outdoor play link up - alphabet hopscotch

The day before the snow came the girls and I had a great time with the sidewalk chalk. They drew rainbows, suns and shapes while I wrote out the whole alphabet. Once the alphabet was written I showed the girls how we could sing or say the song while we hopped along on the letters! They were both eager to try it out.

It was a blast and we went both forward and backward on the alphabet.

Then, we (mostly the girls!) were so excited the to see that the alphabet was still there when we shoveled the snow away!

Since I was the one doing the shoveling and all bundled up I didn't get the camera to take pictures of them in their snow suits jumping on the letters. But I came out later to at least capture the letters partially covered with the snow. They had a blast once again jumping along the letters and it was great to see them saying the letters together as they jumped.

 This week's Feature -

 This was a tough one. There were 36 entries that were all great and so many wonderful new ideas. But one mom takes the prize for being my hero of creativity! I can just hear her voice, I can feel her eagerness to give her child what she wants and the whole thing is just hilarious! But in the end it is an AWESOME idea and an amazing job of one mom to get creative with her kids outdoors. So head over to Sense of Wonder to see how you can make a snowman in Texas!

How did your kids play outdoors this week?

Share your ideas for outdoor play activities with us! Here’s just a few guidelines for sharing.

• Any kind of children's outdoor play is welcome. If it happened outside, then please link it up!

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• Please remember to link back to this post and help us spread the word about the importance (and fun!) of outdoor play!

• Each week we will feature an activity from the previous week. By contributing you are giving permission for an image and link to your post to be republished 

 

Comments

[partycraftsecrets]

Thanks for hosting this fun event! Great job as always. best wishes to you and everyone else for your time in the out doors! PS - love the snow pics; it's hot, hot, hot over here in Australia!!

[stephanie a.]

i love the hopscotch idea...pinned : )

[Abbie]

It is my pleasure! I just love getting all these great ideas from so many wonderful mamas. Thanks for helping to spread the word and for sharing your ideas with us.

[Abbie]

Thanks! Gotta love that pinterest!

[[email protected] of Wonder]

Oh thank you so much for featuring our snow man! He is really loving all the attention! Such a ham!

[Kara]

I finally got a post up about this! We have been enjoying the crazy January weather here and getting out every day! Thanks again for hosting and organizing this!