Chronicles of Summertime: Day 22

Day 22:
Today, we were at grandma and grandpa's house. Snugglepuppy got a lot of play in with them. They had gotten out our old water guns and he loved squirting everything including the flowers. Then, he swung on his swing in the back yard. Grandma and grandpa's house has a big back yard, and he had lots of fun and got pretty wet.

He came inside and watched some movies with grandma. Grandma watched Ladybug while my sister and I did a little shopping. I got a few books at the used book store in town (see below).

Chronicles of Summertime: Day 8

Day 8:
This morning after breakfast, we decided to take a walk. So I loaded Snugglepuppy and Squeaker in the wagon and with a neighbor, we walked to our little park at the end of the road.

Snugglepuppy threw rocks off the bridge into the creek and went down and walked in the creek. We saw some tiny fish and he held a worm. He loved picking up the biggest rocks he could find and throwing them in the water to try and splash me. 

When we got home, we ate lunch and had some banana ice cream. Love this recipe I found on Pinterest. You simply peel and freeze some very ripe bananas and then put them in the blender or food processor. It's that easy and healthy. Snugglepuppy ate almost all of it which is saying a lot for him. 

Then we built the train tracks and ran the trains around them for a while. Then we went outside and played in the little pool. I was going to let Squeaker get in too, but she was sleeping so well, I just let her be. You can see in the background of this picture the failed water wall I attempted to make. Gonna have to go back to the drawing board on that one!

We also played with a letter puzzle and put together an Elmo floor puzzle. Snugglepuppy video chatted with his aunt after his bath (splashy splashy). He used the foam letters to stick to the wall of the bath. We also grilled out burgers tonight when daddy got home. It was a pretty good day.

Storytime Sunday: Water Play with Books!

Hello all! I am sorry I haven't posted for a while. Been busy with work and sick baby. Anyways, we took a trip to COSI (Ohio's Center of Science and Industry), a museum for kids. In the little kids' playspace, we ended up in the water area. It's little man's favorite. I decided to talk about some of the book in this area for Storytime Sunday and how you can use these water-friendly books to incorporate literacy in your water table area or wherever you might play with water!

So here are some concepts that preschool children can learn from playing with water.

 Here are some of the waterproof books. These are about different sea animals. They are also fun because they have squeakers in them.

Here is Rainbow Fish which we all know, but I never knew they had a bathtime version of it.

These books are wonderful for any type of water play including bath time. There are also a couple Sandra Boynton books as well that are great! Have fun splishing and splashing!!!