the Shore In the Deep Ocean How We Move on the Ocean Taking Care of the Ocean The five sections in this book are overflowing with fun stories and activities such as: storybooks: "Maggie’s Trip to the Ocean"; "1,2,3, What Do You See?"; "I Live In the Ocean"; "Sailing, Sailing"; "Clean It Up!" full-color storyboard pieces that make it easy and fun to review concepts while you re-tell the story art projects:Crayon Resist Ocean; I Caught a Fish; Ocean Puppets; Make a Sailboat; Clean-Up Crew cooking: Salty or Not?; Seven Little Fish in the Blue Ocean; Tuna Triangles; Sailboat Sandwiches; Sand Art Cookie Jars story comprehension, language, and math activity pages that are engaging and offer essential skills practice learning centers: Sorting Seashells; In the Ocean Match; Ocean Puzzles; How Many Fish Can You Catch?; Clean It Up! outdoor: Follow the Sea Creature; Catch the Jellyfish; Swim, Fish, Swim; Stormy Weather music/dramatic play: "The Waves at Sea"; "In the Ocean"; "One Hungry Jellyfish"; Let’s Go Sailing; "This Is the Way We Clean the Beach"; and more alphabet cards: charmingly illustrated, full-color, theme-based, upper- and lowercase alphabet cards