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Games that develop with your baby

Monday, November 21st, 2011

As your baby grows, your interaction with your baby also changes.  The toys will also need to change from the baby toys to ones that move and stimulate their inquisitive minds.  It is possible to buy a toy that will grow with them. As their mental ability develops they will understand more of the toy.  Here are some examples that can give you some idea of what I mean.

Wooden Steam train whose boiler moves in and out of the cabinFor example take the wooden steam train sold by www.GreenOwlToys.co.uk.  The cargo on its wagon is separate to the wagon. Inside is a bell and ball which is perfect as a rattle. This is great for 6 month baby to hold and manipulate.  It also provides stimulation to sound and movement. As the baby grows you can introduce the train.  By 18 months your child will be able to say “choo-chooA Stacker and a Construction Toy in rainbow colours.” and have endless fun pushing/pulling this gorgeous Wooden train around. Plus it has an interesting way of moving. Have a look at this video: Wooden Steam Train in motion.

Another type of growing toy is the window stacker, sold by the same company, has a starting point between 18 months to 2 years. First of all its a stacker. This type of toy develops the childs hand-eye coordination. Then it aids in language: saying and recognising colours.  All the while it is a great alternative to the standard building blocks.

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Toys help with social activities

Friday, November 18th, 2011

One Wooden pegboard toy played by 3 children

Children love to play. Playing with toys encourages their imagination to develop. But what else can it elicit? It can do wonders to help with their social skills.

While Babies and Toddlers are playing they are continually learning about the toy and the environment they are found in. Playing with their toys have different persons have different social environments. A toddler playing an adult gives your toddler plenty of practice to feel confident and to naturally interact with you. Listening to him and praising him builds their confidence. Being confident encourages social skills and language. Play time with an adult encourages good behaviour and better playing skills.

Babies playing with babies is particularly a rare thing to witness. Toddlers are only interested in playing with other children at 3 years old. Prior to this they are very happy playing and entertaining themselves and find no need to interact.  But by 3 years old it is important for toddlers play with their peers.  Playing with other children teaches them about society, their role in society and more importantly how to get people to listen to you and the importance of listening to others. These skills are very important in life as good friendships are based on these very fundamental skills. The topic of : “social skills for preschoolers” is a topic that is taken very seriously at Preschool and Nursery.

Toys that elicit interaction are most toys but mainly fall on role play toys, for example, work benches, toy kitchens, fireman sets, cars and dolls.  Games can encourage turn taking where they learn that every person has a chance and that sometimes you get earn a point, sometimes you don’t.

 

 

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How much TV should children watch?

Friday, November 11th, 2011

There are many views on this. TV in some ways can make your child go into a “sleep-like” trance and actually gain nothing while watching TV. This kind of state is useful only when you are tired, terribly sick or mum/dad have to get on with the cooking or DIY and it is too dangerous for children to be involved.

Science experiments

However, TV does have a lot advantages. Here in the UK there is the channel Cbeebies. It has only fun and educational programmes. One programme actually teaches your child sign language, another about science and show how things work and why. (Sometimes my daughter tells me over dinner how sugar is made – which I had no idea she knew but learnt it from TV).

Another useful tip that TV can give us is to create conversation and understanding. These 2 qualities is also useful not in day-to-day interaction with your child but also with homework. Talking about a topic and understanding what you are hearing can help in interaction in the classroom and relaying it at home.

As with all things, TV should be used in moderation. Make sure TV time is a set time and that it does not get in the way of study time or bonding time. Make TV a treat for progress rather than a background feature.

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Is the balance bike the new scooter?

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

On Saturday we ventured down to Brighton and whilst strolling along the Promenade I noticed many children zooting along on the smooth paved area.  One mode of transport were the scooters, which is familiar to everyone. I feel sometimes a mild jealousy that I didn’t have such models and designs when I was young!

