When my daughter was a toddler, one of her favorite books was Rainbow Fish. This is a sweet story about a beautiful fish who learns that sharing is important for friendship. A couple years ago, we made a cute and easy paper plate rainbow fish craft to review important lessons from this popular picture book!
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Rainbow Fish | 我是彩虹鱼 | 무지개 물고기: Quick book review
The Rainbow Fish is a sparkly, colorful fish, who didn’t want to share its beautiful scales.
It met a wise octopus who advised that sharing would help with making new friends.
Realizing that the other sea creatures would swim away, the Rainbow Fish took the advice to heart and gave a scale to each friend.
This story is great for toddlers and Kindergartens to learn about friendship and kindness.
After reading the story a few times, I asked my daughter to choose a few words that she felt was important from the story.
We wrote these key words down on scrap paper and saved them for the activity.
Use edge as the fishtail and tape to one end of the plate. Cut the other edge in half and tape to top and bottom of plate.
Use circle punch or use stencil and scissors to cut several circles with colorful paper.
Cut a few circles with aluminum foil.Cut a circle of white paper for the eye.
Draw in black pupil and tape to plate.
Write important Chinese words on each colorful circle.
Read word on each circle and fold each in half.
Tape each circle to body of fish. These are the scales of the fish.
Draw a happy smile on the fish!
Rainbow Fish Craft: Candid family video
Here is a video of me talking to my daughter in Mandarin Chinese about the words written on the circles (fish scales). Please pardon my American accent; as mentioned previously, I am learning Chinese with my daughter.
Have you made this paper plate rainbow fish craft?
If you read the book and make the paper plate rainbow fish craft, please let us know! We’d love to hear about your family’s experience and hope they have fun learning!
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Happy playful learning, friends!
About Betty
I'm a Chinese-American mom who is having fun teaching my children Mandarin Chinese while re-learning the language myself. I love coming up with creative, hands-on, and educational activities, and I hope these ideas help your children have fun learning Chinese!
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