Fishing Game
Fishing is always very
popular. Variations will occur to you faster than you can try them. Use good magnets.
Objectives
Children participating will be able to match letter and phonetic
sound to picture, uses fishing pole to catch paper clip (eye-hand
coordination), matches letters, and children 1-1 ½ years will be able to
identify simple picture. Lang. IB
Materials
Cardboard letters with
paper clips on them; flash cards of sounds, objects, or any pictures (they can
be cut out of magazines) tacked up on bulletin board with the letter it begins
with on it; fishing poles made from harden stakes, wire and a small bar magnet
taped to the end of the wire (the magnet picks up the paper clip attached to
the letter).
SEE ILLUSTRATION.
Procedures
1. The children may lean over the back of an old sofa, stand
behind a table turned on its side, or sit on chairs.
2. Have each child fish for a letter, identify it and give the phonetic sound.
3. Next, have child match the letter to the picture card on the bulletin board.
For younger kids the card should also have a letter on it so that they can
match by initial letter sound.
NOTE: Arrange for children to have lots of elbow room. Otherwise, you spend all
your time untangling the lines. Variations
1. A math project: each child fishes for a number and then fishes for a corresponding number set.
2. Animal homes: The children fish for cutout fish, animals, etc., and glue them on an environment board that includes land and water designations.
3. Cut out lots of fish and print a letter on each. (A staple at the mouth will allow fish to be "hooked" on a magnet.) Children get a strip of paper with their name or a word (e.g., batman, fish, etc.) on it. They fish for the letters to spell out their name (or their chosen word) and must throw back the fish with letters that don't match. Staple the fish onto the strip to make a string of fish that spells out the child's name or chosen word.
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