I set up the play table with towels, tubs, jugs, funnels and scoops before the children arrived - they were immediately intrigued as it was different - I did not provide medicine (coloured water) until after the older children had gone to school - I did not want to be responsible for soggy school children!
With just the pre-schoolers at home, I stripped the boys off to their nappies, put extra towels on the floor, gave them bottles and jugs of different coloured water and left them to their own devices.
M was not impressed and did not want to join in. J got stuck in straight away pouring the water from the bottles into the tubs with surprising accuracy. J had soon poured all of the water out of the bottles and jugs, he asked for more so I re-filled them once more. After pouring out the second lot of water J again asked for more - I told him he would have to fill the bottles himself. I showed him how to scoop up the water and pour it through the funnel into the bottle. J spent the next 2 hours pouring and scooping the water. After a while J squirted in some washing up liquid and I gave him a whisk and encouraged him to whisk it up to see what would happen. J made lots of bubbles and was very excited.
The floor and the table were completely drenched, but due to the gale force winds outside the towels were all dry within an hour. Once all the water was mopped up and the pots put away there was no mess at all. And best of all I didn't need to wash the children's hands!
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