Hi my StrongStart friends,

Sunny and warmer weather is almost here. It is time to take out the bubble solution and have some fun! Everyone loves bubbles. Babies love floating, glistening bubbles, what a joy to watch their faces as bubbles shimmer in the sun.  The bubbles will  help build their eye-hand coordination as they will want to reach them and touch them! What a wonderful sensory discovery. What happens when you touch a bubble? How does it feel? Show your toddler how blow gently and slowly, show them how to pop bubbles by clapping them between your hands. What a delight and endless fun as they will be chasing after the bubbles to do it again, and again! Good for their physical development too. By adding songs you will enrich their experience. I was inspired to learn a few new ones from the book Bubble Play published by Key Porter Books  (scroll down to watch a video).

By talking about different actions and textures you will help children grow their vocabulary as well.

For older children we can try to count the bubbles, catch them with your hand or your spoon or in a plastic cup. We can chase them,  pop them on your nose, on your neck, dodge them, float them by waving a leaf or a hand to make a motion. Bubbles help us wash our hands, we can wash our dog, we can wash our dolls or toys with a bit of soapy water.

If you do not have a ready bubble solution, you can make your own.

Home Made Bubble Solution Using Sugar

Mix 2 Tbsp of dish soap (Joy and Dawn seems to work the best), 1 cup of water and 1 Tsp of sugar. Stir gently until sugar is dissolved. Pour the  solution into a container and use bubble wands to blow huge bubbles. There are many other recipes, but most require glycerin.

 

I made some wands from objects I found at home: zip ties, twisted pipe cleaners, a long piece of aluminum foil which I twisted tight, a cut-out lid attached to a  chopstick with a piece of duck tape. I made a cone out of cut-out milk jug with a 6-7 cm at one end, secured again with a duck tape (that one made the best bubbles!).

You can paint with bubbles (by adding a tiny bit of paint in the solution in a tray and then blow them and catch them with a paper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

B is for bubble (To the tune of “C is for Cookie”)

B is for bubble, that’s good enough for me(repeat 3 times). Oh, bubble, bubble, bubble starts with B.

P is for pop ’em, that’s good enough for me (repeat 3 times).

Oh, pop ’em, pop ’em, pop ’em starts with P.

Click here to watch Ms. Lillian sing bubble songs.

 

Tiny bubbles (To the tune of “Where is Thumbkin”)

Tiny bubbles, tiny bubbles, yours and mine, yours and mine.

Make us all feel happy, make us all fell happy, make us feel fine, make us feel fine!!!

Enjoy and please send me the pictures via e-mail of the delightful play your child had with bubbles.

Ms. Lillian