Bubbles
Bubbles, bubbles, large and small,
Sailing through the air.
I reach out to catch one
And POP!
It isn't there.
TEAR FREE BUBBLES
No more Tears Bubbles
1/4 c. Baby shampoo
3/4 c. water
3 T. corn syrup
Mix together and let set a few hours.
Great for toddlers!
Bubbles & Sponges
Submitted by Jen
i buy cheep thin rectagular sponges to keep on hand at all times.
i cut them in to smaller sections and let the children wash things
in bins with tearless baby shampoo. they wash the baby dolls, dishes,
cars, and just about anything i ask them too. In the summer
i brought all of our chairs outside and let the children operate
a "car" wash with them. They scrubbed them for a long time.
This was fun for them and helpful to me.:)
BUBBLES
The long list of bubble activities submitted by Lisa
Blowing Bubbles What You Are Going to Teach: Air is a real substance
and has weight. Light sometimes changes color when it passes through
water. Science can be fun.
Needed:
a.. Liquid detergent
b.. straws
c.. cups
d.. construction paper
e.. crayons
Put a small amount of soap and water into cups so that each child has a cup
of soapy water. Dip the end of the straw into the cup, remove straw allowing
the soapy mixture to drip once. Blow gently and produce a bubble. Talk about
air being inside of the bubble. Talk about how the bubble has different colors
because light changes when it shines through the bubble. Ask the children why
they think bubbles burst when they hit the ground.
What to Talk About: Bubbles, pop, liquid, blow, colors, circle.
An Explanation of Principles: Light is broken into different wave lengths
as it passes through water, allowing the different colors to be seen.
Wet rings on the construction paper show that a bubble is composed
of water surrounding air.
Bubble, Bubble" by Mercer Mayer--The illustrations show animals created
by the bubbles a little boy is blowing.
Have the children cut out several circle shapes and create their own
bubble animal/shape out of the circles.
Books:
Tomie dePaola's The Bubble Factory
Bubble Trouble by Mary Packard, ill. by Elena Kucharik (Hello Reader)
Grandpa's Secret Potion by Holly Hartman, ill. by Nina Ollikainen (HOMEPLAY)
Bubbles(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle)
Bubbles floating all around (pretend to catch bubbles)
Bubbles fat and bubbles round (make a big circle w/ arms)
Bubbles on my toes and nose
(point to toes; point to nose)
Blow a bubble. ..up it goes! (pretend to blow bubble; point up)
Bubbles floating all around. (pretend to catch bubbles) Bub. . .bles
fall. . .ing to...the...ground. (sing slowly & sink to ground)
Use pipe cleaners to make bubble wands. They can bend into any shape
and size and they work very well. Use string and straws. Use a large
piece of string and thread on 2 straws. Tie the string at the ends.
The straws become the handles. The children hold onto the straws, gently
insert the string, pull up, and big bubbles are made. Other homemade
wand ideas: berry baskets, slotted spoons, poatao masher, clean fly
swatter, plastic rings from a six pack of soda
Put a little tempra paint in your bubble juice and blow bubbles outside
while the children run & catch the bubbles on paper.
Paint and bubble juice in bowls. Have the children blow with a straw
to make a mound of bubbles and then lay a piece of paper over the bubbles.
Put some liquid detergent in your water table with straws. (Remind
them to only blow out.)
Put your hands in the bubble juice and place your pointer fingers
and thumbs together (making a circle). Then you can pull your hands
out and blow through your circle. You don't need a bubble wand!
Make whipped cream. When you first start mixing you can see the bubbles.
As you continue to whip, the bubbles get smaller & smaller.
When they understand that whipped cream is just really small bubbles
you can introduce shaving cream as the same concept. Put shaving cream
on the table and let them smoosh it all over the table. You can add
a little paint and then they can lift a print that way too.
BUBBLES
This is the way we blow (pretend to blow, rounding hands)
up our bubbles, (a bubble, spreading farther apart)
Blow, blow, blow.
This is the way we break (Clap hands together on each oh) our bubbles,
Oh!, Oh!, Oh!
