If you haven't read The Foot Book yet, now is the time! Dr. Seuss is one of the most classic and beloved authors of our time and this book is one of my favorites written by him. Check it out at your local library or purchase it an amazon.com
This book is a great helper to start teaching your child their rights and lefts. After reading this book have your child trace out several left and right feet on card stalk paper using their own shoes. Cut them out and then label them left and right. You can laminate them if you want them to last longer too. Use masking tape to stick them to the floor. Start by arranging them in a simple left right left right pattern. Have your child hop and jump to each of the foot prints using the appropriate foot. Have them say left on the left foot and right on the right. Once they have the simple pattern down try mixing it up.
Place 2 lefts in a row, a right and then 2 lefts. Next try switching the left foot to the right side and vice verse. See if they can still remember which foot is which. Hopefully this will motivate them to learn their lefts and rights. Have fun with it!
Yesterday evening we were glad to be a part of celebrating the 250,000 meal donated by Malawis Pizza. Malawis donates a meal to a child in Africa every time a purchases is made at one of their restaurant. Recently Malawis has decided to not only serve those in Africa but those in our community too.
With the generosity of Malawis and John Lewis, BYU's associate advancement vice president and chair of United Way of Utah County's Every Day Learners Initiative, we as United Way partnered with them and created a family event at the Malawis restaurant. We invited about 20 mommy bloggers and their families to join us in helping our community.
The families enjoyed a free pizza, heard from the head chef of Malawis, learned about how to be a part of the Every Day Learners movement and participated in fun activities with their children.
Stephanie Anderson, the Welcome Baby administrator read the classic childrens book entitled Chicka Chicka Boom Boomand then each child with their parents made a tambourine out of paper plates to go along with the story.
The tambourines were donated to United Way and will be given to parents in United Way of Utah County’s Ready-to-Learn classes offered at the Health & Justice Building and Utah State Penitentiary (women inmates). Parents were encouraged to talk and read to their children to promote literacy and prepare their children each day to be ready for school and to continue their education successfully.
