Goldfish Graphing is a fun way for preschoolers to practice their sorting, counting, and graphing skills using rainbow-colored Goldfish crackers!
One thing we love around here is combining food with our learning. So why not turn a favorite snack into a math lesson?!
Goldfish Graphing is a fun way for preschool-early elementary kiddos to learn and practice sorting, counting, and graphing. And then when they’re finished, they get to eat their work!
This fish math activity is one of the projects we did during our River-themed Preschool lessons, but it would also be fun during an ocean unit, or any other time!
Supplies for Goldfish Cracker Graphing:
- Goldfish Graphing printable
- Colored Goldfish Crackers
- Crayons/Markers/Colored Pencils
Goldfish Cracker Graphing Math Activity
1. Print the graphing sheet.
2. Look at the colored fish crackers and find a crayon that matches each color. Use these colors to color the fish on the bottom of the graphing page.
3. Take a handful of fish crackers and sort them by color. (I suggest limiting the size of the handful as the graph only goes to 10 per column.)
4. Place the fish on the graph in the column that matches each fish’s color.
6. Teach how to “read” a bar graph and discuss information you can learn from the graph such as:
How many fish in are there in each column?
Which column has the most?
Which column has the least?
How many more red than green?
How many more yellow than orange, etc.
7. Enjoy a colorful Goldfish cracker snack!
