Put out large colors that have the paper peeled away. Show the children how to make a color rubbing with the side of the peeled color. You could put out paper that has been cut in half. Children could staples these pages together to make a booklet. You could use this booklet to practice beginning sounds.
Children write the beginning sound of the animal on the page.
The hand prints could be made by tracing hands on colored construction paper or by pressing a painted hand and fingers onto paper. Students made fins with their painted or traced fingers. This makes a colorful bulletin board. Discuss the concept of more than, less than. There is more water than land.