What's in the Tub Tuesday?

Wooden rings in a basket with mug and paper towel holders.

I purposefully brought three holders so each would have one.

I saw some cooperative play well not really but being able to use the same toy is big for these three cousins.

It's fairly easy for them to put the rings on to the post but getting them off is a challenge.  They did a lot of practicing figuring out how to use their hands and be successful.

I like these wooden rings for their feel, how they sound when tapped together and that they are easy for the little ones to pick up.

This metal paper towel holder was a hit as she learned how to swing it.

 She is not aware of the space around her so I stayed close so no one would get hit with it.

Oh hi Nana, I'm in the tub today.

Ball Roll Painting

I was given this huge box and my first thought was marble painting.

But I thought, it's too big for our little ones to use

so we needed help from our big buddies.

After giving a bit of instruction, asking the big buddies to kneel so

they would be at the same level as their little buddy,

they enthusiastically started rolling.

Look at the concentration and focus on their faces.

They were encouraged to move the box up and down,

side to side.

Gripping the box and using their muscles to control where the ball will roll

was a new experience for some.

Getting a closer look at the ball then adding more paint

 then painting continued.

We also set up smaller boxes for one or two buddy pairs to try.

We used a variety of balls.

My favourite was this prickly ball and the design it left on the paper.

All done and time to take our art work inside

and get cleaned up.

It's great when we can share are buddy work with the whole school.

I snapped this photo of a group of big buddies enjoying the painting process.

Very cool!

From Frogs to Fishing

I try to use our toys, materials and equipment in a variety of ways.

Last week I shared the children playing Frogs on a Log.

Once we released our live frogs I changed the frogs to fish.

Turning the half round over and it became a boat.

Going fishing went well with our camping play.

After they caught what they wanted the fish disappeared

to the campfire for a fish fry.

Writing Our Own StoryWalk

Last week we got together with our big buddies and decided to 

write our own StoryWalk.

We started with this book.

The book is about a child that goes for a walk and sees different animals

that end up following her.

 Ms Seymour read the book to the buddies.

She's great at reading books.  She draws the children in with voices, sounds,

questions and asking for predictions.

I created a story page for the buddies to fill in together.

 They had to each think of an animal then combine it to make a 

new animal with a new name.

Some animal combinations that they created were...

cow + bunny = bow

snail + beaver = sneaver

giraffe + snail = gerfidale

elephant + pig = elipig

cow + horse = coworse

whale + pigeon = wigen

duck + cat+ butterfly = ducatfly

cat + monkey = catonkey

Next week we will do a StoryWalk and follow this story around the playground.