Projects.....
1) Give each child an outline of a fish shape made from heavy cardstock or tagboard paper. Encourage them to cut out colorful oval shapes from construction paper to glue on the fish as scales . Finish with a black piece for an eye. ** At Father's Day we added a large paper clip for a "hook" and some string. We added a fin on one side that said "You're a Great Catch, Dad" and on the other side the fin said "Happy Father's Day, 2000"
2) At circle time, talk about fishing and let them tell stories about their adventures. Let them show you how big their fish was that they caught. Measure each child's "fish" by using yarn. Have pre-made little fish shapes to write on...."The fish I caught was THIS BIG!" Hang the string you used to measure their fish onto their paper fish. These can be sent home to share with the parents or can be hung on a bulletin board with the words.... "We Went Fishing, And This Is What We Caught". Discuss who caught the longest, who caught the shortest, etc. On the back of each little fish, they can also have you write where they caught it, how much it weighed, how many inches it is (let them guess), and what they used for bait.
Snacks....
Goldfish crackers and pretzel sticks. Dip the pretzel sticks in peanut butter and then "catch" the fish.
Tuna fish sandwiches
Whale Crackers
Use an oval shaped and a triangle shaped cookie cutter to cut one of each from a slice of bread for each child. Arrange the oval horizontally on a plate and add the triangle as the fish tail. Can be done with cheese also to make a sandwich for snack.
Activities.....
Tie string or yarn to a stick or dowel rod to make a fishing pole. Tie a strong magnet on the end. Make various fish shapes from paper. Before laminating them, add a paper clip by the mouth of each. Laminate and then the kids can sit on a chair to go fishing. Great for hand-eye coordination. To make games out of them, add upper and lower case letters, numbers, names, words, math facts, currency, or shapes to each one before laminating. For example: if my children were working on math facts, I'd write 3+6= on one side and the answer on the other. The child "catches" the fish, answers the problem to me and then throws it back in.
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