i am thankful for fish

Have the children pretend they are standing on a bridge overlooking a river or lake.

What do you see when you look in the water?

Have the children stand and pretend they are swimming in the water like a fish.

Prep

different colour fish with magnets on them

fishing pole with magnet or paper clip

goldfish crackers and dixie cups

puppets, tape, and popsicle sticks

crayons

Heavenly Father had Jesus create the sun, moon, stars, plants, trees, flowers, water, and FISH
What fish have you seen? What other animals have you seen in the water? Can you act like these animals?

story with puppets

Jonah and the Whale

Who sent the big fish to swallow Jonah? (See Jonah 1:17.)
What did Jonah do when the fish swallowed him? (See Jonah 2:1.)
What did Jonah do when he got out of the fish? (See Jonah 3:1–3.)
Did the people believe Jonah and repent? (See Jonah 3:5, 10.)

Craft

colour jonah and whale and attach to popsicle sticks

The Goldfish

My darling little goldfish hasn’t any toes (touch toes).
He swims around without a sound and bumps his hungry nose (point to nose).
He can’t get out to play with me, nor I get in to swim (make swimming motions).
And when I say, “Come out and play,”
He seems to say, “Come in” (motion “come in” with hand).

Snack and story

Why did Jesus get into Simon Peter’s ship? (See Luke 5:3.)
What did Jesus tell Simon Peter to do? (See Luke 5:4.)
What did Simon Peter catch in his net? (See Luke 5:6.)

Fishing

Little fish in the brook,

I can catch you with no hook.
I caught a ___(colour of the fish)___ one.

The Little Turtle

I have a little turtle.

It lives in a box (cup hands).

It swims in the river (make swimming motions),

And climbs on the rocks (move fingers upward in a climbing motion).

It snapped at a minnow (clap hands).
It snapped at a flea (clap hands).
It snapped at a mosquito (clap hands),
And it snapped at me (clap hands)!

It caught the minnow (clap hands);

It caught the flea (clap hands);

It caught the mosquito (clap hands);

But it didn’t catch me!