FISH

 

 

 

Books:   

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Trout Trout Trout by April Pulley Sayre

McElligott’s Pool by Dr. Seuss

The Little Fish That Got Away by Bernadine Cook

Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood

Fidgety Fish by Ruth Galloway

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry

Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout by Teri Sloat

The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by Will Grace

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss

The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen

Pattern Fish by Trudy Harris

Click Clack Splish Splash by Doreen Cronin

A Fish Out of Water by Helen Palmer

 

 

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The Little Fish (Carole Peterson; Stinky Cake CD #7)

Three Little Fishies (Silly Pet Songs, #18)

 

Ten Little Fishes

Hold up ten fingers and then make swimming motions with  their hands. For the rest of the lines, wiggle each finger in turn.

Ten little fishes were swimming in a school,

This one said, "Let's swim where it is cool."

This one said, "It's a very warm day."

This one said, "Come on, let's play."

This one said, "I'm as hungry as can be."

This one said, "There's a worm for me."

This one said, "Wait, we'd better look."

This one said, "Yes, it's on a hook."

This one said, "Can't we get it anyway?"

This one said, "Perhaps we may."

This one, so very brave, grabbed a bite and swam away.

 

 

 

Five  Little Fishes

Make swimming motions, then wiggle a different finger as you say each line.

Five little fishes swimming in a pool

This one said,  "The pool is cool."

This one said,  "The pool is deep."

This one said,  "I'd like to sleep."

This one said,  "I'll float and dip."

This one said,  "I see a ship."

The fishing boat comes.

The line goes splash.

All the little fishes swim away in a flash!

 

 

Goldfish

Pretty little goldfish

Never can talk.

All it does is wiggle

When it tries to walk.

 

Fish Rhyme

One, two, three, four, five,

I caught a fish alive.

Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,

I let him go again!

Why did I let him go?

Because he bit my finger so.

Which finger did he bite?

The little one on the right.

 

All the Fish Are Swimming in the Water

by "Miss Jackie" Silberg

http://www.songsforteaching.com/fingerplays/fish.htm

For all verses: Make swimming motions

Open and close your hands as you say ‘Bubble”

Throw your arms up and out as you say "SPLASH!"

 

All of the fish are swimming in the water

Swimming in the water

Swimming in the water

All of the fish are swimming in the water

Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble...SPLASH!

 

Recite this verse in a slow, low voice, with large, exaggerated motions:

The great big fish is swimming in the water

Swimming in the water

Swimming in the water

The great big fish is swimming in the water

Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble...SPLASH!

 

Recite this verse in a high, squeaky voice, with small, fast motions:

The little bitty fish are swimming in the water

Swimming in the water

Swimming in the water

The little bitty fish are swimming in the water

Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble...SPLASH! 

 

 

 

 

 

Crafts: 

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Stained Glass Fish

http://aqua.wisc.edu/waterlibrary/Default.aspx?tabid=302

 

Fish with Colored Scales

Let kids glue circles cut from construction paper onto the fish template. Punch a hole near the mouth and tie a string in it to swing it from.

Template: Fish.bmp

 

Paper Plate Fish

Template and instructions: http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/fishtakehome.asp?themeid=22

For very young children, pre-cut the plates. You can use wiggly eyes or draw eyes. Cut fins out of extra plates.

 

Colorful Fish

Use the fish template above. Lay small pieces of colorful tissue paper over it and 'paint' gently with water. The color will soak through into the paper. The tissue paper dries in about 5-10 minutes and falls off or you can peel it off as you paint. Punch a hole near the mouth and tie on a string. You can copy the fish template smaller and let each child make more than one - that may keep them busy enough to let the first one dry! Attach the strings from all the fish to a popsicle stick and let them admire their 'catch'! (NOTE: Be sure to test this out first with the tissue paper you will be using! Not all tissue paper bleeds well)