Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Play at Home Mom

When Rosie was a baby we did Gymboree & gymnastics among other fun activities.  As Dr D (my therapist) shared, he told his first born she was spoiled rotten.  Since doing similar activities for Augie or Catie would involve someone needing to be at a sitter, it is not possible for me to do the same types of activities.

I thought I would share a couple of our favorite YouTube activities.

A year or two ago I saw a program about the Radio Exercises done in Japan.  I think these are so cool!  Starting in the late 20s, the government introduced these daily exercises as a way to keep soldiers in good health.  It has been a national movement for almost 100 years and can still be found as community exercise in various parts of the country.

It is 6 minutes of great exercise and fun to do with kids.



Next, we just discovered this one this morning and it is now on our favorite list.

Were Going on a Bear Hunt.



We learned Animal Action in baby gymnastics.  Fun to do with the kids...but only if you play along.



Last, my favorite gymboree-leanred song was Tony Chestnut.  Great to do with babies.


I would love to know what your favorite songs, games or videos are to play with your toddlers or preschoolers so we can add more to our repertoire.  

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank you Elisabeth! We turned around a Mommy-and-eldest meltdown yesterday morning as we checked this out and did the bear hunt (twice!) and the animal action...Mommy and 3 happy children thank you! :)
(Now Mommy needs to get movin' to be able to get to bed on time...your set bedtime idea is so important!)