Our August preschool theme has been the Seashore.

And that’s a good place to start our school year, considering that we only live about four miles from the Atlantic Ocean! We have lots of shoreline environments to explore… the ocean and the bay, Indian River and its inlet, creeks and “landings” and salt marshes…

We’re really only beginning to explore our local environment with our theme. It’s definitely going to be a lifelong nature study topic for our family.

We’ve had a lot of fun activities planned for this month, but first
take a look at some of the great resource books we’ve enjoyed!

Two of our favorite reference books are the First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans and the Usborne Young Beginners Seashore book by Usborne Books & More. The encyclopedia is geared for ages 8 and up, but I have a 3 year-old that calls it “MY book” and thumbs through its pages on a regular basis.

However, the content of the Seashore book is a
little more on the preschool level, and
is “just my size” for little hands to carry!

I love the way Usborne books give a “storybook” feel
to informational picture books…
…On the Seashore is a sweetly illustrated book that
creates curiosity in young ocean visitors!

Another favorite is Secrets of the Seashore… a Shine-A-Light book by Kane Miller. If you shine a flashlight through the back of each page, you can see a secret “inside story!”

Anyway, that’s a first peek into our August preschool learning!