One Fish, Two Fish, Cast and Go Fish!

Ever had the itch to go fishing after reading One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish? Now you can: in this wacky fishing game, you can turn your bathtub into your very own fishing hole! Celebrate Read Across America Day with this energetic reading game for some good old-fashioned Seuss-style fun.

What You Need:

• Copy of "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" by Dr. Seuss
• Large paperclips
• Foam sheets in various colors
• Scissors
• Thick tape (something that will hold up in water)
• Permanent marker
• Bathtub
• Pencil
• Paper
• Stick
• Thread

What You Do:

1. Start by reading "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" with your child. Since your foam fish are going to be modeled after the fish that appear in the book, make sure to take notes during the reading so you can remember the different kinds of fish.
2. Now it's time to make the fish. Help your child cut fish shapes about the size of an adult hand out of the foam sheets. Larger fish will float better in the bathtub.
3. Have your child label each fish similar to how they're described in the book with the permanent marker.
4. Turn the fish over and tape one paperclip to each one right over the "mouth" so that half the paperclip is hanging over the edge of the foam.
5. Now make a fishing rod. Cut an arm’s length of thread and tie it to one end of the stick. Tie a paperclip on the other end of the thread. Bend the paperclip open slightly so that it forms a hook-like shape.
6. Fill your bathtub about half full with water.
7. Place all the fish (word-side up) into the bathtub and begin fishing! Try to catch the fish in the same order that the fish appear in the book and have your child read the fish as he catches them.