Early Years Outcomes Helps work towards: Rainbow Fish … Activities/EYFS... · Fish to the Rescue,...
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Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive, Woodston, Peterborough, PE2 9BF Tel 01733 898108 Fax 01733 313524 Email [email protected] Web www.nurseryresources.org VAT No. 102781343 Reg No. 05368980 The award-winning six book series, beginning with The Rainbow Fish in 1994, has sold millions of copies worldwide. It’s available from all good bookshops and online and is also available in paperback and ebook editions. The Rainbow Fish By Marcus Pfister Published by NorthSouth Books ISBN 9781558580091 (hardback) RRP £12.99 The Rainbow Fish Activity For 2-5 year-olds Read the book with your children. If they can read, let them help read the story to you. Non-readers can ‘read’ the pictures to tell you what they think the story is. Put the book to one side. Ask the children which sea creature is their favourite in the book and why. Offer the children the paper and pens/pencils etc. Ask them to draw their favourite sea creature. If they ask to copy the picture from the book, let them have a quick glance and ask them to try and draw from memory, or how they think the creature looks. With younger children encourage mark-making. Allow children to pick the colours they want to draw with, even if they aren’t accurate! You can extend this activity by: Asking the children to draw other creatures from the book Offering arts and crafts materials to make The Rainbow Fish’s scales and an underwater scene Make a picture frame for the work and display it Read another Rainbow Fish book from the series: The Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale, Rainbow Fish to the Rescue, Rainbow Fish Discovers the Deep Sea, Rainbow Fish Finds His Way or Rainbow Fish and the Sea Monster’s Cave. You will need: • The Rainbow Fish book • Paper • Pens /colouring pencils /crayons / chalks / pastels • Arts and crafts materials (optional) Activity Early Years Outcomes Helps work towards: Literacy Expressive Arts & Design Active Learning
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Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive, Woodston, Peterborough, PE2 9BF
Tel 01733 898108 Fax 01733 313524 Email [email protected] Web www.nurseryresources.org VAT No. 102781343 Reg No. 05368980
The award-winning six book series, beginning with The Rainbow Fish in 1994, has sold millions of copies worldwide.
It’s available from all good bookshops and online and is also available in paperback and ebook editions.
The Rainbow FishBy Marcus Pfister
Published by NorthSouth Books
ISBN 9781558580091 (hardback)
RRP £12.99
The
Rainbow Fish ActivityFor 2-5 year-olds
Read the book with your children. If they can read, let them help read the story to you. Non-readers can ‘read’ the pictures to tell you what they think the story is.
Put the book to one side.
Ask the children which sea creature is their favourite in the book and why.
Offer the children the paper and pens/pencils etc.
Ask them to draw their favourite sea creature. If they ask to copy the picture from the book, let them have a quick glance and ask them to try and draw from memory, or how they think the creature looks. With younger children encourage mark-making. Allow children to pick the colours they want to draw with, even if they aren’t accurate!
You can extend this activity by:
Asking the children to draw other creatures from the book
Offering arts and crafts materials to make The Rainbow Fish’s scales and an underwater scene
Make a picture frame for the work and display it
Read another Rainbow Fish book from the series: The Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale, Rainbow Fish to the Rescue, Rainbow Fish Discovers the Deep Sea, Rainbow Fish Finds His Way or Rainbow Fish and the Sea Monster’s Cave.
You will need:• The Rainbow Fish book
• Paper
• Pens /colouring pencils /crayons / chalks / pastels
• Arts and crafts materials (optional)
Activity
Early Years Outcomes Helps work towards: Literacy Expressive Arts & Design Active Learning
