Hello and welcome to Atlantic Mats. We’re Susan and Mark. Mark founded Atlantic Mats in 2021 with the aim of developing sustainable, high-quality, durable doormats. These under the sea modelling dough mats are a brilliant resource to use in a lesson about life under the sea. Children can learn about all the different kinds of creatures that make their homes beneath the water. In fact, why not use the 'Let's Explore Under the Sea!' eBook as a hook for this topic? Perfect for EYFS, this book introduces children to the names of sea animals and what they look like through colourful illustrations and short captions.

Our staff are highly valued and respected. They are listened to and consulted. After all, they are one of the company's most valued assets. Let's Explore Under the Sea! Role-Play Movement PowerPoint- Get children up and moving with this exciting role-play movement PowerPoint! Children can mimic the movement of various sea animals.

How can I use these under the sea modelling dough mats in a lesson?

A great aid for independent writing - why not laminate for re-use? Also available in cursive and precursive. Children can add to this to their word mat collection as they learn new words for topics like Under the Sea. One of the evening excursions available on Ocean Cay is the Sunset Evening Beach Picnic. This isn’t so much an excursion as the chance to enjoy your own picnic under the stars, and it includes a basket with a blanket, a bottle of sparkling wine and various foods and desserts. This Under the Sea Word Mat is perfect for World Oceans Day or any sealife lessons. A colourful word mat containing key vocabulary for the Under the Sea topic with aquatic creatures and a few manmade items you will find. The book is also accompanied by a wide range of resources about sea animals, encompassing a variety of topics such as counting, vocabulary, fine motor skills and more. Take a look at these:

Not only is playing with modelling dough lots of fun for children, but it also helps to boost an essential skill - fine motor development. When using the modelling dough, children will use their hands to shape it. Pushing, pulling, rolling and squeezing the modelling dough all help to build up the small muscles in their hands, as well as the accuracy in their movements. I have worked in the textile industry for over 30 years, after gaining an HND in Fashion Design. I began my career in the fashion industry with Courtaulds then moving into interiors, specifically, floor coverings. I joined James Turtle at The Turtle Mat Company in 2002 after gaining a masters degree in Design Studies. I worked on various projects including designing and launching their range of Cotton Turtle mat design mats which have gone on to great success building the company into a multi million pound concern. Following the sale of Turtle Mat to a large American corporate I moved on and have now joined Atlantic Mats.

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All too often, doormats are regarded as disposable, when they get dirty we tend to discard them, we wanted to find a solution that was kind to the environment, long-lasting, sustainable and decorative. In our pursuit to reduce waste and protect our limited resources, we developed Ocean Mats, a range of hard-wearing, washable doormats.