However, the scooter now has a challenger…the balance bike!  It made me wonder what was all the hype behind balance bikes? I stopped a couple of mothers to understand a little more:

“Jake had very little confidence on his cousins bike when he first tried so we bought him a balance bike. He loved it! He could keep his feet close to the ground for reassurance without the pedals getting in the way. He soon got used to the “wobble” which happens on both kinds of bike.  When we bought him a proper bike – it took him 2 or 3 tries and off he went! “ – Lisa mother of 2.

“Oh Sally has had a balance bike since she was 2. When she was 4 she went straight to a bike without stabilizers and had no problems riding it. But as you can see she still loves her balance bike and rides it on lovely stretches like this.”  – Natalie mother of 2.

I did not hear any negative views about the balance bike. So I did some further research.  Most balance bikes are made of wood and generally bought over the internet.  When you search there are quite a few to find and its difficult to decide which ones to buy.  The 4 categories to consider are: from which age, seat, weight, and design.

Age: I would suggest to go for the smaller bikes with adjustable seat height ( where the lowest setting of the seat is 30cm from the floor).  In this way your child can grow with the bike and not wait to grow to the height of the bike.

Seat: Aha! I think this is what defines a good balance bike to a mediocre one.  Here is where the reviews of products on the internet come in very handy. Some seats on balance bikes have a wooden base on which a padded seat is placed on. The wooden base seems to make the seat wider and makes the childs’ legs stick out the sides.  It might be a thought to find a seat without the wooden bit.

Weight: Wooden bikes feel great to ride but wood is not light, aim for the lightest possible bike.  They are only young .

Design? Well, there are many designs to choose from and I think this is up to personal taste.  Maybe to keep in mind: the bike needs to be slender for their legs to sit naturally on both sides, keep it looking fun for children and possible easy to get on and off.

There are many balance bikes out there for everyones tastes but one thing is for sure every child reacts with the same, sheer excitement and eagerness to ride their very own bike! Wooden Balance bike with slender seat

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Jumbo Pencils for little hands

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Most children enjoy painting and drawing as through it they ware able to communicate and express themselves. The co-ordination and skills needed to help children draw and paint can be transferred to writing. This means that children need to have plenty of opportunities to paint, draw and colour.

At first young children’s drawings may look like scribbles, however this in fact is called markings and this is first step to writing.  As children become more co-ordinated and their perception of the world develops, their drawings become more representational as well as more detailed. Once children have gained this co-ordination and also understand that symbols can have meaning, they will be ready to start recording. As with reading, early years settings can give children the desire to record. The word ‘record’ is being used rather than writing as , at first, children should be given opportunities simply to make marks and have a go at ‘writing’ for themselves. This is often called emergent writing.

A great tool for those very first scribbles are large chunky pencils. The ones where they wrap their fingers altogether around the pencil. Pencils with vibrant colours encourage more scribbles and fun in seeing what they have drawn.  Jumbo pencils are perfect for this they have a great little bump on ones side that stop the pencils from rolling off the table.

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Toy safety regulations

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Green Owl Toys Ltd has been thinking about toy safety from the very beginning and now to have the European UnionBritish logo for utmost toy safety implement rules about quality and production makes it even more of a priority in the news world.

The next text I am going to lift directly from the article made by the BBC – you can find the full article on http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14012541

“Stricter rules on toy safety will come into force this month making it easier for consumers and authorities to trace the origin of toys.  Under the new rules, importers will be responsible for ensuring that toys they bring into the EU are safe.  Contact details must also be carried on packaging.”

Toys sold in Europe need this mark on their packaging

Green Owl Toys Ltd, has always been concerned on the safety of toys and the regulations the head office has on its factory.  In one of our earlier documents we mentioned it is easier to have control on a factory that is just round the corner than a factory based in another country.  We have sourced our products where the designer and factory are in the same location.  This is both beneficial to safety and carbon footprint on the product.

 

 

 

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Worried about excess packaging?

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Bajo rattle - great for teethingWhats in the box? What toy lies inside? Well the packaging should show it. Or maybe we should think, “Why not just see the toy?”.  Why must there be excess packaging? Most toys are self explanatory and all you need is a print outlining the contents but not a reprint of the toy itself…again.

Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman will announce proposals to extend a voluntary code on cutting packaging on toys after an official review of waste policy. She has invited toy makers to join a working group aimed at cutting down on packaging. The packaging should go straight into the bin and recycled.

This follows on from my original article about Green products. One of the 4 issues of a “green” product is the packaging of the toy.

There are a few companies that are thinking of the environmental impact their packaging has. One of these companies is Bajo.  Their toys are all green and all their packaging are easily recyclable.  No plastic is used  - there is a window to see the toy and see it “as is”.  The products are all wooden so they are pleasant to even look at and once touched you can feel their great quality and care given to each toy.

Bajo Sports car

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Importance of books at a young age

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

When your child enters reception in Primary School, the teachers expect children to recognise some letters.  Not necessary read by recognise the sounds the letter indicates. fHowever, if your child does not then the transition to being able to read letters will be that little bit harder. We as parents can help out a little and its very easy to do. Please keep in mind what this Swedish study found ….

“Children with a history of reading problems at school entry scores significantly below average on reading in year 5.  As well, children that shows very low interest in books and story reading before age 5 also scored similarly low on sentence reading in year 5. ”

J Learn Disabil. 1999 Sep-Oct;32(5):464-72. found on http://www.child-development-guide.com/

So how early do you start?  Well, good question! There aren’t any good guidelines but I would start to introduce books when they are still fun and easy to follow because of all the lovely pictures. All the early years books have got pages mostly with pictures, or beautiful pop ups or touchy-feely pages.  These kind of books make these static pictures fun and interesting. As they grow older and the books have more words and less pictures they will be hooked onto the imagination books inspire and create. Books are great fun and its easiest to show them from a young age.

 

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Chunky chalks help in writing skills

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Chalk drawing of a sun by a 5 year oldIts not hard to notice that toddlers’ hands are bit small to hold a pencil as adults do. Instead they use their entire hand to grip the pencil and it is much easier to do this with Chunky or Jumbo pencils. As they grow their hands grow bigger and are able to hold a thinner pencil with thumb and forefinger.  However, they will still need to practice drawing in the lead up to learn how to write.

The preparation for this  can be done in 3 main ways:

  • By developing children’s hand-eye co-ordination
  • by helping children to hold pencils and other drawing tools
  • By providing plenty of opportunities for children to draw and record.

One idea is large drawing.  Drawing at a large scale can be done on an easel or on easel paper or drawing on the ground with Jumbo Chalk. Jumbo Chalk Jumbo Chalk drawing of a house on pavementis thicker and stronger than the ones used on chalkboards. Use Jumbo chalks to draw circles, lines and zigzags. Here the motion of the arm emphasises what the child must do with his/her hand.

 

 

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Language development ideas

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Once language is developed to a conversational level it is good to reinforce and improve their language. Children sometimes learn how to say words but do not necessarily know what it means.  It is good to create converCharades for kids is a travel sized word guessing gamesations and/or elicit their views on different situations. There are different fun language games to do this:

When reading a book, (this is best with books you have read many times) –  don’t actually read the words but talk about the pictures.  Create a conversation where you ask questions about the figures in the picture and let your childs’ imagination run away with the words he/she knows.

Or play charades!  Yes, there are now games geared for the younger children and even younger who haven’t learnt how to read yet!  Its great fun watching them laugh and giggle because they cannot say anything.  And even their proud faces when you have guessed something they are trying to express! Now you might think how is this improving language well … how to explain… it is a fun way to reinforce their language they already know.  Making them to think how to solve a problem or different ways to express the same word. They are practicing and learning without knowing it.

Be prepared to work hard in not saying the answer to soon so that they work hard on the word.

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Sustained Shared thinking? Oh! What do I have to do?

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

How ever much people say that it is good for a child to play by themselves to enhance their imagination and for them learn for themselves.  Children still need interaction and to be able to play with adults. This encompassed by sustained shared thinking.

