After our recent bubble activity, Gina at Play-based Classroom shared her own fantastic bubble activity. She got me thinking, that maybe my own activity had been too structured and the children would have enjoyed the opportunity to freely explore the bubbles more. Bring on Bubbles part 2!
I laid large sheets of card out across the garden and got out the bubble mixture. As I thought it was quite likely that the children would get covered in the bubbles we used bubble bath instead of washing-up liquid. This time the children could explore the bubbles as they wished.
Initially they blew bubbles and we explored the patterns made by the bubbles on the paper.
We found we could pop the bubbles with our straws...
.....and with our hands if we pressed down on them.
We found we could pick up the bubbles if we were careful.
And we explored how they felt.
And if bubbles can be explored with your hands, they can also be explored with your feet!
The children participated in this activity for far longer than the first one and as predicted, did get very bubbly:)
My daughter (aged 7) continued to explore the bubbles long after the younger children had lost interest.
So this time there was no end product to take home, but on reflection, I think the children enjoyed the process of making the bubbles far more.
In the afternoon we went on to explore BIG bubbles. I found this recipe on the Its Playtime link-up:
12 cups of water
1 cup of washing-up liquid
2 tbsp baking powder
1 cup of cornflour
Pretty impressive!
Even I was surprised by the size of these bubbles!
The younger ones were keen to have a go (infact so keen, that they didn't have time to put all their clothes on after coming out the pool!)
Some were happy to just watch, fascinated.
The children almost managed to make a bubble around each other but it always popped at this point!
This is one activity that I'm sure we will do again!
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