A "fishy" preschool game

Today as I sat at the dining room table while Little Cheese worked on her math, an idea popped into my head. I have been wanting to make up a challenging game for her to help to learn all of the vowel blends (ex: ai, ea, ay, ee...). I have been mulling it over and over in my head and it finally clicked.

As I began making my "fishy" game, it became apparent that my little Manny needed something to entertain him and quickly. So, the "fishy" game became his instead. Here is what I did.

I made a template of a fish out of an index card (I had them handy)





















(The fish is maybe 3 and 1/2 inches long.)

Then I made a school of fish, and cut them out, and colored them.
















Then, I put a letter or number on the back of each fish. Manny had to turn over the fish to find the letter or number that I asked him for. Relatively simple, I know, but he loved it so much that we played it five or six times in a row-something that he hardly ever wants to do.

As far as the game for little cheese, it is still rolling around in my head and gets better all the time. I can't wait to show you what I came up with! Whoo-hoo! I love it when the creative thoughts roll!