Row your boat- down by the river - the fishing game

Some two weeks ago we went for a trip to Tokaj (some 30 km from Ny City), it was a daytrip and fun too. We planned to have a coffee somewhere in the old city and just walk along by the river, but suddenly daddy had this brilliant idea to go for a cruise down the river (and back of course). So we talked to the Captain of Csege (the old sea dog) and then after waiting an hour and for others to join (at least 12 people are needed for a cruise) at 11 o'clock the captain said 'all aboard' and the adventure started. The captain gave us a little brief about the trip and then we all dipped ourselves in the deep blue Bodrog, well just the beauty of it. We started singing songs like Row your boat with the crocodile ending, the little one loves it so much and we saw some fish, so we sang the 'Once I caught a fish alive' counting song.

We had a great time there.

When we got back home we did some fishing. We have a hand-made collection of beautiful colourful fish and a couple of handy, baby proof fishing rods. The fish was made by my mom; we used a template I found on the internet. You need some steel rings attached to the fish. Originally the fishing rod was a wooden cane with a string with a magnet at the end, but it proved to be way too dangerous, the little one started using it as a whip, so we had to confiscate it and figure out something to replace it. I couldn’t think of a way to do it right, then when we took part in an English nursery rhyme class I saw this solution you can find below. That was a real AHA experience. So I made some of them, a little bit tailored them, but basically the idea is the same, so thank you B! (B. is the leader of the rhyme group). So the rod is made of a plastic scoop which is included in our formula milk box so we have got plenty of these at home, I put the magnet in, then put some  on it and sealed the whole construction with a plastic top, this is one way I did it. There is another way, basically the same, but I ran out of the little magnet buttons, so I found these fridge magnets and put them in the plasticine bed and it is working all right.

Finest selection

One, two, three, four, five once I caught a fish alive.

You need a steel ring

My little AHA experience

Fish in a basket.

It is fun to play with, it is safe for babies as well, magnets fascinates children, they even fascinate me still ... I always loved magnets. I use it quite ofther, try to integrate them into our little home made toy projects.

The little one started saying some new things: like fish in the water, fish (are) jumping in the water,