Identify This Seashell

The children kicked off their aquatic studies this term with a shell identification tray. The goal being that they find a shell and then try to locate a shell similar in the Peterson guide. Below is Grace deep in thought (not really).

We marked pages in the guide with a small sticky that we felt best represented the shell. Later, as the kids become more familiar with the names of shell families will move on to more difficult games. But for at least the first month, they really seem to be enjoying the individualities of the shells themselves.