Pay it Forward, Teaching Your Kids to Share

Welcome to any new visitors from the Mom It Forward site.

Today I'm sharing a book my daughter checked out from her school library a few weeks ago that I think must have been written about Jyl Johnson Pattee (founder of Mom It Forward) when she was a little girl.

Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed, by Mary Pearson, is about an ordinary girl who does a simple act of kindness (sharing blueberries) but each person passes a kindness on and it grows to help billions of people. My 7-year-old loved this book and read it by herself then got excited to explain to me what Mary did. She "got it." It even has a chart at the back showing how the kindness spreads.

Jyl started the Mom It Forward social media community to help other women, their families and community.  In connection with this, she hosts weekly Twitter Girls' Night Out (#GNO) parties that make a positive impact world wide. She is also co-founder of the EVO Social Media Conference which I attended last summer in Park City, Utah. It was there that I made the decision to blog about my passion for children's books.

Today I'm guest posting on the Mom It Forward site featuring a craft that goes with the Rainbow Fish book. Stop by Mom It Forward to see how to teach your kids to give and share with the Rainbow Fish craft below. Get the FREE PDF printable of the fish I created while you are there.

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Remember to "Pay it Forward"

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1 Fish 2 Fish Interactive Printable Placemat

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I'm a little obSEUSSed with Dr. Seuss. I love to share projects inspired by his books and other children's book activities. 

Print it on turquoise or blue paper to look like water.

I created these One Fish Two Fish printable snack mats for my son's preschool.  I printed one for each child and placed it in a clear plastic sheet protector so they can reuse it. The kids loved using  Goldfish crackers as counting pieces and once they were finished they ate them all up. Now you can pull out this place mat anytime your preschool children are ready for a game of 1 Fish 2 Fish. 

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Optional way to play: Roll a die to see how many fish to add to your fishbowl. Continue taking turns rolling the die until each bowl is full of fish.

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Read the Dr. Seuss book, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, with your child and have them pay attention to the rhyming words.  Read the first part of the sentence and leave off the last rhyming word to see if they can fill in the missing word. 

Rhyming is a great pre-reading skill.

A great pre-school snack activity. We use these for snack time at home and now I've printed off a stack and sent them with a bag of goldfish crackers to school for snack time.

* FREE PRINTABLES for non-commercial use only. Thanks!
The PDF is below.  Click the arrow in the top right corner.
If you have problems pulling up the pdf, please email me (obseussed(at)live(dot)com).

I also made this one with some basic math for ages K-2 grades. There is also a page of blank fish bowls and one with color words to use with rainbow colored fish crackers.

If you're looking for some additional fun ways to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday, check out 20 of my favorite obSEUSSed with Dr. Seuss activities, crafts, snacks and party ideas here.

Plus I’ve collected more than 1,500 Dr. Seuss ideas on several Pinterest boards.  Follow these boards for Dr. Seuss parties, classrooms, crafts, Grinchmas, activities and more.


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