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Welcome to Gigi's blog. I will be posting stories, puzzles, brain teasers, riddles and games for toddlers, preschoolers, school age children and parents. I hope you will enjoy all of the activities. Please feel free to comment on my posts. All suggestions to improve the blog are welcomed. Thank you for visiting. Have fun.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Balloon Powered Egg Carton Car
To build your own balloon powered cart you will need:
Two drinking straws,
two barbecue wooden sticks,
four plastic bottle cups,
one egg carton,
one balloon.
How to make your balloon powered car:
1. cut the egg carton in half,
2. cut one of the straws in half, and attach each half with duct tape to the bottom of the egg carton, see the picture below,
3. push the barbecue sticks through the straws,
4. puncture a small hole in the middle of the plastic bottle cups, and put them at the end of the sticks,
5. tape the balloon with the duct tape to the second straw, see the picture below,
6. attach the straw with the balloon to the top of the car.
Your car is ready to go.
Blow the balloon, and put the car on the floor. The air coming out of the balloon will move the car forward.
Have Fun
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Tangram Puzzle #8
Arrange the tans to make the shape below. Tans cannot overlap.
A Steam Boat
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Snowing Everywhere Action Rhyme
Rhyme with actions:
Snowing Here
(wiggle your fingers, bringing your hands down on the left)
(wiggle your fingers, bringing your hands down on the left)
Snowing There
(wiggle your fingers on the right)
(wiggle your fingers on the right)
Snowing, Snowing Everywhere
(wiggle your fingers and make a big circle with your hands)
(wiggle your fingers and make a big circle with your hands)
On The Rooftops
(make a roof with your hands over your head)
(make a roof with your hands over your head)
On The Pines
(stretch your arms up and put your palms together, then slowly bring them down and move them to both sides)
(stretch your arms up and put your palms together, then slowly bring them down and move them to both sides)
Let's Go Out
(pretend you are opening the door)
(pretend you are opening the door)
And Let's Have Fun
(skip in the spot).
(skip in the spot).
Friday, January 3, 2014
Unusual Word #3
The word has eleven letters.
The word means a rumbling in your tummy, or a gurgling sound produced by the movement of fluid and gas in the intestines.
Letters 1 through 6 - The first three letters are repeated again. You can find them in boring, born and borax;
the 7th letter sounds like a question;
the 8th letter sounds like the beginning of the words jeans and jingle but it is not a "j";
the 9th letter is the 13th letter of the alphabet;
the 10th letter sounds like you;
the 11th letter starts the name of a long creature that does not have legs.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Cube Unfolding Puzzle #2
Look carefully at the two pictures of the same cube.
Which pattern can be folded into the cube?
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