Lesson Plan: Hello, Seahorse!
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Learning Objective
Children will describe how a seahorse’s body helps it live in the ocean.
Science Focus: ocean animal adaptations
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Paired Text: Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle
Paired Text: Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle
- In this beautiful book, a father seahorse carries eggs in his pouch and waits for them to hatch as he swims around the ocean.
- Read this fiction book and compare it with the nonfiction article. Be sure to complete the Fiction and Nonfiction skill sheet too!
Vowel Hunt: short i
Vowel Hunt: short i
- Work together to find and circle every word in the issue that has a short i.

Hands-on Activity: Design a Sea Animal!
Hands-on Activity: Design a Sea Animal!
Skill: writing and drawing
Materials: paper, crayons
- Children learned that a seahorse isn’t really a horse—it’s a sea animal that looks a little like a horse!
- Invite children to make up their own sea animal (such as a seapig or a seadog) and draw it.
- Then have them finish this sentence: A sea _____ can _____!
