Recommended Age: 5 – 10
Preteaching:
age 5, 6: How do turtles swim? Fast, fast, fast.
How do they crawl? Slowly, slowly, slowly.

age 7,8: Where do turtles live? In the sea and on land.
Why do they go on land? To lay eggs.

age 9,10: What do turtles eat? Jelly fish and crabs when they are little. When they grow big they eat only sea weed.
How long can a turtle hold breath underwater? Up to an hour!

Materials: Foam, plastic bottle bottoms, marbles, feltips for decoration

Draw eyes and claws with feltips.
Now you have a turtle with an egg inside.