Sea Shell Count and Match!

I made up a fun counting and matching game for my little guy, just using our collection of sea shells and an old berry container! All 3 of my kids love to play with this, so I also made it a memory game too, by putting in twice as many shells!

Print out the numbered shell pages and laminate them, cut out each individual shell. Then mark up each shell with 1 number (numbers 1-12). I used a broad point sharpie and that works perfect!

For the original game, they pull a shell out of the box and match it to the same shell card. It's a simple card, but keeps them occupied for awhile. I also have them say the number out loud when they pull it. To play the memory game, they put the cards away and take out all the shells and then just turn them number side down and get playing!

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Summer Nature Table

With the first official start of Summer here, it was time to change out our Nature Table! We've been on many adventures since school let out and have already quite a collection of sand and pebbles and shells, so we knew just what was going in! We cleaned out the shells with water and a funnel and the kids had a blast putting it all together!

I tied in a shovel and a small bowl of blue water to mimic the clear blue water of the oceans!

I pulled out our shell and coral collection and put that jar next to the box. The books behind are TREES and BUTTERFLIES, both make awesome field guides while out on a nature hike!

Do you have a nature table? Please link me to it in the comments! I would love to see it!!