Ocean Creatures!

 To help us talk about the ocean, I pulled out all of the seashells/animals I could find in my closet.  We sat in a circle and passed them around. 

The kids used a magnifying glass to inspect them. 

 The conversations were incredible!!!!  "Look!  There's a hole in there!"

 "What are all of these lines in the middle?"

 "This one is so tiny!"  - They also discovered that the tiny one was dry and would stick to their shirts, so of course everyone had to check out and see if it stuck to THEIR shirt because it stuck to their friend's!  Haha, oh to be five again!

Overall, lesson success!!!  And I didn't really even have to do much facilitating!  Their conversation and observations really led the whole time!!!