Literacy and Art: The Rainbow Fish

February 5, 2009 by beth 2 Comments

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister is a wonderful tale with a moral that isn’t too deep even for the smallest of children to understand. The story belongs to a very vain fish who discovers how rewarding it is to share with others. Another great read aloud for your class or at bedtime.

Once you are finished reading the book, you can create your own Rainbow Fish to display!

Picture courtesy of Homeschooling Fun.

Looking for more Fish themed crafts? Check these out

Kids Craft: Paper Plate Fish — CraftBits.com

Plushie – Dory’s Fish Friends — CraftBits.com

Go Fish In A Tin Game — CraftBits.com

Paper Plate Fish Tank — CraftBits.com

Jellyfish Craft — CraftBits.com

CD Fish — CraftBits.com

Clay Fish Magnets — CraftBits.com

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Rose says
February 6, 2009 at 4:05 pm
i actually read this gorgeous colored children’s book (it’s in most libraries) and the book has many an illustration that would lend itself to a beautiful and / or meaningful art project.
it’s a creative mind to translate the book into school projects. good on ya!
Marlena Hansen says
April 17, 2010 at 11:40 am
I have used this story line of Rainbow fish in art projects for my k-1 grade students. I have done this project twice and so far have done it different the two times. The first time we used crayon resist and students listened while I read and show the images from the book. We later created our own underwater Rainbow fish painting. I used liquid brillant watercolors, pencils, white construction paper,and sharpie marker. The students were mesmorized by the effects of using a white crayon to resist areas of their paintings.watching the white crayon become “invisible” in application. The impact was when they used tropical, brilliant liguid watercolors to paint over the crayon revealing the images written with the white craon. I juat happened to have the principle in the room when it oocured. It wasn’t easy prying the little fingers away from their creations so that I could display them for all to see!

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Celebrating Mexican Independence Day

Lots of Americans seem to think that May 5 is Mexican Independence Day, but that holiday actually falls on Sept. 16.

May 5 is the celebration of the Battle of Puebla, in which the Mexicans defeated the French in 1862. Independence Day marks the beginning of their fight for independence from Spain in 1810. That was the day of what’s known as El Grito de Dolores, or the cry of Dolores, for when the Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the church bells at his church in Dolores and declared that Mexico should be free from Spanish rule.

They would fight for their freedom until 1821 when they finally gained independence.

Fabulous Classroom has a little of the history and ideas for celebrating the holiday for all age groups. There’s also a link to a good video in that post about the real story of Mexican Independence Day.

Twinkl also has a good tops about the history and different activities, discussion ideas, crafts and foods that can be incorporated into lessons at school or used at home.

I also found a few pins that no longer link to a website but include good information on Mexican Independence Day, including some questions for students to answer based on the reading. You can find more printables and questions for kids from TX Homeschool Mama on Etsy (also available in Spanish).

You can find a lot more paid resources about Mexican Independence Day at Teachers Pay Teachers.

Mexican flag crafts are a fun option for celebrating Mexican Independence Day (though the current iteration of their flag has only been in use since 1968). Kids Activities Blog has a free Mexican flag printable and a few different ideas for decorating it including dot markers and torn tissue paper.

You can also find some great Mexican crafts at Red Ted Art. The post includes all sorts of Mexican inspired projects including Day of the Dead crafts, Frida Kahlo pinatas and upcycled musical instruments. I love the giant paper flowers they shared from Honestly WTF.

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