There are a lot of books for children out there-like a lot a lot. For some reason, all references to kangaroos got the editorial axe too. So, he added the following lines to Hop on Pop:Ĭerf sprung Seuss’s sly word-trap deftly, and edited all references to contraceptives out of the final product. Seuss was a notorious perfectionist, and he believed he’d unintentionally lulled his publishing house into a “half-false sense of security” with his yearly output. While writing Hop on Pop, Seuss got the feeling his editor, Bennett Cerf, and Random House weren’t paying much attention to his work. He went around saying rhyming words all evening afterward.Like many of his devilish but good-natured creatures, Dr. He had so much fun with this! And boy was it a work out too. I just reminded him that we were thinking of words that ended with -at or whatever ending we were working on. On occasion, he would call out a random word that didn’t rhyme while hopping. Then he would hop on the bubble wrap while saying the words we discussed and others he thought of in the moment. Often I would say a word like “cat” and we would brainstorm rhyming words together.
As a landed on each square I said “fall,””call,””tall,””mall,””wall.” He was very quick to pick up on what I wanted him to do.Įvan still needed guidance throughout the activity. So I said the word ball and then I hopped from square to square. The best way to help your child understand what to do is to model it. Then I told him I was going to call out a word and he was going to hop across the bubble wrap and say a rhyming word when he landed on each square. I instructed Evan to jump from bubble wrap square to bubble wrap square. Tape the bubble wrap down to the floor with painter’s tape so that it doesn’t slide around. If yours isn’t perforated you could just do a long roll of bubble wrap.Ģ. My roll of bubble wrap was perforated every 12 inches so I just pulled the pieces apart. This move and learn rhyming activity is an exciting way to practice rhyming and develop vocabulary with young children.Īs an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.ġ. Evan may not like popping it with his fingers, but he definitely enjoys jumping on it! The other day I was reading Hop on Pop and I thought it would be fun to actually hop and pop things. However, he was very frustrated by that because it was still quite difficult for him to pop the bubbles with his fingers. I was planning on using it as a fun way to strengthen Evan’s fingers and develop fine motor skills. This Hop on Pop Rhyming Activity is a fun way to move and learn! Kids will have a blast hopping and popping while developing early literacy skills.Ī while back I bought a roll of bubble wrap hoping I could think of activities to do with it.
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