The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist ~ Baby Tooth Math Game and Smiling Mouth Craft

The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Summary: Brother Bear gets a cavity filled and Sister Bear watches. When it’s her turn she climbs in the chair to have a baby tooth removed.

Baby Tooth Math Game

Supplies:

• Cards from Making Learning Fun (print several of the number cards)
• mini marshmallows or lima beans (something to serve as teeth)
• Laminator (optional)

1. Print off enough cards for your children. Laminate for durability.

2. First player pulls a card and places the corresponding number of “teeth” into their baby’s mouth.

3. First to fill up the mouth wins!

Such a simple but fun game to practice counting and math skills with your little one. Have fun playing the game together!

 

Smiling Mouth Craft

Supplies:

• construction paper (red, white, and pink)
• glue

1. Cut out a mouth shape from the red construction paper and a tongue shape from the pink paper

2. Glue the pink on top of the red mouth

3. Cut teeth from some white paper and let your child glue the teeth into the mouth. Depending on your child’s abilities, you can count out 10 teeth for the top and ten for the bottom.

4. Admire your finished product.

 

Bob the Builder: Bob’s Birthday ~ Dress Up Ideas

 

Bob the Builder: Bob’s Birthday by Diane Redmond

Summary: Bob’s friends all work together to plan a surprise party for their friend Bob.

My boys LOVE to dress up!! To go along with the community helpers theme, we pulled out several of our community helper sets: construction worker, fire fighter, police officer, and doctor. 

You don’t have to have these sets to play dress up! Check out the Dollar Store, because it is a great place to find dress up items very cheap!

This little builder used Alphabet blocks and a few tools and went straight to work!

This doctor takes very good care of his patients, even performs surgery when necessary!

What are your child’s favorite dress up games? Where have you found fun dress up sets for your child? Leave a comment and share.

I Want to Be a Firefighter ~ Create a Fire Safety Plan

Sesame Street: I Want To Be A Fire Fighter by Linda Lee Maifair

Summary:  Grover learns all about being a fire fighter when his Uncle Grady takes him on a tour of the fire department.

Fire Safety Plan

I took the time to walk through a fire plan with my boys. Here’s a peek at what we did together.

1. I showed them where the fire detectors are, and what they sound like.

 

2. Showed them where the fire extinguisher is in the pantry

3. We practiced how to check the doors before opening them

4. Crawling underneath the smoke to get out of the room

5. Stop, drop and roll

6. Two ways to get out of the house

7. Meet up location in front of the house

If you’d like some great helps, the NFPA has a great site full of information for family fire safety! Be sure to come back next week and see some more fun to go along with the community helpers theme this month at Totally Tots.

I Want To Be A Fire Fighter ~ Five Little Firefighters Craft

Sesame Street: I Want To Be A Fire Fighter by Linda Lee Maifair

Summary:  Grover learns all about being a fire fighter when his Uncle Grady takes him on a tour of the fire department.

This week we’ll be making a fun craft using your child’s handprint along with a few other simple supplies.

Five Little Firefighters Craft

Supplies:

• paint
• construction paper
• do a dot markers
• glue
• glitter
• yarn (optional) 

1. Using red paint make a red handprint with your child (make sure to leave room at the top of the page)

2. Using Do a Dot Markers, place a dot (a head) at the top of each finger

3. Add fire hats from construction paper

4. Add faces to the heads and use a marker (or yarn) to create a water hose. Use glitter to make water coming out of the hose

Next week we’ll be doing more to go along with the community helpers theme. For some more firefighter fun, be sure to check out one of our past posts: Fire Engine Man.

Curious George Goes to the Beach ~ Beach Day!!

 

Curious George Goes to the Beach

Margaret & H.A. Rey

Summary: One hot summer day, George and the man with the yellow hat go to the beach. What fun George has at the beach! What fun he has feeding the seagulls! It's fun, that is, until they fly away with something valuable and George must find a clever way to save the day.

A Day at the Beach

Supplies:

• Sand (we live in FL so we went to the beach)
• Sand toys
• Sunscreen, hats, swimsuits, rashguards, etc

Head out to the beach, park or sand box in your back yard and have fun playing in the sand. Make castles, pies and have fun burying each other in the sand. Don’t forget to play in the water if you can.

And I promise nap/bedtime will be a breeze after some time out in the sun.

Don’t miss the rest of the Beach Theme ideas that have been shared at Totally Tots over the last few weeks. We had so much fun.

Curious George Goes to the Beach ~ Beach Song

 

Curious George Goes to the Beach

Margaret & H.A. Rey

Summary: One hot summer day, George and the man with the yellow hat go to the beach. What fun George has at the beach! What fun he has feeding the seagulls! It's fun, that is, until they fly away with something valuable and George must find a clever way to save the day.

Beach Music ~ Slippery Fish

One of the things that my boys really love about the beach is getting to look for all the different animals. Usually we only see dolphins, seagulls, and jellyfish, but that doesn’t stop us from looking for sharks and whales!

Here’s a song that my boys love called “Slippery Fish”. I tried to get them to sing on camera but they refused, so you’re stuck with me.

Lyrics:

Slippery fish, slippery fish, swimming in the water,
Slippery fish, slippery fish, swimming in the water

Gulp, Oh, no! It’s been eaten by an…

Octopus, octopus, swimming in the water
Octopus, octopus, swimming in the water

Gulp Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a…

Tuna fish, tuna fish, swimming in the water,
Tuna fish, tuna fish, swimming in the water

Gulp Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a…

Great big shark, great big shark, swimming in the water,
Great big shark, great big shark,swimming in the water

Gulp, Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a…

Big fat whale, big fat  whale, swimming in the water,
Big fat whale, big fat whale, swimming in the water
Gulp! Oh, no! I have a tummy ache!

 

Don’t miss the rest of the Beach Theme ideas that we will be sharing at Totally Tots!! I’ll be sharing more next week as well, so stay tuned.