The Mom I Want to Be

Read Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood. In this simple counting story, glossy computer-generated illustrations show a school of cute, expressive tropical fish that disappear, one per spread, providing a descending counting exercise that leaves one yellow fish. Then lonely yellow meets and falls in love with an attractive green that happens by, and the two parents create a new school of fish to be counted. The circular story and the bouncing rhymes, which create just the right suspense with each page turn, will encourage preschoolers to gleefully chant along, and the bright, tropical underwater world filled with adorable fish will delight.

 

Create your own underwater world with 10 little fish.  Tear up some blue tissue paper.  Lightly spray a piece of white construction paper with water. Stick the tissue paper pieces to the wet paper. Allow it to dry. After the paper is dry, peel off the tissue paper, leaving a beautiful pattern of washed out blues.  Add some fish cut out of construction paper.