How do you get three kids to go from screeching and grouchy to quiet and calm?
(you’ll think this is too simple)
Give them straws and bowls with water and a squirt of dishsoap and show them how to blow bubbles.
How do you get a toddler overcome her fear of the bath?
(you guessed it)
Show her how to blow bubbles in the bowl sitting in the bathtub.
All you need is a squirt of dish soap and an inch or two of water in a bowl or Tupperware container.
- Give the kids straws and let them blow bubbles until the bowl overflows.
- You can hide toys in the bubbles or drop them onto the bubble tower.
- Try making a bubble bigger by putting a straw into it and blowing.
Blowing bubbles stimulates deeper, more regular, breathing naturally calming your child’s mind and besides- it’s fun!
{fair warning} I have heard of a toddler who later used this idea to try and blow bubbles in the dog water, making her mom and dad all grossed out, but then- perhaps these folks need to learn to hide the dog food and the dog water better…
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We love bubbles! They are amazingly calming. When the babe gets fussy all I need to do it blow some bubbles or pop him into a bubble bath…works every time!
So simple, so effective, thanks for the idea! xo
great advice!!!! nbubbles are so simple and mobile!
my “kids”, (I’m a tods teacher, and yes,I know they’re not goats!) suck up the water. But bubbles do work! almost any kind of water play will calm my class down.
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