Go Fishing Make a “fishing pole” from a dowel, a stick, or the small cardboard tube from a coat hanger. Make the line from string or yam and the hook from a pipe cleaner. Glue a magnet on the hook. Make different colors of construction paper “fish,” and put a staple or paper clip on each one. On the back of each fish, write a number. Have the children take turns “catching fish” and calling out the numbers of the fish they have caught. Then let each child place his or her fish on the correct counter in the “fish market,” The “counter” is a piece of tagboard with pockets on the bottom that are color coded to match the fish. For example, if the fish with the numeral 3 on it is blue, then it is placed in the third pocket, which is also blue.