Christopher Columbus

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How many oceans are on earth?

Although the oceans of the earth are all connected and truly one "World Ocean," most often the world is divided into four major "oceans" - the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean.

Some consider there to be five oceans - the fifth being an ocean surrounding Antarctica called the Antarctic Ocean or Southern Ocean.

For our song, we only mention the 4 four oceans but please note the children may be introduced to 5 oceans.

In addition, we will sing this Christopher Columbus song today (see link below) as it does a great job introducing some facts about this historical sailor and explorer.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=christopher+columbus+songs+for+preschoolers+you+tube&mid=90DE9653F9E2C0AAE6D690DE9653F9E2C0AAE6D6&view=detail&FORM=VIRE6

Here is some more information about Christopher Columbus:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/columbus/learn/page03.shtml#focus

Since we only meet once a week, we can only do so much during class time. Here is a link for extra activities to do at home if you wish, about Christopher Columbus:

More activities for home:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/columbus.shtml