{"id":348,"date":"2009-08-05T20:40:53","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T03:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=348"},"modified":"2009-11-26T13:22:37","modified_gmt":"2009-11-26T20:22:37","slug":"rub-a-dub-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=348","title":{"rendered":"Rub-a-dub Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Create a special book for bath time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">airtight sandwich bags<br \/>\nscissors<br \/>\nneedle and thread<br \/>\nfamily photographs<br \/>\nseveral sheets of construction paper cut to fit inside the sandwich bags<br \/>\ncrayon or marker<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Show your toddler some family photographs and help him name the people and objects in each shot. (You can also cut out interesting pictures from catalogs or magazines that depict things used at bath time.) Glue the pictures he likes best onto sheets of construction paper (precut to fit into an airtight sandwich bag).\u00c2\u00a0Demonstrate how to insert the pictures back-to-back (to create two-sided pages) into the bags and assist your child while he completes the task. He can make a cover for the book with a precut sheet of paper and crayons. Print his name on the book&#8217;s cover, naming each letter as you write, and then put this sheet into a bag.\u00c2\u00a0Your toddler will enjoy learning how to zip close each plastic bag. Explain that you will sew the bags together to make a book that he can look at in the bathtub. Using sturdy thread and a small needle, sew along the inner side of the zip lock. Now the book will be watertight and ready for your child to enjoy at bath time. \u00c2\u00a0You can use colorful wrapping paper or fabric scraps, interesting pictures, or small objects to create more bath time books for your toddler. Consider creating theme books such as &#8220;things we wear,&#8221; &#8220;animals,&#8221; &#8220;transportation,&#8221; &#8220;food,&#8221; &#8220;toys,&#8221; or &#8220;bedtime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;\">Learning benefits:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0labeling and identifying objects<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0strengthening eye-hand coordination<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0developing fine-motor skills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0 Create a special book for bath time. \u00c2\u00a0 airtight sandwich bags scissors needle and thread family photographs several sheets of construction paper cut to fit inside the sandwich bags crayon or marker Show your toddler some family photographs and help him name the people and objects in each shot. (You can also cut out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,35,12],"tags":[403,99,411,281],"class_list":["post-348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bath-time","category-literacy","category-toddler","tag-bath-time","tag-book","tag-family","tag-fun-with-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=348"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2784,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions\/2784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}