Early Intervention: Bubbles

 Tropical Bubble Bottles - 12 Pc. | Oriental Trading

Bubble Uses for Young Children:


1. Requesting

        Promotes child making requests such as "open", "more" and "my turn".


2. Expressive

        -Introduce new vocabulary such as dipping, blowing, waving, shaking, floating, stomping, popping.

        -Discuss descriptions such as big, small, high, low and wet.


3. Articulation

        -Bilabial sounds: /p/, /b/, /m/ for "pop" "blow" "bubbles" "more      


4. Games

        -Taking Turns

        -Counting as you pop the bubbles

        -Popping them with different body parts  

    

    

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