Y is for Yo Yo
- Yo Yo Guessing Game
- Place a real yo yo in a bowl and cover with a cloth.
- Let the kids put their hand in the bowl and describe one thing they feel … maybe it’s hard, or round, or they feel a string. Can they describe what we do with this object?
- OPTIONAL: try this with a few other objects or toys first and save the yo yo for last.
- Play with real yo yos.
- NOTE: my kids had a hard time getting the real yo yos to work, but the dollar store had the kind that retract by themselves that were much more fun for them.
- Yo Yo Counting
- Cut out large numbers 1-5 from colorful paper and pin them to the wall.
- Have the kids write the letter Y on several dot stickers (we called them yo yo stickers!)
- Then, I yo-yo-ed (um, probably not a real word!) and had the kids count how many times the yo yo went down.
- Whatever number they counted, they ran over and stuck one of their yo yo dot stickers to the matching number cutout.
- Repeat!
- Make water balloon yo yos … this was the best part of the day. Even I had fun playing with these!
- Fill a small balloon with water and tie. I didn’t fill it very full, then blew a little bit of air inside.
- Attach a rubber band handle (just cut a large rubber band to make a long elastic and tie to the balloon)
- Bounce it up and down like a yo yo!
I love these yoyo ideas! Did you have a problem with the water yoyos breaking? I wanted to do this indoors, but don't want water everywhere!
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