Welcome to week 11 of ‘Toddler Tuesdays’. You can find more of our ‘Toddler Tuesdays’ activities here, we hope you are enjoying them. This week’s activity is Rainbow Fish. You may already be familiar with the children’s book, The Rainbow Fish, if not you may like to extend the activity by borrowing this book from the library.

You will need -

1 paper plate.
Gluestock.
Scissors.
Coloured spots - you may like to cut out magazine pages as spots, wrapping paper, coloured paper, or these spots we have prepared for you here. You’ll need quite a few spots, especially if you have used a large dinner plate sized paper plate.
Marker pen.

Instructions -

Have all of the items ready for your child at the kitchen table or toddler table before presenting the activity to your child. The ability of your child will govern how much assistance you provide to them with the activity, encourage them to try each step. First cut a wedge shape from the paperplate, the wedge will then be glued on as the tail of the fish and the opening become the fishes mouth. The coloured dots can then be stuck all over the fish to create a rainbow fish. Finally give the fish an eye using the marker and you are all done.

Focus -

This activity has a heavy focus on fine motor skills and co-ordination. When your child is cutting encourage them to keep their thumb on top. If they struggle with that concept you might like to draw a smily face on their thumb and remind them to make sure they can always see the smile when cutting. Even removing the glue lid and twisting up the glue encourages hand strength and fine motor control.

If you try out one of our activities please let us know what your toddler (and you) thought. Feel free to leave a comment here or post an image or comment to our Facebook page. If you enjoy the activity we would encourage you to share this post with your friends.