Fish Bowl
Purpose:
Multi step activity that promotes fine motor control and cutting skills.
Skills: Bilateral Hand Use(?) The use of both hands simultaneously, in a controlled manner, to perform an activity (i.e. clapping hands, using your one hand to hold a pencil while the other is used to stabilize the paper)., Cutting, Eye-Hand Coordination, Fine Motor Control, Sensory Processing, Tactile Perception(?) Tactile Perception (sometimes referred to as touch perception) is the brain's ability to understand (perceive) what the hands are feeling., Visual Motor
Download and print the fish bowl and fish templates.
For this activity use green yarn or tissue paper.
Ask the child to color the images.
Instruct the child to cut out the fish bowl and fish images.
If child has difficulties cutting, provide thicker lines/boundaries. For the fish image, you can outline the picture/draw a circle or a square around to grade down.
Glue the fish bowl on a piece of construction paper.
Use the sand and instruct the child to glue it at the bottom of the bowl.
Have the child glue the fish into the bowl. Using the string of yarn of pieces of tissue paper, create the seaweed and glue into bowl.
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