Goldfish

  

• Paint fish cut-outs with gold paint. Click on the pictures above to print.
• Eat goldfish crackers
• Read "The Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister
• Visit a pet store and watch all of the goldfish in the tank. It is fun to take one home (they’re not very expensive) but they have never lived long for us

snack idea: goldfish crackers

Magnets

• Prepare a Magnet Box
  1. Learn what is magnetic & what is not
  2. In a box, collect items that are/not magnetic (paper clips, nails, buttons, bottle caps, wooden beads, brads, cotton ball).
  3. Give the kids a magnet and let them discover what is magnetic.
• Give the kids a magnet & let them find other things that are magnetic around the house (fridge, oven, doorknobs...)

• Play magnetic fishing game ... cut out 26 paper fish. Clip on a paper clip & laminate. Tie a long string on a dowel & attach a magnet. Go fishing!

• Magnet Lab Kit
  1. This is great if you have a little bit of a budget for preschool. I think it would be a great thing to splurge on. My kids got a set similar to this from their Grandma and they LOVE when we pull it out. They can play with it for hours.
  2. The kit above is available from Amazon for $28 + $8 for shipping. So a little spendy, but you’ll get hours of use! 
  3. If anything, I’d recommend getting a couple of these magnet wands. They are much more affordable and you can play with them with a pile of paper clips!

Fish

 

• Go fishing for alphabet letters ...

1. Print out 26 clipart fish (I love using Microsoft Clipart and it’s free!) I actually printed these fish from a resource CD I purchased.
2. Write one letter on each fish (ABCD…)
3. Attach a paper clip to each fish.
4. Make a fishing rod with a dowel, yarn & magnet attaching to the end.
5. Have the kids catch one fish and name the letter they caught!
6. To make it more challenging, write out the alphabet and have them cross off each letter they catch and match. *This is my 5-year-old in the picture, so he wanted to write the letters himself.

• Make yummy Cup-0-Fish.
1. Make blue jell-o according to box.
2. Pour into individual clear cups.
3. Let chill an hour & add gummy fish.
• Eat fish for dinner!


• Fingerprint Fish
  1. Print out the blank fish above (or draw your own)
  2. Give the kids a variety of paint colors on a plate.
  3. Dip your fingertips in the paint and make fingerprint scales all over the blank fish. So colorful and pretty!

snack idea: Jell-O Cup-O-Fish or Goldfish crackers