‘The fish who could wish’ by John Bush and Korky Paul
In the deep blue sea, In the deep of the blue, Swam a fish who could wish, And each wish would come true.
Click on the video resource link and go to the Early Years section to hear Claire read the story.
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Speed Sounds
‘f’ fish, ‘w’ wish have a go at writing the letters. Can you think of more words that start with these sounds? Can you make a list?
f w (Stretch: ffffflower (Bounce: wwworm Handwrite: Down the stem and draw the leaves) Handwrite: Down, up, down, up) fish wish flower worm floor work
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Words that rhyme
The words fish and wish rhyme. There are lots of rhyming words in ‘The fish who could wish’. Can you find any more rhyming words in the story or think of any yourself? From the story: Other rhyming words: ski, sea pie, sky delight, night may, pay cat, hat
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You can play a game with your rhyming pairs of words
From the story: Other rhyming words: ski, sea pie, sky delight, night snail, whale cat, hat I’m sure you have got lots of pairs of words in your lists. Write the words on small pieces of paper or card. (With a picture will make the game easier.) Mix the words up and then your game is to match them and then make a fun wish sentence with them. For example: Cat, hat He wished for a cat in a giant pink hat. Pie, sky He wished for a pie to fly through the sky. Snail, whale He wished for snail as big as a whale. |
Making a wish
It would be very exciting to be able to make a wish and for that wish to come true! If you could make such a wish what would it be? Can you write about it? Make sure you use your Speed Sounds to help you in your writing..
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Speed sounds Set 1 for Nursery and Reception children.
Speed Sounds Set 2 for Reception children.
Red words for Reception children.
The fish who could wish makes lots of fun wishes that come true but he does not always think about how his wishes might affect the other fish. Were the other fish always happy about what happens when he wishes?
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