Circle Hunt at the Beach!

A fun shape-hunting activity for young learners
Take learning outdoors—or bring the beach into your classroom—with this engaging Circle Hunt at the Beach activity! Children explore a busy beach scene while searching carefully for circles hidden throughout the picture.
Once they find a circle, children colour it in. This simple activity encourages children to look closely, recognise shapes and develop their pencil control while having fun with a familiar beach theme.
What children will practice:
Shape recognition – identify circles in a variety of sizes and positions
Observation skills – look carefully and find hidden shapes
Fine motor skills – colour and control a pencil or crayon
Creativity – colour the beach picture when the hunt is complete
Visual discrimination – notice circles among lots of other shapes and details
Perfect for:
• Kindergarten and early years
• Preschool and young learners
• Shape recognition activities
• Summer or beach-themed learning
• Early finishers
• Independent work
• Classroom centres
• Home learning
Children will love discovering circles in the beach ball, bucket, lighthouse, sun, shells and other parts of the picture!
Part of the Circle Hunt series!
Keep the learning going with more exciting themed Circle Hunts such as At the Farm, At the Zoo, In the Garden, Under the Sea and more.
Find it! Colour it! Great job!
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© 2026 Sonyja Murphy. All rights reserved.
This educational resource was created by Sonyja Murphy.
Illustrations in this resource were created with the assistance of AI (ChatGPT by OpenAI) and have been edited, arranged, and incorporated as part of this original educational work.
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