{"id":180,"date":"2020-05-11T15:29:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T22:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/?p=180"},"modified":"2020-05-13T13:19:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T20:19:38","slug":"making-the-ordinary-extraordinary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/2020\/05\/11\/making-the-ordinary-extraordinary\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the ordinary extraordinary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-190 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-285x380.jpg 285w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-scaled.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/>Here is a fun way to the make the ordinary more extraordinary.\u00a0 To children much of the world is extraordinary, but as adults we may take for granted what is more familiar to us.\u00a0 One example would be dandelions which we see so many of at this time of year.\u00a0 I can still remember making garland necklaces and bracelets with dandelions as a young child.\u00a0 I also remember blowing on them to make a wish and so as way of marking this extraordinary time we are experiencing now, I thought a fun family activity could be to record what each of your wishes are in a memorable way and put them together into a book.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Materials needed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A paper towel roll or toilet roll, scissors, a brush or q-tips and white paint for this activity as well as a tray or cookie sheet to place all the materials in.\u00a0 For\u00a0 younger children you can help them to cut little slits on the ends of the paper towel roll as shown in the first photo below. You can also sprinkle a little table salt once your done onto your picture for a cool effect or use a few q-tips wrapped in elastic to dab around your dandelion for the seeds. I did this activity with my youngest daughter and you can see her wish is to see her friends.\u00a0 What do you wish for?\u00a0 Send me photos, I would love to see them.\u00a0 Also, to listen to an audio recording of me reading <strong>\u00a0I wish you more<\/strong> by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom\u00a0Lightenheld please click below the storybook photo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-195\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/how-to-cut-for-the-dandelion-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-183\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-with-salt-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-with-salt-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-with-salt-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-with-salt-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-with-salt-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-with-salt-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-with-salt-676x380.jpg 676w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/dandelion-with-salt-scaled.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-185 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/I-wish-art-with-dandelion-words-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/I-wish-art-with-dandelion-words-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/I-wish-art-with-dandelion-words-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/I-wish-art-with-dandelion-words-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/I-wish-art-with-dandelion-words-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/I-wish-art-with-dandelion-words-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/I-wish-art-with-dandelion-words-676x380.jpg 676w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/I-wish-art-with-dandelion-words-scaled.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-197\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/I-wish-you-more-title-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/I-wish-you-more-title-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/I-wish-you-more-title-872x1024.jpg 872w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/I-wish-you-more-title-768x902.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/I-wish-you-more-title-324x380.jpg 324w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/I-wish-you-more-title.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-180-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/My-recording-5.m4a?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/My-recording-5.m4a\">http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/stoney-strongstart\/files\/2020\/05\/My-recording-5.m4a<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a fun way to the make the ordinary more extraordinary.\u00a0 To children much of the world is extraordinary, but as adults we may take for granted what is more familiar to us.\u00a0 One example would be dandelions which we see so many of at this time of year.\u00a0 I can still remember making &hellip; 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