 | Print out the template. We used white paper, but blue
construction paper would have been nicer.
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| OPTIONAL: You can mount the template on a thin piece
of cardboard. This will help prevent the salt from cracking off the
picture when dry (if you'll be carrying it around a lot the paper will
fold/flop around and the salt will crack off -- the cardboard helps keep the
picture flat). If you're just planning to hang it up right away, you
can leave this step out.
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| Pour about 1/4 cup of salt (doesn't need to be exact) into
each bowl.
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| Ask the children where fish live (you'll get answers like
water, the sea, the ocean, the fishbowl, etc)
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| Tell the children that Salty the Fish lives in the water in
the ocean.
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| Let the kids have a small drink of water (optional).
Ask if anyone can guess what's different about the water that Salty lives
in.
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| Have the children wet the end of their finger slightly and
dip it in one of the bowls of salt. Have them taste the salt from
their finger. Tell the children that the water Salty lives in is full
of salt. Would they like to live in salt water? Drink salt
water?
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| Mix about 1/2 tsp of tempra paint powder in with each
bowl of salt (different colors in each bowl).
 | If you only have one color and are using blue
construction paper, you can leave one of the bowls of salt white. |
| If you don't have tempra paint powder, use
colored drink crystals to color your salt. For children 5+,
you can let them taste the drink crystals before mixing and ask
them to compare it to the taste of the salt.
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| Using a paintbrush or fingers, have the children
spread glue in the fins and mouth of the Salty template.
| Age 3 children may need a bit of guidance with
this. |
| It doesn't have to be perfect! |
| We used orange for this step -- make sure you ask
the kids what color they are working with to reinforce color
names. |
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