{"id":13456,"date":"2015-03-27T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saveourseas.com\/sosf-shark-education-centre\/teach-your-children-about-oceans-and-ocean-life\/"},"modified":"2016-10-27T08:13:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T07:13:24","slug":"teach-your-children-about-oceans-and-ocean-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saveourseas.com\/sosf-shark-education-centre\/teach-your-children-about-oceans-and-ocean-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Teach your children about oceans and ocean life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the-content\"><p><strong>Words by Zanele Miyaya<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As parents, we all know that our children are our future, so that\u2019s why we have to start teaching them at an early age to respect and love our natural world, especially our beautiful oceans.<\/p>\n<p>How can we do that?<br \/>\n\u2022\tVisit the sea aquarium to give your children an up-close view of sharks, sea turtles, manta rays and other ocean life.<br \/>\n\u2022\tShare books about the ocean and its creatures, which can delight your children.<br \/>\n\u2022\tExplore the ocean via the internet together.<br \/>\n\u2022\tBuy sea animal toys. Playing with these toys can help children to build their relationship with these creatures.<br \/>\n\u2022\tDo ocean-themed craft activities, such as making sand jars and a paper-plate aquarium, etc.<br \/>\n\u2022\tAnd remember, \u2018A visit to the ocean will be the best thing you can ever do for them.\u2019<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9677\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 4608px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saveourseas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported\/DSCN1119.JPG\" class=\"fresco\" data-fresco-caption=\"\" data-fresco-options=\"thumbnails:false\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/saveourseas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/imported\/DSCN1119.JPG\" alt=\" Our holiday club kids learning about the oceans on the rocky shores at the Dalebrook Marine Protected Area\" width=\"4608\" height=\"3456\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9677\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our holiday club kids learning about the oceans on the rocky shores at the Dalebrook Marine Protected Area<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Find this blog in isiXhosa here.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words by Zanele Miyaya As parents, we all know that our children are our future, so that\u2019s why we have to start teaching them at an early age to respect and love our natural world, especially our beautiful oceans. 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