Need help keeping 5 YO Entertained !?!
04-07-2010, 08:10 PM
#21
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Originally Posted by Rhonda
This is one of my grands favorites
Going on a Bear Hunt
Sit with child. Slap knees in rhythm and chant
Going on a bear hunt bear hunt bear hunt
Going on a bear hunt to see what we can see
(Shade eyes with hand and look out )
I see ....a Tree! A BIG tree! Can't go around it
Can't go through it(knock on it to show how hard it is)
so we have to climb it!!
(make climbing motions)
but don't knock the birdies out of the tree!! Hear the squirrels chattering?
(make going down the tree motions)
Ok Going on a bear hunt bear hunt bear hunt
Going on a bear hunt to see what we can see!
(slapping knees in rhythm with the words)
Oh look what do I see? I see something black
and ooey and gooey and it is ....MUD!!
It's too long to go around and to wide to jump over
so we have to go through it!
(cup hands and clap cupped hands to make a popping sound)
Ok we're on the other side! Did you get any mud on your shoes?
(inspect bare feet or shoes!)
OK Going on a bear hunt bear hunt bear hunt
Going on a bear hunt to see what we can see!
Oh look what do I see? It is tall and wavy!
It's a wheat field! Can't go around it and
can't go over it -
We have to go through it!
(rub hands together as if parting the wheat)
Watch out don't get lost!!
OK Going on a bear hunt bear hunt bear hunt
Going on a bear hunt to see what we can see!
I see something long(open arms wide to show how long)
and wide! It's a RIVER!!
Can't go around it and can't jump over it
We have to swim it!!
(make swimming motions) Watch out for the crocodiles!
(arms together and smack hands together like a crocodile's snapping mouth)
Can you doggie paddle? (motions of doggie paddling)
Watch out the fishies don't nibble your toes!(tickle toes)
OK Going on a bear hunt bear hunt bear hunt
Going on a bear hunt to see what we can see!
I see something big and tall!! It's a mountain!!
We have to climb it! (make climbing motions)
I see a cave!!!! Shhhh we have to tiptoe
(using fingers tiptoe down your legs)
(In an excited voice)
I see teeth!!-- I see eyes!!
I see a BEAR!!!! Run!!!!
Slapping knees fast!!!!(no sing song)
Through the river!!! Hurry Hurry!!!
Slapping knees fast!!!
Through the wheatfield!!!!!
Slapping knees fast!!!!
Through the mug puddle!!!!
Slapping knees fast!!!
Up the tree!!!! Hurry hurry!!! Here comes the bear!!!
In the house! Lock all the windows(motion of locking)
Lock the door!!! and slide under the bed!(Slide one hand down the other arm and hand!)
Whew! We're safe!! The bear went back to his nap!!
some kids want to take a picture of the bear!
OMG, I REMEMBER doing this as a kid!!!!
04-07-2010, 08:13 PM
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LOL BNC I learned this when I worked in a day care several years ago and the kids I worked with there would be about your age now!! LOL
I made up my own version with bunnies in the backyard for Easter.
I made up my own version with bunnies in the backyard for Easter.
04-07-2010, 08:21 PM
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Toilet paper rolls a little soap and water makes clean mud! The kids love it!
Finger painting with pudding works too.
Homemade Playdough
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-25902-1.htm
Finger painting with pudding works too.
Homemade Playdough
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-25902-1.htm
04-07-2010, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Rhonda
Toilet paper rolls a little soap and water makes clean mud! The kids love it!
Finger painting with pudding works too.
Homemade Playdough
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-25902-1.htm
Finger painting with pudding works too.
Homemade Playdough
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-25902-1.htm
04-07-2010, 10:40 PM
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What about french knitting...not sure what it's called in the US. Nails or U shaped brads in the top of a large wooden spool, wool wrapped around and the "knitting" forms a long snake as it emerges from the spool. We were taught this at around age 4. You can make heaps of things with it and it's quite safe for small people to do.
04-08-2010, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by earthwalker
What about french knitting...not sure what it's called in the US. Nails or U shaped brads in the top of a large wooden spool, wool wrapped around and the "knitting" forms a long snake as it emerges from the spool. We were taught this at around age 4. You can make heaps of things with it and it's quite safe for small people to do.
I think it's called corking, my mother showed me how to do that when I was a kid. I actually had a kit with different sized plastic shaped thingies to do it with, but she had a big bag with one she started when she was a kid... it was soooooooooo long! I think she has started to make a rug out of it, and then put it away. It must have been around fifty feet long, no joke!
I always made pot holders out of mine...
04-08-2010, 01:34 PM
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Day 2 done :thumbup: Only one more to go :wink: Today it was snowing/raining so we went to see How to train a dragon in 3-D , and started on a small hook rug. Wanted to start plastic canvas, but the first needle was too big for the canvas, and the second I couldn't get the yard thru even with a needle threader :roll: , so we started a hook rug :lol:
Tomorrow as long as it is not raining/ snowing we are going to the zoo ! I also am borrowing another child this one is 4 so they can run with each other and keep each other amused , I hope ! LOL
Tomorrow as long as it is not raining/ snowing we are going to the zoo ! I also am borrowing another child this one is 4 so they can run with each other and keep each other amused , I hope ! LOL
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