MY BUBBLE
Here I have a new bubble (make circle with thumb and pointer finger)
Help me while I blow:
Small at first, then bigger (make circle with thumbs and pointer fingers)
Watch it grow and grow. (make circle with arms)
Do you think it is big enough?
Maybe I should stop;
For if I give another blow,
My bubble will surely POP! (clap hands)
Pop! Goes the Bubble(tune: "Pop! Goes the Weasel')
Soap and water can be mixed.
To make a bubble solution.
Carefully blow,
Now, watch it go!
Pop! Goes the bubble!
Can You Blow a Big Bubble? (tune: "The Muffin Man")
Can you blow a big bubble?
A big bubble, a big bubble?
Can you blow a big bubble,
With your bubble gum? [change to bubble wand?]
I'm A Little Bubble (tune: "I'm A Little Teapot")
I'm a little bubble, shiny and round.
I gently float down to the ground.
The wind lifts me up and then I drop.
Down to the dry ground where I pop.
Ten Little Bubbles (tune: "Ten Little Indians")
One little, two little, three little bubbles.
Four little, five little, six little bubbles.
Seven little, eight little, nine little bubbles.
Ten bubbles floating to the ground.
Here's A Bubble [they don't list a tune-"Where is Thumbkin?" seems
to work]
Here's a bubble, here's a bubble.
Big and round; big and round.
See it floating gently,
See it floating gently,
To the ground; to the ground.
Paint with Bubbles:
a.. 1/2 cup Ivory Flakes
b.. 1/2 Cup Water
c.. Mixing Bowl
d.. Spoon
e.. Electric or Hand Mixer
f.. Food coloring
g.. Shelf paper or Butcher Paper
h.. A few small
i.. containers
j.. Newspaper
Use the mixer to whp the Ivory Flakes and water until it is thick and
stiff. Put some of the "fluff" into cups or small containers and add
food coloring to make any colors you choose. Cover the work area with
newspaper. Lay out the shelf or butcher paper to work upon. Have child
spread the bubble paint wiht his/her fingers. Let the picture dry over
night. Bubble paint without food coloring looks like snow and can create
some neat effects. The children also like to use different colors of "fluff" to
make their pictures.
Books: Bubble Trouble by Mary Packard, ill. by Elena Kucharik (Hello
Reader) Grandpa's Secret Potion by Holly Hartman, ill. by Nina Ollikainen
BUBBLE UNIT
Submitted by IK
Dancing Bubbles- Have children break up into groups of 3. Holding
hands forming thier own circle. Have several groups of children slowly
and gently spin. Tell them to "float" like bubbles. Works best in
a large area designed for large motor activities. As the children
float and drift, they will eventually "dance" into each other, causing
the bubble to get bigger, until all the little bubbles, join with
each other, and form one large bubble, continuing to dance until
the large bubble
eventually bursts or "pops". The children like to do this dance to soft music,
and will ask for this activity over and over.
Books:
-Bubble, Bubble- Mercer Mayer -Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere- Melvin
Berger
& Dwight Kuhn -The Bubble Factory- Tomie de Paola
COLORED BUBBLES BOTTLE. Fill a plasitc pop bottle one third
full with water. Add tempera paint & about 1/3 cup of liquid detergent.
Let the children shake the bottle to make colored bubbles. I like to
tape the cap on using masking tape.
Here is another idea for bubbles. You will need styrofoam cups, rubber
bands, straws that do not bend, and a piece of cotton cloth. Fill the
cup half of the way with solution. poke a hole near the top with the
straw and insert. Cover the top with a square of cloth (I use an old
piece of flannel or cut up towel) secured with the rubber band. Then
have the
children blow into the straw and watch the bubbles come out the top. If it
works right, the bubbles will be in one long continous piece...really cool.
POEM:
Blowing Bubbles by Ericka Northrop
Come with me; forget your troubles.
We'll take some soap and make some bubbles!
We can make them big or small;
It isn't very hard at all.
I can't be angry, sad or blue
When blowing bubbles-now, can you?
Just blow your blues into each one.
We'll watch them sparkle in the sun.
We'll send them out into the sky.
There go your troubles! Poof! Bye-bye.
BUBBLES, BUBBLES, BUBBLES!!!
