{"id":759,"date":"2009-05-10T18:50:11","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T01:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=759"},"modified":"2009-11-27T16:01:40","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T23:01:40","slug":"rain-or-sun-it%e2%80%99s-always-fun-to%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=759","title":{"rendered":"Rain or Sun it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Always Fun to\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Make a Wagon<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Poke holes near the top rim of a medium size Cardboard box.\u00c2\u00a0 String a piece of cord about 2 feet long through the hole, knotting on both ends.\u00c2\u00a0 You can paint wheels on the box and cover it with contact paper for a more permanent toy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Make a Mobile<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">An older preschooler can learn about balance by helping choose objects to put on the mobile.\u00c2\u00a0 The weight of the objects must vary.\u00c2\u00a0 Good materials to use include clothes hangers, plastic straws, twigs, light cord, or fishing line.\u00c2\u00a0 Objects for mobile can be everyday household objects or can be shapes cut from cardboard or construction paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Guess the Food<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Materials needed: Tray with small dishes of different foods, i.e. banana slice, apple, celery, peanut, cracker, lemon slice, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Blindfold your child or have him\/her cover his\/her eyes. Let the child taste the different foods and see if he\/she can guess what the foods are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Homemade Sand Pails<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">With an ice pick or other sharp object, poke holes on opposite sides near the top of a plastic food container such as those ice cream or cottage cheese are often packed in. String a cord through the holes, knotting at both ends. This makes a fine, non-rustable bucket from recycled materials. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0 Make a Wagon Poke holes near the top rim of a medium size Cardboard box.\u00c2\u00a0 String a piece of cord about 2 feet long through the hole, knotting on both ends.\u00c2\u00a0 You can paint wheels on the box and cover it with contact paper for a more permanent toy. \u00c2\u00a0 Make a Mobile An [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,15,9],"tags":[285,410,327,229,326],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759"}],"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=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2948,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759\/revisions\/2948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}