#1 Fan of Bubbles

We LOVE bubbles at our house.  And it is so easy to make a big batch of bubbles (as long as you have the glycerin).  These are some of our favorite bubble songs activities.

 

My Bubbles Float All Through the Garden  (sung to “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean”

My bubbles float all through the garden,

My bubbles float all through the yard:

I like to run after my bubbles,

But trying to catch them is hard. 

Come back, come back,Oh, come back, my bubbles to me, to me.

Come back, come back, oh, come back, my bubbles to me.

I’m a Little Bubble   by Jean Warren        Sung to:  “I’m a Little Teapot” 

I’m a little bubble in the air.

I can float most anywhere.

You can blow me higher,

But when you stop,

I float right down,

And then I pop.

Activity ideas:

• Sing the above song and encourage your child to float like a bubble, and then float to the ground and “pop” (jump up). 
• Listen to bubble sounds; ie. carbonated drinks, blowing bubbles in chocolate milk.
•  Fizzy Apple Drink:  1 cup apple juice, ½ cup club soda, 4 ice cubes, 1 slice apple.
• Spread an old shower curtain on the floor.  Place a dishpan in the center then add warm water andliquid dish detergent. Make bubbles.
• Blow bubbles toward the child’s chest.  Encourage to pop the bubbles by clapping, catching, touching, kicking, swatting with fly swatter.

Best homemade bubble mixture:  ¼ cup liquid detergent, ¾ cup water, 1 Tbs. sugar, and ¼ cup glycerin (Add more glycerin if you want it stronger).  ·         For a wand, use a pipe cleaner or twist tie to make a larger circle, then dip and wave it around slowly.

Jeremiah, Blow the Bubbles 

Jeremiah, blow the bubbles   Puff, Puff, Puff.

First you blow them gently,   Then you blow them rough. 

• Make bath or sink full of bubbles, then practice blowing them off a hand or object, gentle & rough.
•  Blow bubbles gently from a wand, then blow the formed bubble more roughly moving them around in the air. 

 Bubbles, Bubbles  by “Miss Jackie” Silberg 

Bubbles,       bubbles,       Everywhere.      

           Floating,        popping,       In the air. 

Make A Toy:    Shake It Bottles    Fill a small clear plastic bottle halfway with warm water, then add a bit of liquid dishwashing detergent.  Fasten the top securely, and then wrap it with strong tape.    Give the bottle to your child and encourage them to shake it. Let them have fun creating bubbles in the water.  Add glitter ora few drops of food coloring to the water to make colorful bubbles, if you wish.

#1 Fan of Bubbles   by Debbie Mondale 

Bubbles in my Bath,   bubbles in my sink,

Bubbles in my head sometimes when I think.

I even like blowing bubbles in my drink,

I’m a number one fan of bubbles. 

Bubbles in the air, bubbles everywhere,

Little bitty bubbles, there’s plenty to share.

BIG rolly bubbles, as big as a bear,

I’m a number one fan of bubbles.

 

I might be a #1 fan of bubbles, so I am definitely a fan of a bubble master, RI Bubble Guy is the bomb.  This is one of his first videos, he gets better and more complex.  Check out this website: www.soapbubbler.com , to see more of his videos.

 

Resources for several of the activities listed: 

• Treasured Time with your Toddler: A Monthly Guide to Activities – by Jan Brennan
• A Year of Fun:  Just for Ones/Twos/Threes by Jean Warren and Theodosia Sideropoulos Spewok  (See posting just on this set of books.)
• Babybug Magazine (6m-2yrs) – Call 1-800-827-0227  Also have Ladybug (2-6), Spider, & Cricket & LOTS more!

Another wonderful website to find more extreme forms of bubble recipies, activities, tricks, and even computer play is found at www.bubbles.org .  Have a bubbly day!