Bubble Solution #1
1 cup of water 2 tbsp liquid detergent 1 tbsp glycerine 1/2 tsp sugar
Bubble Solution #2
2/3 cup liquid dish detergent 1 gallon water 1 tbsp glyceryne (optional)
Bubble Solution #3 (my favorite)
3 cups water 2 cups Joy liquid detergent 1/2 cup Karo syrup
Combine ingredients and allow to sit in an open container for at least
a day before using. The longer the solution sits the better the bubbles.
Bubble Fun
Dawn dish soap Baby pool box or crate water hula hoop Bubbles are a
lot of fun, but glycerin in the eyes STINTINGS! The
best recipe of all is just DAWN dishwashing liquid and water! They make the
absolute best bubbles!
For lots of bubble fun...get a baby pool and fill it with bubble solution.
Place a box or a crate in the middle that kids can stand on...get a hula hoop
and place it over the box/crate and into the bubble mixture, then have a child
stand on the box/crate. An adult can pull up the hula hoop and it makes a bubble
as big as the kids and they are actually INSIDE the bubble! Kids love it! Take
pictures!
Water Table: MOUNDS OF BUBBLES
Add bubble bath to a wash tub, fill with water on high pressure to
form lots of bubbles. Pour out some of the water after the bubbles
have formed - the pan should contain mostly bubbles with just a small
amount of water. Let the kids explore the bubbles. Talk with them
about the mounds of bubbles and the tiny bubbles. Let them clap with
bubbles in their
hands to see what happens. Add a few sponges to the bubbles, encourage them
to squeeze the sponges to make more bubbles. Replace the bubbles and water
as needed.
HERE IS A BUBBLE
Here is a bubble (make a circle with thumb and index finger)
And here's a bubble (make a bigger circle with two thumbs and
index finger)
And here is a great big bubble I see.(make a large circle with arms)
Let's count the bubble we've made. One, two, three.(repeat prior actions)
DRAW A BUBBLE
Draw a bubble, draw a bubble. Make it very round. (make a shape in
the air with index finger)
Draw a bubble, draw a bubble. No corners can be found. (repeat actions)
SCIENCE ACTIVITIES:
Bubble Solutions
Encourage the children to assist in preparing the following bubble
solutions. (NOTE: The use of glycerine in preparing the bubble solution
is optional. It helps to provide a stronger skin on the bubble, but
the solutions can be prepared without this ingredient.)
RECIPE #1
1/4 cup liquid dish soap 1/2 cup water 1 teaspoon sugar
RECIPE #2
3 cups water 2 cups liquid dish soap (Joy detergent) 1/2 cup light corn
syrup
RECIPE #3
2/3 cup liquid dish soap 1 gallon of water 1 tablespoon glycerine
BUBBLE GADGETS
Prepare a bubble solution and make some bubbles! Try and use of the following
to make great bubbles.
*plastic berry baskets
*pipe cleaners or thin electrical wire shaped into wands
*six-pack holders
*egg poacher trays
*funnels
*scissory-hold the
blades and dip the finger holders into the bubble solution
*tin cans -
open at both ends *paper cups- poke a hole in the bottom of a paper cup. Dip
the rim into a bubble solution and blow therough the hole.
*plastic
straws-Use a single straw or tape several together in a bundle.
*Straws
and string-thread three feet of thin thread through two plastic straws. tie
the string together. Hold the straws and pull them to form a rectangle with
the string. Dip into a bubble solution and pull upward. as you move the frame,
a bubble will form. Bring the two straws together to close off the bubble.
This technique requires practice. *hula hoop-Fill a small wading pool with
two inches of bubble solution. The hula hoop can be used as a giant wand by
dipping the hoop in a solution and lifting it up carefully.
WET/DRY
While blowing bubbles with the children try touching a bubble with
a dry finger. Repeat using a wet finger. What happens? You will observe
thatbubbles break when they touch an object that is dry.
BUBBLE JAR
Fill a small plastic bottle half full of water. Add a few drops of
food coloring, if desired. Add baby oil or mineral oil to completely
fill the jar. Secure the bottle tightly. Then slowly tilt the bottle
from side to side. When this occurs, the liquid in the jar resembles
waves. Bubbles can be created by shaking the bottle. Encourage the
children to observe these reactions.
