One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

Children have many different learning styles. Preschoolers especially need to be moving and doing as they learn. When we read One Fish Two Fish… by Dr. Seuss I had several objectives in mind. I wanted to reinforce counting, introduce tally marks, and give the children some writing practice. First, we learned about the tally marks.

Then we searched around the room, counting the number of hidden fish:

Children eagerly counted their tally marks and recorded their results:

Then a little graphing at snack!