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A fun and educational experience can be had both in the water and on the shore. Here are some ideas for learning by the shore – of the sea, ocean, lake, river, pond, pool, etc.

1. Show how to use a PFD (a Personal Flotation Device).

2. Make up and play some games in the water to show you are good at the buddy system.

3. Tune in at least three of your senses and :
§ Listen to the sounds of the sea or a babbling brook
§ Watch the waves or a flowing stream
§ Smell salt air or taste fresh spring water
§ Feel a breeze under sail or fly a kite at the beach
§ Bury your feet in sand or mud
§ Dangle your feet in water

4. Without going in yourself, show ways to help someone in trouble in water. Safely practice:
§ Reaching with things like a towel, pole, or human chain
§ Throwing objects to help someone keep afloat
§ Ways to do ice rescues

5. Search for signs of life at the water’s edge. Without disturbing nature’s balance, do at least one of the following:
§ Pick up shells, pebbles, or driftwood
§ Dig clay or build sand castles
§ Press seaweed or pond plants
§ Visit an aquarium, aquafarm, or nature center
§ Make up your own shoreline activity.

6. Show that you care about clean water. List ways you can save water and not add to pollution.

Copyright 2001 Kathryn Martinez. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

About Kathryn Martinez: I'm a SAHM, home schooling mother of 4 children, 1 husband, and a neurotic cat. This is our sixth year of home schooling. I worked for over 10 years at USF in an education and training department. I hope that by sharing my experience with other home schoolers, both the new and the not-so-new and those just considering home schooling, I will pass along all the help that was given to me when I first started out.

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