ARTS & CRAFTS
BUBBLE PRINTS
For each bubble print color desired, mix one part liquid tempera
paint with two parts liquid dish soap in a small container. Place
a straw in the solution and blow until the bubbles rise above the
rim of the container. Remove the straw and place a piece of paper
over the bubbles. As the bubbles break, they will leave a print on
the paper. (Each child will neeed a straw for this activity. A pin
may be used to pike holes near the top oft he straw to prevent the
children from accidentally sucking in the pain mixtrue.)
SENSORY
WASH DOLLS
Fill the sensory table with warm water and add a few tablespoons
of dish
soap. Provide plastic dolls, washcloths, and towels.
DISH WASHING
Place plastic dishes and dishcloths in the sensory table filled with warm soapy
water. A dish drying rack could be set up nearby or towels provided to dry
the dishes.
MATH
BUBBLE COUNT
If appropriate, encourage the children to blow a set of bubbles that
you specify. For example, if you say the number "three," the children
would try to blow three bubbles.
Science can be fun.
Needed: Liquid detergent, straws, cups, construction paper, crayons.
Put a small amount of soap and water into cups so that each child
has a cup of soapy water. Dip the end of the straw into the cup,
remove straw allowing the soapy mixture to drip once. Blow gently
and produce a bubble. Talk about air being inside of the bubble.
Talk about how the bubble has different colors because light changes
when it shines through the bubble. Ask the children why they think
bubbles burst when they hit the ground.
Bubbles(Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle)
Bubbles floating all around (pretend to catch bubbles)
Bubbles fat and bubbles round (make a big circle w/ arms)
Bubbles on my toes and nose (point to toes; point to nose)
Blow a bubble. ..up it goes! (pretend to blow bubble; point up)
Bubbles floating all around. (pretend to catch bubbles) Bub. . .bles
fall. . .ing to...the...ground. (sing slowly & sink to ground)
Large Bubble wand
You will need: an old cotton T-shirt or cloth, a wooden dowel or pipe
of some sort (PVC is probably okay but not too thick 1 inch thick)
two large steel washers (or flat rings) !. Cut the T-shirt along
the bottom twice so that you have two strips of cotton fabric about
1 1/2 inch thick that are circular. 2. Cut both pieces so that you
now have two long strips of fabric. 3. Knot the two strip together
so that you now have one very long strip of fabric. 4. Thread the
washer through the dowel. 5. Thread the fabric through the washer
(the one that is threaded through the dowel) The dowel, washer and
fabric should all be connected. 6. Tie the fabric to one end of the
dowel. 7. Thread the other washer through the fabric and knot the
two ends of fabric together so that you now have one circular piece
of fabric and the washer is hanging at the bottom of the fabric.Now,
the washer that is threaded through the dowel should be able to pass
along the dowel from where the fabric was tied to it all the way
down to the end of the dowel. The other washer should be hanging
at the very tip of the fabric since this washer is what helps to
keep the fabric steady. To make the bubbles: Slide the washer along
the dowel to the end where the fabric was tied. (Be sure to let some
of the fabric droop on the top part.) Tip the fabric into your bubble
solution. Carefully take it out and begin to slide the washer along
the dowel. You should be able at this point to see the soap film.
Gently move the dowel so that the film begins to move and fill with
air. When you see a bubble begin to form, slide the washer back to
where you started to close the bubble up. I know this may sound hard
but it really isn't and the bubbles that you get are huge. I'm not
teaching now since school is out but my 2 year old had a blast watching
us make the bubbles. Just a note: I say cotton fabric because I was
told this would only work with 100% cotton. I'm not sure because
I only use the 100% cotton fabric.
Use pipe cleaners to make bubble wands. They can bend into any shape and size
and they work very well. Use string and straws. Use a large piece of string
and thread on 2 straws. Tie the string at the ends. The straws become the handles.
The children hold onto the straws, gently insert the
string, pull up, and big bubbles are made.
