Fish Aquarium
Grade Level(s):
Preschool
By:
Debbie Haren, Preschool Teacher
Create a fish aquarium to help young children practice colors and counting.
Objectives:
The students will
--make an aquarium for fish out of construction paper.
--count the number of fish in their aquarium.
--recognize colors of their fish.
Materials: - Foam meat trays (blue if possible)
- Glue
- construction paper in several different colors
- glitter
- a pattern of a small fish shape
Plan: - Have students pick out 2 different colors of construction paper for their fish.
- Have them trace around the fish pattern and then cut out small fish.
- Put glue in a wave pattern on the blue meat tray (the aquarium!) and have the students put silver glitter on the glue.
- Then as the student glues on several colored fish, have him or her count the fish.
- Also ask the student how many fish of each color he or she put in the aquarium.
- The students can also name the fish they glued in their aquarium.
Comments:
After the students are done, discuss how important it is to feed fish daily and to clean out fish tanks so the fish stay healthy.
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