Plastic Cups

I brought some plastic drinking cups for the girls to explore.

First they pulled them all apart.

They looked like they were wondering what do you do with all these cups.

Then they started to pretend to drink from them.

Next they tried to put them on different body parts

and discovered that they fit well on their hands.

So we sang a little song and used them as musical instruments.

They discovered that the cups are fun to kick, they don't hurt their toes and they make noise.

They also discovered that this size can be hard to pick up.

Once they mastered that they begun to try to stack them.

It was easier to stack them when they are upside down.

And they were worked so well together building a tower.

And sometimes carrying more than one cup at a time.

I left the cups on the speaker for them to go back to.

Which they did and kept stacking and unstacking.

Another simple item you wouldn't think of a toy but offers much fun and exploration.

What's in the Tub Tuesday?

I made soap foam.

You start with a bar of soap, I used Ivory, and shred it in a jar.

Fill the jar with hot water and let the soap melt.

Seal the jar till you are ready to use it.

I added a few tablespoons to a big bowl with some water.

Using an electric hand mixer quickly foams it up nice and thick.

I added some blue food colouring.

 Into the tub went a cow, a pig and a duck.

Time to be Mrs Wishy Washy again.

They were soon up to their elbows in suds.

Scooping and traveling with it

 over to the water table.

Where they washed it off in the water.

Learning a new word "bubbles".

A delight to say and hear.

They went back to clean up the foam as it was drying on the cement.

More Trains with Opa

Opa brought some of his trains for the little ones to play with at their house.

 They were eager to help although I don't think Opa found them very helpful.

They loved watching the train.

 And playing with it.  Trying to put it back on the tracks when it derails.

Or just playing with the individual cars.

 Being a tunnel.

 Taking the cars off and on the track.

 When it became a little too hands on we set their chairs up in the middle as a viewing platform.

We started singing a song that we learned at Carolina's StrongStart.

"The Goodbye Train"

  

In the afternoon our bubble blowing fish was loaded onto one of the cars which added more excitement.

 Following the bubble train.

 

We all love trains!

What's in the Tub Tuesday?

Well it wasn't in a tub but our sensory activity this week was making our own cheese buns.

One of our daily routines is to stop at a local bakery and buy cheese buns for a snack.

It's a rainy day so we didn't go out for a walk and therefore missing our cheese buns.

I had some pretzel dough in the freezer which made it a quick activity to get going.

The girls loved poking and patting and the oldest little One enjoyed singing Pat-a-cake while they played.

A short time in the oven, 

 a little time to cool off

and we were ready to eat.

Book Play - Mrs Wishy Washy

Another of my favourite books and so much fun to reenact.

The girls had their own tubs and their own animals; a cow, duck and pig.

They also had blue tissue paper for pretend water and a scrub brush.

"Wishy washy, wishy washy"

The brown tissue paper on the floor is pretend mud.

 After washing the animals they went back into the mud for it all to be repeated.

 After they played with their animals for awhile they became the animals; a pig, duck and cow. 

 I became Mrs Wishy Washy.

Each of them had a turn in the tub for me to wash them.

They then went back to the mud, stumping, rolling and flapping.

 Fun in the tubs!