The Seashore
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What's Inside
For children who are curious about the beach, this short book offers a simple place to begin. Read it before a seaside visit or after a walk along the shore, when children are ready to notice shells, waves, and sea life.
You will find the seashore an extraordinary, interesting place! Science is the magic in the universe just waiting to be discovered. Children practice listening to a short seashore poem, learning beach and sea vocabulary, and naming a few animals connected to the shore. It fits well with early science talk in kindergarten through third grade.
Teaching & Discussion Guide
Use this guide to turn The Seashore into a mini reading lesson at home or in the classroom.
Concepts & skills practiced
- Seashore vocabulary
- Science observation
- Animal names
- Wave vocabulary
- Shell identification
- Reading a short poem
Discussion Questions
- 1 What do you already know about the seashore before reading this book?
- 2 The page talks about shells and waves. What might children notice or hear when they visit the shore?
- 3 Which sea animal names in the list are familiar to you, and which ones are new?
- 4 How could you tell one shell from another if you found them on the beach?
- 5 The copy says science is something to be discovered. What do you think a child could learn by watching the seashore carefully?
- 6 Have you ever been to a beach or seen one in a book or video. What did you notice there?
Words to Learn
- seashore
- The land along the edge of the ocean.
- science
- Learning by looking, noticing, and asking questions.
- wave
- A moving rise of water in the sea.
- shell
- A hard outer covering found on some sea animals.
- identify
- To name something by noticing what makes it different.
- horseshoe crab
- A sea animal listed in the book with a name that sounds like a horseshoe.
- fiddler crab
- A type of crab named in the book.
- seagull
- A bird that lives near the sea.
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