We had the opportunity to visit Brighton Beach and the beautiful bathing boxes while we were holidaying in Australia! There are a total of 82 colourful bathing boxes remaining in their present position. The very first of these bathing boxes was built in 1862, and as their popularity increased over the years, many more were built. In 1930, there were more than 200, but many of them were destroyed by neglect and storm damage.
After a violent storm in 1934, the bathing boxes that were still standing were realigned to their present location, safe above the high water mark. There had been various attempts to have these boxes cleared away, but with the help of residents, Brighton Historical Society and the Bathing Box Association, these boxes are now protected by a Planning Scheme Heritage Overlay.
The adults were all busy admiring and taking photos of the unique display of colourful bathing boxes. And C had so much fun despite the cold wind blowing that day, she even asked to remove her socks and shoes so she could feel the sand under her feet! The views of Port Phillip Bay were picturesque, and C absolutely enjoyed her experience there. Of course, she took much delight in touching the wonderful sand and picking up the beautiful seashells! :)
Meanwhile, here are a couple of related activities to share:
Sea Shell Math
We started off with 10 sea shells. I hid all 10 of them in the sand and asked C to search for them. As C recovered the shells from the sand, she counted how many she had found, and also how many were still hidden in the sand.
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| 10 sea shells before they were hidden in the sand. |
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| C searching for the shells. |
This was a great sensory game for C to reinforce addition and subtraction.
Spelling Fishing Game!
We came up with this game to make learning spelling more fun for C. When C was much younger, she loved the fishing game by Melissa and Doug, so here I've created a list of words and fishes with alphabets on them. After cutting out and laminating the alphabets, I stuck a small piece of magnet at the back of each alphabet.
C then selected the words from the list to spell. She fished for the alphabets to spell out each word. The fishing rod has a small piece of magnet at the end of the line so the alphabets get attached when the fishing line goes over them.
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| C having loads of fun fishing for alphabets to form words! |
A fun way to learn spelling through play! If you are keen, click here for download:
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