Empathy
Age 3 - 8 Years
Goldfish Genius
Sam Wilson (Writer), Chenél Ferreira (Designer), Ester Levinrad (Editor) & Nicole De Klerk (Illustrator)
Neo gets a goldfish as a birthday gift from her father. Neo loves the goldfish and is impressed by its intelligence. The goldfish also loves Neo and is very happy to be with her. When Neo and her father go outside to play ball, the goldfish feels left out. Rather than sulk, the goldfish makes an invention so that it will be more mobile and can join the game. Unfortunately, the invention isn’t that well thought through and ends up being very dangerous. Will Neo come to the rescue or will the goldfish be doomed to become octopus food? Join us for this exciting reading and find out.
Empathy
Age 3 - 8 Years
Step 1
For this activity you need a basin or container filled with water as well as some heavy and light objects from around the house or outside environment.
Step 2
Ask the children to experiment with different items to see what floats and what sinks. Have them explain why they think that happened and how the objects differ.
Step 1
For this activity you will need a pencil, an eraser and a piece of paper.
Step 2
From the book, ask the children to choose their favourite page and look at how it is designed and structured. Give the children a piece of paper and a pencil each to start drawing out the outlines of their favourite page of the book.
Step 3
Ask the children to colour in the page they have drawn.
Step 4
Let the children present why the page was special to them.
Step 1
For this activity you will need a copy of the downloadable 12-piece puzzle, a piece of cardboard, a pair of scissors, glue and crayons.
Step 2
Print the downloadable 12-piece puzzle page and ask the children to colour it in using bright crayons.
Step 3
Glue the puzzle page to the piece of cardboard.
Step 4
Assist the children to cut out their puzzle pieces.
Step 5
Let the children try to piece the puzzle back together to recreate the picture.
Step 1
For this activity you will need a copy of the downloadable colour wheel, a piece of cardboard, crayons or coloured pencils, string, glue and a pair of scissors.
Step 2
Print the copy of the colour wheel and let the children colour it in following the steps provided.
Step 3
Cut out the circle using a pair of scissors and stick the circle onto a piece of cardboard.
Step 4
Cut out the circle from the cardboard.
Step 5
Gently poke holes into the dotted places (inner circle) and put the string in.
Step 6
Spin your disk by holding one looped end of string in each hand and swinging your disk vertically a few times to coil up the strings. Pull the strings in and out like you are playing an accordion to get the disk spinning faster. The faster you can spin it, the more powerful the illusion will become.
Step 1
For this activity you will need a copy of the 3D hand illusion downloadable page, a pencil, an eraser, a piece of paper and a marker.
Step 2
Ask the children to trace their hands onto the piece of paper using a pencil.
Step 3
Follow the steps on the print out and draw curved lives from the bottom of the page all the way to the top.
Step 4
Complete the page and observe and discuss the final piece of art.
Step 1
For this activity you will need cardboard, some paint or crayons, pencils, glue as well as some natural things (twigs, soil, stones, leaves, etc.) from the outside environment.
Step 2
On a piece of cardboard, ask the children to design and draw their own fish. They can look to the story for ideas, but encourage them not to copy the exact ones from the book but rather to use those for inspiration by encouraging their own style.
Step 3
Show the children how to use their materials to colour or paint their fish.
Step 4
Once the children are finished, assist the children to cut out their fish.
Step 5
Once the fish have been cut out, the children can paste their fish onto a big piece of cardboard and decorate it as an underwater home for the fish using your materials from the environment. Present it to your friends.