Bubble Day

Today was Bubble Day - all things bubbles. We spent a great day talking and talking and talking about bubbles. We did a variety of activities that allowed Brooke to hear lots of conversations, directions, and songs all about bubbles.

BUBBLE WORKSHEETS

I printed off some bubble activities from Kid Sparkz. We had a bubble puzzle, a bubble lotto game, bubble bookmarks and bubble tracing sheets. The bubble lotto game was a fun way to work on listening skills. I would describe the picture and Brooke would listen (not able to see my picture) and then place her Bingo chip on the correct picture. She did fantastic with this activity.

BUBBLE GUM

We colored a Bubble Gum sheet while chewing Bubble Gum and then had a BUBBLE GUM CHEWING COMPETITION. We sat on the floor to chew, blow, and pop. It was not so much fun for Brooke and Kate who can not blow bubbles yet but it was fun popping Mommy's bubbles and provided good conversations. We had some Bubble Yum for this game.

SOAPY WATER PLAY

We went outside for some soapy water play. We filled some buckets with water and added a bar of good smelling Dove soap. The kids squeezed and squished and whipped and stirred until everything was bubbly. Using the hand held eggbeater was supper fun since they could use it by themselves without Mommy repeating "don't splash it, don't splash it" hundreds of times.

We put a little turtle in the Soapy Water buckets and sang about him:

I had a little turtle, his name was Tiny Tim.

I put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim.

He drank up all the water; he ate up all the soap.

And now he's sick in bed with a bubble in his throat!

Bubble, bubble, bubble,

Bubble, bubble, bubble,

Bubble, bubble, bubble,

Bubble, bubble, POP!

And then used the soapy water to wash our bikes.

FRESH FRUIT AND WHIPPED CREAM: The kids chopped up some fruit for a fruit salad. We took turns using the hand held eggbeater to whip up some heavy whipping cream while Mommy said, "Don't splash it, Don't splash it!" This is where the bubbles came in. As it thickened we added some sugar and vanilla. Fruit Salad Yummy, Yummy!

BUBBLE ART

We mixed 2 tbs of powdered tempera paint, 1 tbs Joy soap, 1 cup cold water and shake. We then poured it into a pie plate and using a straw, gently blew into the mixture. The bubble slowly rose over the edges of the plate. We then lightly presses white copy paper into the bubble mass. A very messy activity and very fun.

PLAIN OLD BUBBLE BLOWING We dug out our bubbles and had fun blowing plain old bubbles. I had purchased a big container of bubble wands from Kmart clearance for lots of bubble fun. We talked about the highest, biggest, blueist, longest flying time, smallest, and most bubbles - lots of vocabulary practice