Other homemade wand ideas:
berry baskets, slotted spoons, poatao masher, clean fly swatter, plastic rings
from a six pack of soda
Put a little tempra paint in your bubble juice and blow bubbles outside while
the children run & catch the bubbles on paper.
Paint and bubble juice in bowls. Have the children blow with a straw to make
a mound of bubbles and then lay a piece of paper over the bubbles.
Put some liquid detergent in your water table with straws. (Remind them to
only blow out.)
Put your hands in the bubble juice and place your pointer fingers and thumbs
together (making a circle). Then you can pull your hands out and blow through
your circle. You don't need a bubble wand!
Make whipped cream. When you first start mixing you can see the bubbles. As
you continue to whip, the bubbles get smaller & smaller. When they understand
that whipped cream is just really small bubbles you can introduce shaving cream
as the same concept. Put shaving cream on the table and let them smoosh it
all over the table. You can add a little paint and then they can lift a print
that way too.
BUBBLES
This is the way we blow (pretend to blow, rounding hands as if holding
up our bubbles, a bubble, spreading farther apart)
Blow, blow, blow.
This is the way we break (Clap hands together on each oh) our bubbles, Oh!,
Oh!, Oh!
MY BUBBLE
Here I have a new bubble (make circle with thumb and pointer finger)
Help me while I blow: Small at first, then bigger (make circle with
thumbs and pointer fingers)
Watch it grow and grow. (make circle with arms)
Do you think it is big enough?
Maybe I should stop;
For if I give another blow,
My bubble will surely POP! (clap hands)
Pop! Goes the Bubble
(tune: "Pop! Goes the Weasel')
Soap and water can be mixed. To make a bubble solution.
Carefully blow, Now, watch it go!
Pop! Goes the bubble!
Can You Blow a Big Bubble?
(tune: "The Muffin Man")
Can you blow a big bubble? A big bubble, a big bubble?
Can you blow a big bubble,
With your bubble gum? [change to bubble wand?]
I'm A Little Bubble (tune: "I'm A Little Teapot")
I'm a little bubble, shiny and round.
I gently float down to the ground.
The wind lifts me up and then I drop.
Down to the dry ground where I pop.
Ten Little Bubbles
(tune: "Ten Little Indians")
One little, two little, three little bubbles.
Four little, five little, six little bubbles.
Seven little, eight little, nine little bubbles.
Ten bubbles floating to the ground.
Here's A Bubble [they don't list a tune-"Where is Thumbkin?" seems
to
work]
Here's a bubble, here's a bubble.
Big and round; big and round.
See it floating gently, See it floating gently,
To the ground; to the ground.
Paint with Bubbles Supplies 1/2 cup Ivory Flakes, 1/2 Cup Water,
Mixing Bowl, Spoon, Electric or Hand Mixer, Food coloring, Shelf paper
or Butcher Paper, A few small containers, Newspaper
Use the mixer to whp the Ivory Flakes and water until it is thick and stiff.
Put some of the "fluff" into cups or small containers and add food coloring
to make any colors you choose. Cover the work area with newspaper. Lay out
the shelf or butcher paper to work upon. Have child spread the bubble paint
wiht his/her fingers. Let the picture dry over night. Bubble paint without
food coloring looks like snow and can create some neat effects. The children
also like to use different colors of "fluff" to make their pictures.
Books: Bubble Trouble by Mary Packard, ill. by Elena Kucharik
(Hello
Reader) Grandpa's Secret Potion by Holly Hartman, ill. by Nina Ollikainen
1. During circle I asked the children, "What is a bubble?" They all had a turn
to dictate their answers as I wrote them on chart paper. The answers were pretty
much the same. 2. We had free play with bubble solution. They weren't given
any "tools" to use at first. They made bubbles using their hands only. One
child stuck his hands, arms and shoulders in the bubbles. He loved the way
it felt. After about 20 minutes (when they needed something new), we put out
berry baskets, pipe cleaners, cardboard tubes, flyswatters, string, funnels
and turkey basters (thanks for the ideas!). The children experimented with
those until they had enough.
3. We read the story Bubble, Bubble by Mercer Mayer. It's a story about magic
bubbles that turn into animals.
