Rainbow Fish Activities
Throughout
the Sea unit I read all of the Rainbow fish stories.
Rainbow
Fish, Rainbow Fish to the Rescue and Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue
Whale all by Marcus Pfister. The children are familiar with this author
because we had just finished reading all the Hopper stories in the spring
by Marcus Pfister.
Puppets
Materials
 | Rainbow
Fish stories |
| Rainbow
Fish puppet (You can make a rainbow fish puppet with blue felt that is cut
in a fish shape and sewn together leaving a small opening for your hand or
fingers. You can decorate the puppet with fabric paint or glitter glue. You
could also attach the glittery scales with Velcro and place Velcro on the
other sea creatures so that rainbow fish can share his beautiful scales with
all of his friends. |
| Other
Sea Creature puppets |
With this activity we role-play the story of the rainbow fish using
the puppets. The children tell their own story using the puppets as characters
in their story.
As an extension you could write out the stories that the children
make up and make class books, the children could also illustrate the pages.
Rainbow Fish Craft
Materials
| Colorful
tissue paper cut into squares |
| A
fish outline photocopied. The children could also draw their own outline of
a fish. |
| A
glittery scale, you could use sequins. |
| Liquid
starch or watered down glue. |
| Paint
brushes. |
| Felts
and scissors |
Activity
1.
The children draw the face of the fish and color it in.
2.
The children take the paint brush dip into the liquid starch and paint
the tissue paper on. They can overlap the squares to make a scaly look.
3.
After they have covered the entire fish, let the fish dry overnight.
4.
Once dry they can choose a glittery scale and give it to a friend so that
they can share like Rainbow Fish. Once they have received their scale they glue
it on their fish.
5. Finally they cut out their fish.
Submitted by Michelle Bezubiak