Family game of patience and good hand skills: Animal Upon Animal by HabaSustained shared thinking involves the adult being aware of the children’s interests and understandings and the adult and children working together to develop an idea or skill.  The adult shows genuine interest, offers encouragement, clarifies ideas and asks open questions. This supports and extends the children’s thinking and helps children to make connections in learning.

The interaction can be fun and a great way for the parent to realise how their childs’ mind works or how much they can really comprehend. You will be pleasantly surprised by how much they understand and how developed their analytical mind is.  Typical games you can play with toddlers are memory games (memo), peg boards, puzzles and board games.

The article “Puzzles for kids – how do they benefit” gives more information about which puzzle is best.

 

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Stacking toys and their usefulness

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

In their play children use the experiences they have and extend them to build up ideas, concepts and skills.WhileWooden stacking toy from Bajo
 playing children can express fears and re-live anxious experiences. They can try things out, solve problems and be creative and can take risks and use trial and error to find things out.

Great toys that exhibit these qualities are stacking toys.  There are many types of stacking toys that is with or without a central stick – The Carmen Stacker is a great example of a wooden stacker with a central stick. Please see this great video of the excitement she brings.  Or you can get stacking toys that fit one into another like the Rocket or Pyramid. They need not be simple stacker with only method of stacking them. Variety is very good seller like the Clown stacker.

 

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Messy Play?

Monday, May 30th, 2011

There is a lot of talk about messy play but what use is it? Is Finger Paint part of it?

There might not have been much talk about it in the years when you and I were kids because times have changed. We are now more aware of bacteria and germs and have quite a few products that we use on our surfaces to kill them. We can even buy a little bottle of “Hand Gel” which “Kills 99.9% of bacteria” to carry in our handbags!Finger paints used for alternate ways of painting

Messy play might be taken out of our kids “everyday” way of life. Due to this change we need to introduce “messy play” into play. This need not be a big task from yourself – it can be fun and everyone can enjoy themselves. Some centres now have “messy play” sessions or you can make one in your own home. (“Children and Family Centre”).

Messy play is useful for children to feel and touch. To understand different textures and feel comfortable with their environment.

There is a great little pack of finger paint that you can buy that does not stain most materials. (lets face it – if you want the vibrant colours some white shirts will just hold onto those colours). The Giotto range of finger paint have a great paint mixture that looks after your surfaces. Get involved and enjoy the squishing, smooth paint between your fingers and feel how it tickles your feet when you paint it on.

Other types of messy play can be found in this article.

Go on! You’ll love it :)

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A Royal Wedding and much more

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
What a beautiful day Friday, 29 April 2011 turned out to be. I learned a lot about my children. When I told my daughter that what she was watching on the tele was a real Prince getting married – her eyes grew big and then with a nod of my head when she looked at me they grew even bigger!
Princess crown template for great role play games
She plays a lot of games as a Princess and now to see a Royal wedding in real life was almost as if her dreams have come true. It made me realise how important role play is for children to understand the gravity of a situation.
For example if a doctors outfit is worn and the child acts out a doctors role, the child will reenact their experience of their visit. If you are able to listen in you might be able to understand what your child remembers most or is worried about during the visit. However, it is played with a friend then your child learns a whole lot of other situations at the doctors. This will lessen any worries your child has later.
If you are thinking of getting an outfit then here is the 3 most popular to get:
Just to let you know that all 3 costumes are very durable and are machine washable!   Doctors costume that is machine washable
And let the fun begin!

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Salt Dough Easter decorations

Sunday, April 17th, 2011

A great way to make Easter DecorationsA great bit of art idea to have under your belt is the Salt dough. This dough is easy to make and it is made from items found in your cupboard.  And the great thing is that if you have made too much you can wrap it up and keep it in your fridge for the next time.  Salt dough can be cut into different shapes and once dry you can paint it and have fun.   The best paint to use is poster paint.

