Free Shark Printables and Montessori-Inspired Shark Activities

Shark Week has become a fun yearly tradition for many families. Here are lots of free shark printables and Montessori-inspired shark activities activities for Shark Week (and beyond)!

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Roll and Cover Shark Counting/Addition Activity

For this activity, I used the free Roll and Cover printable from 3 Dinosaurs Shark Pack update. I used an inexpensive wooden tray from a craft store and a pair of dice. I added a sugar tong and glass gems for work on fine-motor skills.Amazon has a variety of glass gems, which I used for this and often use for Montessori-inspired activities.

Roll and cover games are nice for younger children who are learning to count and work with dice games. They can count the number of dots on the dice to find the total. Older children can add the numbers to find the answer.

Shark Pin-Punching Activity

For this activity, I used the free Shark Bingo Game printable from Relentlessly Fun, Dangerously Educational. It would be a fun Bingo game, but here I used it to create a Montessori shark pin-punching activity. I also used Shark Cards from Shark Unit with Free Printables from Every Star Is Different to go with the great white, bull, thresher, nurse, hammerhead, and shortfin mako shark outlines. Renae from Every Star is Different has a wide selection of shark cards and lots of fun shark activities and printables, so be sure to check them out! You’ll find Montessori-Inspired Shark Activities and Free Printables (a number of shark posts) from Every Star Is Different (Go to Free Printables Tab, then to Thematic Activities, and then to Animal Activities to find the shark posts.)

I really like Montessori Services’ wood-handled puncher, which I used for the pin punching activity. I added a a Montessori Services basket (small willow basket, which is a great size for many card materials).

Hammerhead Shark Tray

This tray uses the Shark Bingo Game from Relentlessly Fun, Dangerously Educational for the hammerhead shark outline to use for pin punching (as in the activity above). I added the hammerhead shark from the Shark Matching and Fact Cards from The Pinay Homeschooler and Shark Week Fast Facts Hammerhead Shark page from 3 Boys and a Dog. I added a hammerhead shark from the Safari Ltd. Ocean TOOB. If you have the Safari Ltd. Sharks TOOB, you could match all the Pinay Homeschooler cards to the sharks from the TOOB.

Sh is for Shark Activity

This activity uses the Sh is for Shark Magnet Page from Making Learning Fun. I used a large plastic tray from Montessori Services. I used glass gems, but you could use Power Magnets and a baking tray.

I emphasize the letter sound rather than the letter name. Even though I always start with one-letter phonetic sounds, this is a helpful activity for children who would be confused that shark starts with the letter “s” but not the /s/ sound. I would demonstrate the activity by placing the printable on a rug and saying, “/s/ and /h/ together make the sound /sh/. Shark starts with /sh/.” Then I would show how to use the sugar tong to place a few of the glass gems before returning the tray to the shelf for the child(ren) to use.

Shark Phonics Reading and Word-Building Activity

This uses the Sight Word Tile Activity with a Shark from Making Learning Fun. You could purchase letter tiles to use with this and other activities. Or you could print out small movable alphabet letters like the free movable alphabet here.

This is an activity for beginning readers who are able to read the word and then build it in the shark’s mouth using the movable alphabet letters. The printable is for sight words, but I made it a phonetic activity by using words that could be sounded out. I used big, yes, can, and up. I only added the movable alphabet letters that were needed to create those words.

Learn to Draw Sharks Activity

For this tray, I used the free Learn to Draw Sharks printable from Kidzone. This is a more advanced activity and could also be fun for children older than first grade.

Free Shark Printables (of all kinds) for Preschoolers-First Graders (some printables for up to grade 3)

• Montessori-Inspired Shark Activities and Free Printables (a number of shark posts) from Every Star Is Different (Go to Free Printables Tab, then to Thematic Activities, and then to Animal Activities to find the shark posts.)
• Mini Shark Pack from 3 Dinosaurs (ages 2-7)
• Shark Pack Update from 3 Dinosaurs (ages 2-9)
• Shark Unit from Royal Baloo (grades 1-3)
• Shark in the Park Alphabet Game from Juggling with Kids
• Shark Theme from First School
• Printable Sharks from First Palette
• Shark Lapbook (early elementary) from Homeschool Share
• Printable Shark Facts from All for the Boys
• Shark Printables from PreK-8
• Shark Teeth Count from Making Learning Fun
• Shark Skip Counting from The Pinay Homeschooler
• Shark Tangram from Making Learning Fun
• Shark Activities from Kidzone
• Shark Craft from Learn Create Love
• Shark Craft for Kindergarten Students from Bright Hub Education
• Shark Printables from Teachers Pay Teachers

More Shark Resources

Shark Nonfiction Books for Kids

Shark Science

Non-Scary and Montessori-Friendly Resources for a Shark Tooth Dig

Also, see my shark water-bead number or letter sensory bin using free printables from the above “Shark in the Park Alphabet Game.”

And find lots of Montessori-inspired shark activities in my shark unit study.

Timeline of Life Fossil Collection (including a shark tooth) available for purchase from Montessori Services

Ocean Resources and Activities

Ocean Science

Free Ocean Printables and Montessori-Inspired Ocean Activities

• The Best Ocean Books for Kids
• Free Ocean Animal Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
• Free Octopus Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
• Non-Scary and Montessori-Friendly Resources for a Shark Tooth Dig
• Free Ocean Songs and Educational Videos
• Free Relaxing Ocean Sounds and Music for Kids and Adults {Mindfulness Resources}
• Free Guided Ocean Meditations for Kids {Mindfulness Resources}
• Montessori-Inspired Ocean Unit
• Montessori-Inspired Beach Language Activities
• Montessori-Inspired Resources for World Oceans Day
• Montessori-Inspired Ocean Math Activities
• Montessori-Inspired Turtle Activities
• Shells and Starfish Activities + Free Printable from Montessori By Mom
• Free Shark Printables and Montessori-Inspired Shark Activities
• Shark Water-Bead Number or Letter Sensory Bin
• Farm, Zoo, & Ocean Animal Sensory Bottles for Babies and Toddlers
• Montessori-Inspired Toddler Geography Activities with Baby Beluga
• Coral Reef Kit and Sensory Bin
• Letters and Words in the Sand {Montessori-Inspired Beach Phonics Fun}
• Wonderful Whale and Water-Bead Sensory Bin {Free Printables}
• Seashell and Sea Life Nature Tray: How to Teach Vocabulary Using the 3-Period Lesson
• Free Turtle Printables and Montessori-Inspired Turtle Activities
• Free Turtle Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
• Free Turtle Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
• Seashell Color Matching {Easy-to-Prepare Variation of Montessori Color Box 3}
• DIY Coral Reef Water Table with Practical Life Activities
• The Ultimate Montessori-Inspired Shark Unit
• Ocean Unit Study Pinterest Board

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Ocean Unit Study Pinterest Board

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