4. We made magic bubble pictures. The children cut out several circle sizes
and colors. They glued the circles on black construction paper to make their
own bubble animal. They told us about their picture and we wrote their words.
Some of the children wrote their own words, depending on their ability and
confidence. ) We had about 10-15 minutes of bubble free play with the tools.
Bubble Colors- Each group of 4 students helped to make a table
bubble. We placed a black trashbag on a table and coated it with bubble
mixture. Using a straw, each group blew a bubble on top of the black
bag. Next we placed a "bubble home" around each bubble. (To make a
bubble home, we took 4 sheets of 8"X10" oaktag paper and stapled them
to make a cylinder shape.)
The contrasting colors of the black plastic bag and the white oaktag made
the colors of the bubbles more prominent. We observed the bubble colors until
it popped. The colors and patterns are very easy to see. We observed several
bubbles in this manner. Some of the questions I asked them were: What colors
and patterns do you see? What happens if you blow lightly on a bubble? Can you
tell exactly when a bubble will pop? (I won't tell you what we found, but we
(the teachers included) were amazed at what we learned. 4. Bubble Prints: We
mixed bubble solution with lots of tempera paint and placed it in large margarine
tubs. (Any shallow container would do.) Three children at a time would blow bubbles
until the bubbles were higher than the rim of the dish. Then one child would
take a white piece of construction paper and place it on top of the bubbles.
We used blue, magenta and green for our colors and they turned out beautiful.
(Someone on the loop asked about using food coloring instead of tempera. I used
food coloring last year and it wasn't as bright as the tempera.)
Bubble Windows: You'll need 2 straws and 1 yard of cotton string
per child. Thread the straws onto the string and knot the string. Slide
the knot inside one of the straws. When you hold one straw in each
hand and spread out the string it should look like a rectangle. The
children dip the bubble windows into the bubble solution while holding
the straws side by side. As they take the windows out of the solution,
they should slowly pull the straws apart. This will make a window of
bubbles. Some questions I asked were: What happens when you pull your
window through the air? Can you poke things through without popping
it? Can a friend put his/her finger through the window without popping
it? Can a friend put another window through yours?
Bubble prints: We filled small containers with bubble solution
coloured with food colouring. The children each had their own straw
and blew bubbles in the container. Then a piece of paper was put on
top to make a print . This was done a few times on the paper. We blew
bubbles with little bubble blowers and also used bubble wands.
Bubble Experimentation
Bubble blowing naturally gives rise to scientific investigation. Your
children will notice that not all bubbles behave the same way. Let
your children experiment with bubbles and they may discover answers
to some of the following questions...What happens if they blow hard?
If they blow softly? What color are bubbles? Are all bubbles the
same shape? The same size? If they touch a bubble what happens? How
long do bubbles last?
Bubble Solution
3/4 cup Joy brand liquid dishwashing detergent 1/4 cup glycerin 1/2
gallon water Mix all ingredients & pour into a shallow pan. Excess
solution can be stored in a sealed container. This solution works
best if it is allowed to set for several days before use.
Have the children lay on their backs not touching anyone. Play soft
music and have the children relax. As the children relazx blow bubbles
over the children, encouraging them to let the bubbles land on them.
Ask them what they feel like etc. This is a good activity right before
nap or transistion to a more quiet activity.
Pictures made with bubble wrap for used for packaging--cut
into small pieces and let them dip on paint and then press on paper
-interesting designs and not the official liquid bubble but a variation
on the theme. It's also fun to put big sheets of bubble wrap on the
floor and they can jump on them to pop the bubbles.
BUBBLES ALL AROUND (SONG)
Submitted by Peg - idea from June Mailbox
Fresh out of bubble solution? Don't fret! Singing this action song
to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is the next best thing
to catching the real thing.
Bubbles floating all around. (Pretend to catch bubbles.)
Bubbles fat and bubbles round. (Make a big circle with arms.)
Bubbles on my toes and nose. (Point to toes; then point to nose.)
Blow a bubble.up it goes! (Pretend to blow a bubble; then point up.)
Bubbles floating all around. (Pretend to catch bubbles.)
Bub.bles fall.ing to the ground. (Sing slowly and sink to the ground.)
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