This idea came from a presentation at the Texas Art Education Assoc. conference several years ago, and I have always loved it. The PreK went for a walk to the library and observed the fish in the huge tank. We talked about the similarities and the differences, and what other items they observed in the aquarium. Back in the classroom, they drew a fish and cut it out. That cut out fish became the template for a clay fish that they cut out from a slab of clay. After the clay was fired, they painted the fish - now they have 2 fish, a paper fish and a clay fish. The students painted a piece of matboard in cool colors, added rocks and seaweed, and then added the fish to create their own aquariums.
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