Night of the Moonjellies Part 2

Are you ready for some glowing sensory fun? I've found most kids love when things are glowing, they are drawn to the excitement of something bright and different. So get ready for crafts, great books, and activities your kids will enjoy! The best part is the kids will be having so much fun, they won't even realize how much they are learning.

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This Sensory play was such a great part of our Night of the Moonjellies activities. We actually did it twice already they love it so much.

Are your kids ready to play with moonjellies? This activity is so easy to set up. First you'll need a container to play in, this one is an under the bed container from Walmart. You will also need a couple of plastic grocery bags, and a few glow sticks. I added sea glass and blue food coloring to the water (optional). Glow sticks can usually be found at the dollar store and at Michael's craft store, but if you want to stock up for a great price I suggest getting them from Amazon. 

To make the jellyfish it is easy. First you want to put approximately 3/4 cup of water into the bag, add your lit up glow stick, then tie a knot (that is the round body) take the rest of the bag that is hanging and cut a few slits lengthwise for the tentacles. Put them in the water and you are ready for some play.

We absolutely love sensory play and try to make it a part of our weekly learning. Keep in mind that what you believe is play, is actually when a child is learning the most. Kids retain a lot more information when they are engaging their senses.   

We also enjoyed some under the sea activities from 1+1+1=1. We used our favorite color coded magnet letters  to spell out several "under the sea" words. 

I knew I wanted to add a fun craft to this week of learning, so we painted jellyfish. The kids painted a small paper bowl, and picked out ribbon that they wanted to use as their tentacles.  When the bowls were dry we attached the tentacles and hung the beautiful jellyfish in our window.  

Viola!!! Didn't they do a great job?!

These were super easy and so much fun. 

If you want to extend this unit out with other fun ideas, here are a few more suggestions of what we did. 

We watched The Magic School Bus On the Ocean Floor and The Magic School Bus Takes a Dive. We really enjoyed reading the books Under the Sea, Over in the Ocean, and Our Ocean Home. The older boys and I started reading and exploring Sarah, Plain and Tall.  

If you missed out on Part 1 with the Jellyfish life cycle and homemade jiggly jellyfish, you should definitely head over and check it out. You don't want to miss that.  

Jiggly Jellyfish Slime

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