Salt dough is brilliant because it is totally made of natural ingredients.  If your child decides to taste it – it would not harm them!  All they would do is pull a face from the salty taste.

Salt dough is great for creating decorations. Instead of buying something in the shop, mix up the salt dough with the kids. Then cut up the dough with dough cutters.  For this time of the year, the shapes would be of Easter Eggs or Bunnies or Chicks.  Don’t forget to pierce a hole at the top of the shape while it’s still wet. This is so that you can put a piece of ribbon/string through it and hang it up. 

And now for the great household arty Salt dough recipe:

Salt Dough Recipe

Ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup salt
1 cup cold water

Directions: In a large bowl, mix table salt and flour together. Gradually add 1/2 cup of water and mix to desired consistency. Knead the dough on a flat surface, adding a few more drops of water as needed (but not making it too moist).

Once the dough is made, roll it into 3mm thick pieces with a rolling pin. Use dough cutters to cut into the shape of your choice, and place the shapes on wax paper or other surface to dry. If youSalt Dough used to create Easter Decorations want to make hanging ornaments, pierce the dough through with a toothpick while it’s wet.

Allow the shapes to dry for about two days, turning them over periodically to speed up the drying process. You may need to re-pierce the hole several times during the drying process. After the shapes dry, you can use a fine grit sandpaper to gently smooth any rough edges.

If you would like to speed up the process:  you can bake them in the oven at 100 degrees C  until hard. Baking times varies depending on oven and dough thickness. Make sure the dough is completely baked. You can cover the dough with aluminum foil if it starts to darken before completely baked through.

Painted objects should be sealed on all sides with polyurethane spray or clear varnish to make them lasting gifts or keepsakes.

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Counting with Toddlers – how to go about it

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Fingers used for teaching children countingThe first five years are the prime time for children to learn to talk.  Numbers is one aspect of language development. In the beginning they will not understand what they mean – they just copy what the adults around them say.  In the beginning children may say random numbers when they see more than one object trying to grasp the concept of what is shown to them.   Its all good fun for them and funnier for you to hear.

But for them to learn what they really mean, they will need a lot of repetition. Encourage them to count with you to get the word formation correct and the numbers said in the right order (1,2,3,4,5  and not  1,6,7,4,9!)   Using nursery rhymes is very effective.  It  makes it fun to sing and it reinforces what children are taught in PreSchool.  There are so many new things to learn but if words are linked to a melody it is so much easier to remember.  The most common counting nursery rhyme is “One, Two, Three, Four, Five. Once I caught a fish alive”.  A fun nursery rhyme is “One, Two Buckle my shoe”

One, two, buckle my shoe.
Three, four, shut the door.
Five, six, pick up sticks.
Seven, eight, stand up straight.
Nine, ten, a big fat hen!  (cluck, cluck, cluck )

If you are looking for something new:  this is a good nursery rhyme with which you can practice counting and have a visual representation of the numbers: (found on http://www.brighthub.com/education/early-childhood/articles/77949.aspx)

Five fat peas in a pea pod pressed (children hold hand in a fist)
One grew, two grew, so did all the rest. (put thumb and fingers up one by one)
They grew and grew (raise hand in the air very slowly)
And did not stop,
Until one day
The pod went POP! (children clap hands together)

Here is another good poem I found in a “BookStart” booklet given to UK Parents of 2 year old children. I think it is a great way of showing that numbers is all around us and is easy and fun to practice:

Numbers are fun!

Do some counting every day
It’s a clever way to play.
Numbers are fun so count with me
let’s start slowly, 1, 2, 3

Two bright eyes
and one little nose
How many fingers?
How many toes?

Count the flowers by the gate.
Count the peas upon your plate.
Count the ducklings near a boat.
Count the buttons on your coat.

Keep it easy 1,2,3,4
As I get bigger add some more
If we do counting as I grow
what big numbers I will know.

Happy singing!

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Fun Games for the family

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

You think “Yeah! Right! as if I have time to play a game with the kids”  But this kind of spending time together can be effortless and give you more than a few of time-out time!

