Bath time is fun time for most of parents, depending on the phase your child happens to be in that day! For me, my 2 and a half year old, Sari, has loved and hated bath time and when she hates it, we all hate it. Lately it’s been fun though with bubbles and paint
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Okay, I’m impressed. Look at that mound of lather on Sari’s head!! And, ya’ know what it’s perfect for? Why, of course — painting! What Hope and Joe could have done once that lather was piled, was give Sari a new, clean paintbrush — any size — and paint lather on the bathtub wall. It’s
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See that great shampoo lather? Ya’ know what it’s perfect for? Painting, of course! The lather is the paint — your child’s finger is the paint brush. The tile is the canvas and a handy squeeze bottle filled with water is the receptacle to clean up that lathery artwork! EVEN better … supply a few
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The weather’s been so crazy — who would think I’d write about Water Play in April (at least on the east coast!) Yesterday I got a video of Ryan squooshed into a bucket wearing a bathing suit. (She’s not so small — but it wasn’t such a small bucket either.) And, I thought maybe it’s
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Okay, this is pretty obvious …. “I’m singin’ in the rain, just singin’ in the rain!” Try it — get out your child’s boots, raincoat and umbrella and join him as you jump in those puddles and skip down the street … AND SING! (Okay, your neighbors might think you’re mimicking that great scene by
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Do what, you ask??? Yep — get some buckets of water, sponges, clean cloths and wash the car with the kids! It feels like the good ol’ days just writing this! Yesterday, Ryan did this … well, kinda’. She scrubbed her dad’s motorcycle with him. Her friend came by and helped and it just reminded
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Okay — now I am really dating myself! I remember being so hot that my mother would bring a bucket of water outside and we would sit on the step and put our feet in it. They were probably the days before room air conditioners were popular and we did anything just to cool off.
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It’s hard to believe it’s “back to school” season so get the kids into reading by writing …. in all kinds of places! Try it in a smooth section of sand — or on cement by painting with water or writing with chalk. Print letters and have toddlers and preschoolers guess what they are. Try
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Have ever used a bubble machine and see bubbles go on and on and on?? I hope I can describe properly the one used at My Gym in Cherry Hill, NJ by Harvey and his team because it was totally glorious to have bubbles come flying at you, never-ending! Surprisingly, this was actually indoor fun.
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As I was leafing through my KIDFUN book, I found Target Practice, which could be anything you can imagine — anything safe, that is! Try some of these ideas: …. set up a paper cup on a step outdoors. Give your child a basting tube or cleaned out squeeze bottle filled with water, step back
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