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Materials

small plastic containerscrayonsplastic fish (from dollar or novelty stores).small children's plastic poolsmall fishing netstimer

Instructions

1. Give each child a small plastic container ("bucket")2. Fill a regular size children's pool with water and plastic fish.

3. Provide small fishing nets for the children to retrieve the fish.

4. Set the timer for two minutes and encourage the children to pick up as many fish as they can.

5. Instruct the children to fill their buckets until the timer sounds.

6. Then ask the children to count the fish in their buckets.

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