Activity Ideas:
Art:
Tissue Paper Fish
Gather a package of paper plates, tissue paper, scissors and glue. Use one paper plate for each child
with a pie-shaped wedge (for the tail).  Cut along the lines to remove the wedge.  Next, staple the pointed
side of the wedge to the opposite end of the plate to form the tail. Give each child several pieces of
colored tissue paper and have him tear them into pieces about 1"X1". Have each decorate the fish by
gluing the pieces on. You could also use colored cellophane paper. This fish looks like the Rainbow Fish

Flying Fish Socks
Get a large box. Paint the box blue to represent the ocean. Ask parents to send in any unmatched socks
they do not want. Have the children use permanent markers to decorate the socks to resemble fish.
Once the fish have been decorated, fill the socks partially with handfuls of dried beans, then secure the
ends with rubber bands. Let the children take turns tossing the flying fish into the box.

Fish Net Mobile
Save one of those net bags that oranges or potatoes are sold in. Hang this in a favorite spot. Invite the
children to make colorful paper fish cut from construction paper and decorated with art materials. Punch
a hole at the top of each fish. Attach the fish to the net with hooks made by opening paper clips.

Language:
I'm A Little Fishy
(tune of I'm a little tea pot)
Submitted by Linda
I'm a little fishy
watch me swim
Here is my tail
Here is my fin
When I want to have fun with my friends
I wiggle my tail an dive right in

Little Fish
One, two, three, four, five –
Once I caught a fish alive.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten –
Then I let it go again.
Why did I let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
The little finger on the right.

Math:
Shape Fishing
Cut sponges into different shapes. Tape a shape sponge to the front of a bucket. Put the buckets next to
the water table and the sponges in the water table or tub. Tell the children which shape to pick up. They
squeeze the water out and put it in the correct bucket.

Music
Dancing Fish
Have you ever gone fishing
On a bright and sunny day
With all the little fishies swimming
up and down the bay
With your hands in your pockets
And your pockets in your pants
All the little fishies do the hoochy woochy dance

Recipes
Fish Bait Snack
Materials:  chocolate pudding, crushed chocolate cookies (dirt)
and gummie worms
Directions:  Fill small bowl/cup with chock pudding cover with layer of cookie crumbs for dirt add a worm
or two for a great snack.
Fish DAZE
c. Marcia Arpin
www.alltheDAZE.com
established July, 1,
2002
Words of Wisdom

"Ideas must work through the brains and
the arms of good and brave men, or they
are no better than dreams."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson



"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to
pass...It's about learning to dance in the
rain."
- Anonymous
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