Read, Play, and Learn! (R) Module 16

This Read, Play, and Learn! storybook module contains 10 days of activities linked to the popular storybook The Rainbow Fish. The module contains the following sections:

The Story: A brief summary of the storybook, with information on where to get the book.
The Planning Sheets: Charts for at-a-glance reference to all of the suggested activities for the 2 weeks.
Vocabulary: A list of the key words and concepts, including labels, action words, and descriptors, to which children can be introduced in the module.
Materials: A list of the toys and equipment, supplies, food, and other items needed for the module.
Areas/Centers: A description of 10 days of different activities for each area or center in the classroom, plus suggested modifications for children functioning at the sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic levels of learning.
How to Involve Families: Sample letters with recommendations to help keep family members or other caregivers informed.
More Suggestions: Additional storybooks and other activities (e.g., songs, fingerplays, resources, computer games) that can be used with the module.


The storybooks themselves are not included with this module or the collections. This module is part of an innovative, play-based curriculum for children 3 - 6 years of age that promotes general development and boosts cognitive, sensorimotor, communication/language, social, and emerging literacy skills.