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July 27, 2008 | 27 Comments

Fishing For Letters Game


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This fishing for letters game was a favorite in my classroom and is really easy to make. I love fishing games for kids because they teach them so many things, not just letter recognition. Persistence, hand-eye coordination, and patience are a few!  Tuck those kids in, grab some scissors and start cutting, by morning you’ll have a fun fishing game to play with your kids!

  1. Gather your materials. You will need multiple colors of cardstock or sturdy construction paper, a marker, scissors, eyelets and an eyelet setter, or you can also use paper clips!
  2. Draw a fish to make a template. Make sure the tail is large enough to write a letter on it. Cut it out and use this to trace all the fish.
  3. Start tracing the fish on your cardstock/construction paper. I normally trace one for every two fish.
  4. Get comfy on your couch, and cut! Layer two or three pieces of paper to make it go faster but be careful , the paper can shift.
  5. Add a letter on the tail and a smile too. If you are using paper clips add an eye too!
  6. If you are using the eyelet option, add the eyelet as the eye for each fish. The eyelet should be magnetic, double check though since some are so heavily coated with paint the fishing pole may not pick them up!
  7. I am using a fishing rod that came with a Melissa and Doug puzzle but you can easily make one with a chop stick, ruler or blunt knitting needle. Add some yarn or ribbon with a strong magnet on the end and you are set!
  8. Wake your baby ( aren’t they always our babies? ) and show them the new game!

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Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Toddlers, Alphabet activities, Fishing Game, For Parents, Letter Recognition, Parent and Tot Projects | 27 Comments

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27 Comments

  1. TA-TA says

    July 28, 2008 at 10:09 am

    Hi! I love your site. I’ve been here several times for ideas and love this one. You said that if you don’t have eyelets, you could use a paperclip. Do you hook the paperclip through the mouth like a hook?

    Thanks!

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  2. Allison says

    July 28, 2008 at 11:58 am

    Yes that’s exactly what you do !

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  3. yenners says

    August 27, 2008 at 8:51 am

    I was wondering the same thing about the paper clips. My eyelets were magnetic, but not strong enough to pick them up so I want to try with paperclips. Did you punch a hole by the mouth to put the paperclip through? Thanks!

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  4. Adam and Megan's Mom says

    September 2, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    thanks for another great tip! I was lazy and just taped the paperclips to the fish. Adam loved to fish!

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  5. Christine says

    September 25, 2008 at 2:32 pm

    Thanks for the great idea. Someone gave me the link to your blog and I think it’s wonderful! We are going to try the lacing letter next.

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  6. Allie says

    September 26, 2008 at 11:04 am

    If you are using paper clips you can thread the paper clip though the paper. They will stay on well that way!

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  7. Preschool Playbook says

    August 18, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    We have a fishing game at school and the children just LOVE it.

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  8. Paula says

    October 1, 2009 at 9:21 am

    Gabe did something like this at Religious Education on Sunday. He loved it. We have that same fishing pole… I should make this for the kids 🙂
    .-= Paula´s last blog ..Life update 4/15/09 =-.

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  9. Tasha says

    November 5, 2009 at 10:32 pm

    Hi this will be great – ds is mad on fishing at the moment has a boat made from a box this’ll be a huge hit. I’m thinking of making littler fish as well and putting lowercase letters on them. He’s 3 1/2… hopefully this won’t be overloading him. Maybe I’ll have two pack?

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  10. admin says

    November 5, 2009 at 10:52 pm

    I don’t think it would overwhelm him! If he seems overwhelmed though you can limit the fish and only have 5-10 out at a time.

    Have fun!

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  11. Bea says

    November 10, 2010 at 9:11 pm

    I just want to say that you are my hero, I have to send you some pics of the things my daughters have created thanks to your site. You saved me!!! This is my first year being at home with my girls and I thought I was gonna go crazy until I found this site. I have a 4 and a 2 year old. We can’t afford preschool so I am trying to teach them as much as I can. I am a Math and Reading teacher, so I know some things, but not enough for little ones. Anyway, thank yo so much. I just have a question, do you have a routine with your kid, or you just say ok lets do this, I’ve been trying to have a theme every week with a letter and so, we do lots of Math (of course) and I am teaching her everything in Spanish (that’s my native language) like this week we are learning the letter f, because fire is fuego in Spanish, so I could do your craft, We are also doing the flag tomorrow cause is veterans day and I thought it was good to talk about fall, eventhough it is not the same in Spanish, anyway, thanks for all your ideas.

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  12. Kristin @ Preschool Universe says

    July 15, 2011 at 8:36 pm

    I’ve seen this idea, but wasn’t sure how to make the fish – thanks for the great instructions. I think we will do this with numbers or phonemes since we’ve got the letters down.

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  13. Tammy says

    May 23, 2012 at 8:11 am

    I am a teacher in a PreK class for children with disabilities. I have also made these with the foam sheets from the dollar store and used the fish cut out from the Ellison machine. Sometimes I do it with laminated construction paper, which seems to be a lot sturdier and more indestructible too. Also, I found fishing sets that actually reel in at Tuesday Morning for $1.99 if you have that store near you.

    Thanks for your site. This is my first year in PreK and I get tons of ideas for school and my littles at home!!!

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