Preschool Day Bubble Theme

·        Outing- I meant to try and do giant bubbles at the park, but it has been super cold, so we couldn't get it to work. Instead, we blew bubbles after a really wet snow. That made the bubbles stick on the snow, so the kids went running through the snow to step on bubbles and loved it!!!

 

·        Movie- Webby in Bathland (This is a Super Why video about a little penguin who has to get rid of germs by using soap and water)

·        Stories- Bubbles Float Bubbles Pop, The Gum Chewing Rattler, Trouble Gum, Bubble Trouble, Bath Time Bubbles, Pop! (I went to the library, and these were the bubble ones that I found. I wanted to read them the Encyclopedia Brown book where he monitors the bubble blowing contest, but couldn't find it)

·        Songs- “Herman the Worm”, “Bubbles” to the tune of Twinkle- Bubbles floating all around, bubbles fat and bubbles round, bubbles on my toes and nose, blow a bubble- up it goes! Bubbles floating all around, bubbles falling to the ground

·        Letters- Spell bubble and pop. Identify on sight. Trace words. Use correctly in a sentence. For Chelsea, we worked on saying the words correctly, since she has a difficult time with CVC words. She will usually drop the first or last consonant, so it takes a lot of drill for her to get it right.

·        Numbers- “Bubble gum, bubble gum, in a dish. How many pieces do you wish?” I had the kids choose a number, then we all take turns clapping until we reach that number, or if kids are a little older, everyone puts in two hands, then whoever’s hand we end the number on has that hand out. C'mon, I know I wasn't the only one who played this in elementary school!

·        Gross Motor- Run and jump on bubble wrap! Poor Chelsea didn't have much body weight to put behind her jumps, so I blew bubble gum bubbles and she clapped them and said "pop!"

·        Snack- Applesauce, milk, and smoothies in tall cups with straws so you can blow bubbles in them! Tip: Use a tall glass only 1/3 or 1/2 full.

·        Science- What is a bubble? Blow bubbles with liquid, and blow bubbles in water with a straw, if possible, blow bubble in freezing cold. We weren't very successful with bubbles in the cold, even though it was 17 degrees when we tried.

·        Colors/ Shapes- All Things Circle!

·        Art- Put beads on a wire to make your own personal bubble wands

·        OT activity- Take a scented colored bubble bath (this was great for Chelsea's sensory input!)

·        Interactive Game- Freeze Dance while bubbles are being blown. My kids couldn't get enough of this! They LOVE freeze dance!

·        Receptive Language- Pop a bubble with your ____ (body parts- nose, elbow, knee, head, lips, etc). I would only do this with a couple kids- not a big group. I tried it with my 10ish kids preschool gymnastics kids and the kids wouldn't look where they were running and would clunk together

·        Breath control- Try to control the bubbles’ flight by blowing it. Have a paper attached to a door that is the target. My almost 3 year old son got this, but Chelsea would mostly spit at the bubbles and liked when her spit popped it.

• Oral strengthening- try to blow bubble gum bubbles! Show kids bubble inside of bubble, double/ triple bubbles, bubble while rolling a somersault like from Encyclopedia Brown book. For Chelsea, it was just good to have her chomp hard on something- she has some sensory-seeking oral behaviors (like chewing on pebbles) so she loved it and it was great for her!