{"id":768,"date":"2009-05-09T18:53:48","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T01:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=768"},"modified":"2009-11-27T16:05:25","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T23:05:25","slug":"duck-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=768","title":{"rendered":"Duck Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: left; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">This is a fun way to help children identify letters or numbers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/793.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-769  aligncenter\" title=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/793.jpg\" alt=\"793\" width=\"350\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/793.jpg 350w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/793-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/793-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">To help children with letter\/number recognition, along with taking turns.<\/span><\/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-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Before You Start:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Cut simple duck shapes from yellow contact paper (or laminated construction paper). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Attach each duck to the side of a juice box. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Cut out a square piece of contact paper and attach to the opposite side of the box. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Using a permanent marker, print a letter or number on each square piece of paper. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Place the boxes in a large container or kiddie pool that is half full of water (ducks faced up).<\/span><\/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-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Have the children take turns picking a duck from the water. Ask the children to identify the letter\/number on the bottom side of the box. If the child correctly identifies it, he\/she points to a friend. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span>That child must quack like a duck.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a fun way to help children identify letters or numbers. \u00c2\u00a0 To help children with letter\/number recognition, along with taking turns. \u00c2\u00a0 Before You Start: \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Cut simple duck shapes from yellow contact paper (or laminated construction paper). \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Attach each duck to the side of a juice box. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Cut out a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,58,15,9,12],"tags":[134,328,322,267,316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768"}],"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=768"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2965,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768\/revisions\/2965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}