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You will need a yard stick or paper towel tube
String; paper clips, small magnet
Construction paper, scissors, markers
Make a fishing pole by tying 3 feet of string to a dowel; yardstick or paper towel tube. Attach a small magnet to the end of the string. Cut fish shapes out of different colors of construction paper, Attach a paper clip to each fish. Lay the fish shapes out on the floor. Then let the children take turns catching all of the red fish, then the blue fish, etc. Or play a number game by writing numbers on the fish shapes and ask them to read the numbers they catch, or add them up.