What a busy and fun filled weekend for my little ones! They had a sleepover Saturday night and were awake early Sunday morning rearing to go! Powder art and Wii and Nintendo DS and dancing all before 9:00 am!! What was Mom doing? drinking coffee and reading a couple of blogs of course! My little man was playing next to me on the floor- starting to coo and smile- so cute!
Now to the point of my story- as I was surfing blogs, I came across a new blog that I haven't read before- Delicious Ambiguity. She had posted a book that she had compiled of finger plays and songs for St. Patrick's Day. I downloaded the book (cover- see left) and shared it with the girls-four girls ranging from age 5 to 8. Now because they were Preschool finger plays, etc., I had to give them "permission" to act them out and sing.
My strategy- "Hey, girls! Look at these songs and finger plays- you can learn them and teach them to the baby."
Bingo! I gave them permission to be little girls again. They had a blast singing and acting out the plays. I could hear them giggling and trying to get just the right melody. So thank you, Delicious Ambiguity! If you'd like to download a copy of this resource, be sure to stop on over to her blog and check it out!
Have a great day!
Jen
Monday, March 15, 2010
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3 comments:
Hi Jen,
Glad that you found my song & fingerplay book useful. I am in the process of working on an Easter one so make sure to check back soon. I've also started a Tot Tuesday McKLInky party today. I hope you'll stop by & share some ideas:
http://delicious-ambiguity-nennyk.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-ever-tot-tuesdays-mcklinky-party.html
Thanks for the feature,
Jenn
What a great blog you have and thanks for stopping by mine.
Your girls sound wonderful.
Thanks for the note at dollar store crafts! You can mix your own chalkboard paint with regular flat latex house paint (starts at about $12/gallon at home improvement store). You mix one cup of paint with 2 Tablespoons of unsanded grout to make the paint. The recipe is at the bottom of this page: http://www.marthastewart.com/article/make-custom-color-chalkboard-paint
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