Ask children to locate the oceans and seas on a globe or world map. Children can make a large ocean mural. Begin by painting a mural of the ocean as a background for their sea life. Individual fish, starfish, and octopuses can be painted on construction paper, then cut out and glued to the mural. Have children make Rainbow Fish friendship chains.
Students write their names on strips of colored paper, then exchange slips with their classmates.
Once they have a nice collection of slips, they paste the strips into links to form a chain, which they can wear around their necks. Ask children to draw a picture of something they did to help a friend or something a friend did to help them. Have the children write one or two sentences telling what they like best about their friend. Ask the children to pretend that they are one of the main characters in The Rainbow Fish. Ask them to write letters to the wise Octopus about their problems.