To make reading for pleasure, the best way to learn. To make learning to read a joy, not a task. The book is, in a way, a replication of evolution. A car Indeed, in this world, a fish can drive a car and it is significant because soon enough the story moves out of the ocean and onto land and the creatures being described are no longer fish. It began to change the way children learn how to read. Red, blue, black, old, star-bellied and even driving a car.

It was fun to read aloud, easy to read alone, and impossible to put down. Seuss-wrote a book called The Cat in the Hat. Series Overview: In 1957, Theodore Geisel-known to the world as Dr. Seuss, Beginner Books encourage children to read all by themselves, with simple words and illustrations that give clues to their meaning. From the can-opening Zans to the boxing Gox to the winking Yink who drinks pink ink, the silly rhymes and colorful cast of characters create an entertaining approach to reading that will have every child giggling from morning to night: “Today is gone. Beginning with just five fish and continuing into flights of fancy, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish celebrates how much fun imagination can be. (Examples: a Grance (that can dance), a Zzar (in a car), a Zeed (that likes to read).Ĭut out the cards and let your student have fun mixing up the animals (heads and tails).From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere”…So begins this classic Beginner Book by Dr.

Think of something special it can do, then help your student think up a name that rhymes with the animal’s talent. Seuss name it a Wump? (because he needed something to rhyme with hump!) Can you find other illustrations of rhyming names? Why did he call one a Zeep? Seuss has many other creations – a Zans (that can open cans), a Gox (that can box), a Ying (that can sing), a Yink (that likes to wink and drink pink ink). It looks like a camel, but it has seven humps. Ask your child, “what animal does this resemble?” Seuss’ drawings of animals throughout One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. Seuss Fish recording sheet (five columns of fish for the different colors of the fish crackers and space below each column to write the total number of fish of each color) Note: Small parts pose a choking hazard and are not appropriate for children age five or under. Language Arts Activity: Creative Thinking, Writing, and Drawing The book, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Sort the animals and paste them to the chart.

Notice the different amount of feet (or legs) on the animals (2, 4, 6). Mix some corn syrup with blue food coloring. Paint the mixture onto fish bowl shaped construction paper and glue on paper fish and plants. After the syrup has set (about 2 hours) cover with plastic wrap to cut down on the stickiness.

One fish 2 fish red fish blue fish