Invest in a good table game with a few simple rules.  You have fun and your kids too!  They have fun with you while you are able to engage your mind to something you might not have done in a long while!  Some good honest fun without you making the rules. Be patient and explain that it’s all about having fun, win or lose, and enjoy yourself.  While you might think that “team video games” could be included in this instance, but I would say that it cannot. The lights and sounds tend to make kids twitchy and miss the fun if they lose.  Also, there is no direct interaction with your child – the monitor/TV screen separates you both.

Ravensburger has some great games that are fun for everyone. The games are created to expand your child’s mind to think further without even realising it.  At the same time while you are playing with them you feel your grey matter shifting round to bring out these qualities.  A great example of these experiences are “Cloud Pics” by Selecta and “Labyrinth” by Ravensburger.

Go on! Have a go.Board Game enhancing imagination and turn taking

 

 

 

 

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Art with a difference

Monday, January 31st, 2011

PVA art with Glitter Sand on green paperDo something that is a bit more creative and fun for the adults to look at. There is the “Sticky Sand” and ”Spaghetti painting”. Their titles sound abit too much work (or rather clean up) but it actually isn’t anymore than doing regular painting!

1. For Sticky Sand – all you need is Paper, PVA Glue, Decorative sand.  Let your child paint on some brushes of PVA glue on your paper, then let her sprinkle the sand on the paper.  Dust of the excess and voila you have very effective art!

2. For Spaghetti painting - all you need is paper, cooked spaghetti, a tray and poster paint.  Pour the poster paint into the tray. Mix the spaghetti with the poster. Pick up a heap of spaghetti and drop it onto your paper. Take the spaghetti off.  Keep it as is or smudge some places with your fingers that already have the paint on them.

All you have to do is: Frame it!

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Feature in the Independent Newspaper

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

Wooden Toy Scale with 5 colourful weights on each side.Green Owl Toys were featured in the Independent Newspaper in July 2010. We had a beautiful post in the top right hand corner of their Parent Supplement distributed nationwide.

Our feature was on how we pride ourselves in selected toys that grow with our children. The wooden toys begin with giving your child the sense of touch, sound and sight as they feel the high quality of the wood, here the jingle of the rattles and see the vibrant colours.  As they grow and begin to understand the world around them they learn other values of the toy.  It could be about shapes and proportions or action-reaction as they push or pull the toy or even hand-eye coordination.

The wooden educational toy grows with your child.  The wood makes the toy durable and lasts for many years even their own children. The environmental toy offered here are safe and have passed high quality tests in Germany. They are also fun to play with.

The Independent Newspaper featured the Sorting Scale is a great example of this. It has 5 vibrantly coloured weights at each end of the scale. The scale is for 1-year-old and over. It helps in learning about colours, the relationship between size and weight and concept of balance. As your toddler grows you  can include games of addition and subtraction.

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Home made puppets

Friday, October 15th, 2010

Picture of home made puppet on a stick, A Cat PuppetHere is an idea to make some home made puppets that is fun for you and your child to make.

First of all discuss which story you will make the puppets for.  Take out some books.  Look up the characters.  Talk about the story.  Decide which characters you will draw and how many of them you will make.

Next take a piece of card and draw oval shapes for each character ( about 8 – 10 cm long) .  Let your child cut out the shape.

Write the names of the characters on the oval shapes.  Depending on your child’s age, either you do this or your child.  She could trace over your writing or you could spell it out.Picture of how the stick is taped to the paper puppet

Next let him/her draw the character on the oval shape.

Now find some short sticks which could be either a lolly pop stick, ice lolly stick or even straws cut shorter. Sticky tape them to the back of your oval character cards.  Hey presto! You have little puppets which you can act the entire play out. You can practice for Daddy who comes home in the evening or for relatives coming over the weekend! Lots of fun filled with writing, cutting and creative skills all in one fun afternoon!  Enjoy!

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