Under the Sea: Sea Animal Words for Kindergarten

About This Resource

A complete Kindergarten ESL vocabulary pack with eight sea animals: fish, whale, dolphin, shark, octopus, crab, turtle and seal. Children name and match the animals, count them, use It's a… and It can swim, answer yes or no and draw their own sea picture. Includes slides with notes, a lesson plan, worksheet, quiz, homework, A5 flashcards, a rubric, Word files and answer keys.

Overview

Children dive under the sea and learn eight animal words. They use short sentences they can repeat with actions: "It's an octopus." "It can swim." "I see a crab." Big pictures, movement and a simple sea song help children who are just starting English. They match pictures and words, circle the right animal, count sea animals, answer yes or no and finish by drawing an underwater picture and naming the animals in it.

Resource Details

Subject: ESL
Topic: Sea Animals
Category: Vocabulary
File Type: PDF
File Size: 350.6 KB
Published: 12 Nov 2026
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Kindergarten ESL (ages 5–6), pre-A1 35 minutes Listening speaking vocabulary early reading counting

Learning Objectives

Say and recognize eight sea animal words.
Use It's a … and I see a … with the new words.
Count sea animals up to five.

How to Use This Resource

Show the slides and hold up each flashcard. Children repeat the word and do an action (swim like a fish, snap like a crab).
Do worksheet activities 1 and 2 together, saying each word aloud.
Children complete activities 3 to 6 with help, then use the quiz and take home the homework page.

Classroom Activity Ideas

Sea actions: say an animal; children move like it (wave arms for an octopus, walk sideways for a crab).
Fishing game: put flashcards with paper clips in a box; children catch one with a magnet and name it.
Big blue sea: stick flashcards on blue paper and say I see a … for each one.

Differentiation

Support: focus on four words (fish, whale, crab, turtle) and let children point instead of saying. Challenge: children add a color or size: I see a big whale.

Assessment

Use the worksheet and quiz to check that children recognize the words. Use the rubric while children name the flashcards and describe their drawings.

Teacher Tips

Some children may never have seen the sea. Show short videos or photos of real animals, and connect the words to animals children know from books or aquariums. An or a: say an octopus, because octopus starts with a vowel sound.

What's Included

11-page printable PDF lesson pack: teacher lesson plan with timings, materials and differentiation
Key vocabulary list (8 words with meanings and examples)
Student worksheet (6 activities)
Quiz / assessment (3 parts)
Homework practice page
Printable flashcards: 8 A5 picture cards (separate PDF)
Assessment rubric (4 levels)
Lesson slides (editable PowerPoint)
Editable Word version of all student pages
Complete answer key (also as a separate PDF)

Additional Files

Lesson Slides (PPTX)
Editable Student Pages and Lesson Plan (DOCX)
A5 Flashcards (PDF)
Answer Key (PDF)

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