With some bright paint draw a big fish shape and show your child how to create spots or stripes then let them have a go – it doesn’t matter if the picture gets a bit mess, you can cut out the fish and stick it onto another piece of paper. Show your child how to draw lines going round and round or make curly-whirly or twisty-twirly shapes Paint a fish Use a small tray and squirt with enough shaving foam to cover the base. If you have toy fish you could play with them in the bath or a paddling pool and repeat lines from the story as you do. Your child could hold it when you share the story. Cut out and stick onto a stick (gardening sticks are perfect for this). Trace, photocopy or draw a fish from the book onto card. Hooray for Fish! by Lucy Cousins from Candlewick Press on Vimeo. Talk about colours eg of the red, blue, yellow fish.Look at the big picture of all the fish at the back of the book, spot some of the different fish together.See if you can find little fish on the different pages of the book.When children are familiar with the book, they might begin to join in with the responses eg if you read ‘hairy fish’ and leave a gap and they may reply ‘scary fish’. The end of the book is the perfect time for a kiss, kiss, kiss like mum and baby fish.Įncourage children to use their finger to twist and twirl or go round and round as you share the book again. as you read the book aloud allow time for children to look at the pictures and touch the book if they want to. Point out little fish on the cover and as you open the book. The rhythm, repetition, rhyme and word play make this great fun to share again and again. We meet an amazing array of fish with many different colours, shapes and patterns. Age 0-3 years In this bright colourful board book little fish introduces us to his under-sea world.

Hooray for fish by lucy cousins