Cheesy Fish Crackers

FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIES:

VOCABULARY

• school
• fish
• tail
• fin
• grate

MATH

• Fish Patterns
• Cut out fish from colored construction paper or use different flavored goldfish crackers or multi-colored Swedish fish
• "red fish, blue fish; red fish, _____"

• More Or Less
• Break the fish into groups
• Have the child label each group: "more" or "less"

SCIENCE

• Label parts of a fish: fins, tail, eyes, gills, etc.

LANGUAGE ARTS

• Give each child a paper fish or they can draw their own
• Let them name it and tell you:
• Where it lives
• What it does
• Where it eats, etc.

• Fishing For Phonics
• Cut out many paper fish
• Attach paper clips to them
• Using magazine pictures (or ones that you have drawn) place a picture (or numbers) on each fish that begins with a specific letter
• Make 5 paper buckets or use (paper bowls) and label each bucket/bowl with the specific letters/numbers that were used above
• Make a "fishing" pole with a stick, string and magnet
• Have your child "go fishing" by finding a fish and dropping it into the appropriate lettered bowl
• EXAMPLE:attach a magazine picture of a monkey onto one of the fish
• Have your child drop the fish into the bowl labeled "M"
• You can use any variation of this game: colors, recipe words, etc.

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Explain to your child that blue on a map represents water
• Have your child look at a map and identify all the places that fish can be found
• Label each place: "sea", "lake", "ocean"

ART

• Fish Printing
• Dip fish cookie cutters into paint
• Print fish onto paper