{"id":3781,"date":"2012-10-15T04:00:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T09:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2015-06-14T04:23:20","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T09:23:20","slug":"chopsticks-playing-with-chopsticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/chopsticks-playing-with-chopsticks\/","title":{"rendered":"Chopsticks &#8211; Playing with Chopsticks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/playingwithchopsticks.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with Chopsticks\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/chopsticks.jpg\" alt=\"Chopsticks\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2F3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Fchopsticks-playing-with-chopsticks%2F&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F10-2012%2Fplayingwithchopsticks.jpg&#038;description=Playing%20with%20Chopsticks%20-%20Chopsticks%20by%20Amy%20Krouse%20Rosenthal%20and%20Scott%20Magoon%20for%20the%20Virtual%20Book%20Club.%20-%203Dinosaurs.com\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"horizontal\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1423107969\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1423107969&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20\">Chopsticks  by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Scott Magoon <\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1423107969\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualBookClubForKids\" target=\"blank\">Virtual Book Club<\/a>. The girls loved reading Chopsticks after having read Spoon.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualBookClubForKids\" target=\"blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"VirtualBookClub\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/i984.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae323\/toddlerapproved\/virtualbookclub-2012.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>What you need: yarn, pom poms, chopsticks of various kinds, pick up sticks, containers and plates.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/playingwithchopsticks1.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with Chopsticks\" \/><\/div>\n<p>We tried to use the chopsticks. They pulled them apart.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/playingwithchopsticks2.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with Chopsticks\" \/><\/div>\n<p>I showed them how you hold chopsticks.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/playingwithchopsticks3.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with Chopsticks\" \/><\/div>\n<p>They each tired to hold them.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/playingwithchopsticks4.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with Chopsticks\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/playingwithchopsticks5.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with Chopsticks\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Then they worked on using them. We tried pompoms first. Part of the way through I broke out the learner chopsticks for Mary.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/playingwithchopsticks6.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with Chopsticks\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/playingwithchopsticks7.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with Chopsticks\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/playingwithchopsticks8.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with Chopsticks\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Then we put yarn noodles on our plates and pretended to eat them.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/playingwithchopsticks9.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with Chopsticks\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/playingwithchopsticks10.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with Chopsticks\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>We tried to play pick up sticks. It did not work very well so they practices dropping them. Each had their own set to play with.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/playingwithchopsticks11.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with Chopsticks\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/playingwithchopsticks12.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with Chopsticks\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then they did their own pretend play with everything. It was lots of fun.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/images\/blog\/10-2012\/playingwithchopsticks13.jpg\" alt=\"Playing with Chopsticks\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More Books by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.<\/p>\n<p><OBJECT classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/fpdownload.macromedia.com\/get\/flashplayer\/current\/swflash.cab\" id=\"Player_5f0d759d-935e-4ba3-a9be-919ff7452f13\"  WIDTH=\"600px\" HEIGHT=\"200px\"> <PARAM NAME=\"movie\" VALUE=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?rt=tf_cw&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2F3dinos-20%2F8010%2F5f0d759d-935e-4ba3-a9be-919ff7452f13&#038;Operation=GetDisplayTemplate\"><PARAM NAME=\"quality\" VALUE=\"high\"><PARAM NAME=\"bgcolor\" VALUE=\"#FFFFFF\"><PARAM NAME=\"allowscriptaccess\" VALUE=\"always\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?rt=tf_cw&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2F3dinos-20%2F8010%2F5f0d759d-935e-4ba3-a9be-919ff7452f13&#038;Operation=GetDisplayTemplate\" id=\"Player_5f0d759d-935e-4ba3-a9be-919ff7452f13\" quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" name=\"Player_5f0d759d-935e-4ba3-a9be-919ff7452f13\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"  type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" align=\"middle\" height=\"200px\" width=\"600px\"><\/embed><\/OBJECT> <NOSCRIPT><A HREF=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?rt=tf_cw&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2F3dinos-20%2F8010%2F5f0d759d-935e-4ba3-a9be-919ff7452f13&#038;Operation=NoScript\">Amazon.com Widgets<\/A><\/NOSCRIPT><\/p>\n<p>Checkout what everyone else is doing in the Virtual Book Club! Also be sure to link up your Amy Krouse Rosenthal below!<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toddlerapproved.com\" target=\"blank\">Toddler Approved<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rainydaymum.co.uk\/\" target=\"blank\">Rainy Day Mum<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/adventuresinreadingwithkids.blogspot.com\" target=\"blank\">Adventures in Reading with Kids<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/\" target=\"blank\">3 Dinosaurs<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalbaloo.com\/\" target=\"blank\">Royal Baloo<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/theeducatorsspinonit.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\">The Educators&#8217; Spin On It<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/inspirationlaboratories.com\" target=\"blank\">Inspiration Laboratories<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pleasantestthing.com\" target=\"blank\">Pleasantest Thing <\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcedventures.com\/blog \" target=\"blank\">Edventures with Kids <\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twobigtwolittle.com\" target=\"blank\">Two Big Two Little <\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.playingwithwords365.com\/\" target=\"blank\">Playing With Words 365<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\" http:\/\/www.kitchencounterchronicle.com\" target=\"blank\">Kitchen Counter Chronicles<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/theoutlawmom.com\" target=\"blank\">Outlaw Mom<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/preschoolbookclub.blogspot.com\" target=\"blank\">Mommy and Me Book Club<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/craftymomsshare.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\">Crafty Moms Share<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/notwiddletwaddle.com\" target=\"blank\">No Twiddle Twaddle<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/jennifischer.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"blank\">The Good Long Road <\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/readysetread2me.blogspot.com\" target=\"blank\">Ready. 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I can\u2019t wait to get started on all the fun books there are to choose from!<\/p>\n<p>Cassie &#8211; 3Dinosaurs.com<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VirtualBookClubForKids\" target=\"blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"VirtualBookClub\" height=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/i984.photobucket.com\/albums\/ae323\/toddlerapproved\/virtualbookclub-2012.jpg\" width=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkytools.com\/thumbnail_linky_include.aspx?id=163134\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We read Chopsticks by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Scott Magoon for the Virtual Book Club. The girls loved reading Chopsticks after having read Spoon. What you need: yarn, pom poms, chopsticks of various kinds, pick up sticks, containers and plates. We tried to use the chopsticks. They pulled them apart. 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