All about fish In these learning opportunities, children are going to explore the world - PowerPoint Presentation

1. All about fish In these learning opportunities, children are going to explore the world of Fish by having the opportunity to use their senses to fully immerse in the underwater world. At the end of each learning opportunities, children will learn new vocabulary related to fish, improve their fine motor skills through various hands on activities. As well as exercise their listening and thinking skills through various sounds, songs and stories about fish.. Ms. Justine Brincau1

2. Fishing Nursery rhyme Start off by listening to a nursery rhyme called: Slippery fish, Following this link: https://youtu.be/KXfTXCIXIq8Following the nursery rhyme, discuss with children what was the rhyme all about and let them explain to you what they saw and heard. Provide the child with colours and a blank paper and encourage them to draw anything they saw on the nursery rhyme. Parents should play the song twice at least to their children and pause the song whenever they need to discuss anything related to the song. Ask questions to the child related to the song such as: “Who ate the fish?”, “Who ate the octopus then?”Parents can take the opportunity to sit by their child and talk to them about fish in general, the type of fish they like and any other relevant information about fish. Ms. Justine Brincau2

3. Fishing game Introduce the experience by revisiting things learnt during the previous experience, the description of the fish, any research done or the drawing itself. This consolidates learning and stimulates a discussion or further questioning. Maybe parents can ask children to mime the nursery rhyme together as a starter game. Print fish templates and encourage children to colour them as well as provide blank papers for children to draw their own fish from scratch. Here parents should prompt their child to finish off the task given. Setting a timer can help both the parent and the child to keep focused. Stick the fish onto a cardboard paper (or cereal box) and cut the fish. Add a paperclip to each fish (ideally on their mouth area). Children should always be supervised by adults when using scissors. Try to provide them with a child-friendly scissors so they can start practicing more their cutting skills.Create a fishing rod using a popsicle, different coloured felt-pens and any colours. Tie a string at one end of the popsicle and tie a small magnet with the string. Let the children try the learning opportunity out for themselves. You can monitor and guide them but let them be creative as much as possible. Always use encouraging words along the way and be very patient. Ms. Justine Brincau3

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5. Learning Opportunity ExtensionYou can extend further this learning opportunity by writing numbers on the fish templates and encourage children to count the fish while playing the fishing game. Children can write numbers themselves if they want to or they know how. Instead of numbers you can write letters and encourage children to identify the letters, as well as saying them.Children can count, sort and match fish with the same numbers on them (if there are duplicates). Ms. Justine Brincau5

6. Fish Hide and Seek With the same fish templets used for the fishing game, parents can hide the fish around the house in different places and encourage their child to find as many fish as possible. While going round the house, parents should guide their child giving simple directions like: Move forward, Move backwards, Bend down, Reach up high on your toes etc. When a child is very close to a hidden fish, parents can say that they are close or far away from finding a fish. Gather the fish your child finds in a bowl and encourage your child to count how many fish he/she found and how many are left hidden. Ms. Justine Brincau6

7. The endI hope you enjoyed doing these learning opportunities about fish with your child.  You may send photos of your child’s work or any other feedback on justine.brincau@ilearn.edu.mt. Thank-you  This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SAMs. Justine Brincau7