Obstacle Course

Tonight before bath time, we had a little "occupational therapy" of our own.

First we created an obstacle course in the living room.

Puzzle pieces were laid out on the coffee table beside the couch. Each kid chose a puzzle piece, bounced off the couch, and into the "mud" (pillow crash pad on the floor). They had to crawl through the "mud", climb up the "bridge" (ottoman), jump off the bridge, run to the "mountain" (the chaise lounge), climb the "mountain", and go over the top of the "mountain", feet first, landing on the ground, where the puzzle was hiding. They had to place their puzzle piece into the puzzle and make their way back to get another piece.

The second obstacle course was in our family room. Inside the bounce house, we placed a jar of vehicles (planes, trains, cars, buses, etc). Each kid chose one vehicle and held it in their hand. They jumped across the bounce house, landing into the ball pit, making sure they held onto the (rubber) vehicle. Hidden in the ball pit was a mini-basketball. They had to find it, keeping hold to the vehicle. Then, the basketball needed to be thrown into a basket outside of the ball pit. They climbed out, and walked across the foot path (2 small kid size ottmans) and jump off onto the ground, where on the other side was a tub of water. They dropped their vehicles into the water and then started over.

Then, it was bath time. The kids finger painted with "soap paint" during bath time. After bath and brushing teeth, we had circle time with our new puppet friends. I found some great puppets (folkmannis puppets) at HodgePodge Games. I got a cute little lamb that Katie fell in love with for "Mary Had a Little Lamb". I got an Itsy Bitsy Spider finger puppet, a large Duck for "3 Little Ducks", and an awesome turtle for "Tim the turtle". The kids love the puppets and love learning through song.