Welcome to the Puddle People Hour!

Each show will include an interview or discussion related to children or parenting issues, a craft, songs, and a story.

Some of the resources that will be showcased on the show come from The Mother’s Survival Kit Series. If you would like your own copy of the book you can pick it up at http://www.pamsargant.com in the store. You can also find great gear in our Cafepress Store!

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This week’s show featured an interview with Kim Mutch Emerson, a business/life coach who has created a great set of inspirational CDs for children. Kim Mutch Emerson presents an audio life building tool just for kids! Kids Empowerment: An audio program for children to support and enhance all the best qualities for your children (self esteem, confidence, kindness, etc) while helping the negative disappear from their lives forever. If you are interested in these CDs send an email Kim at kim@writingpro.biz.

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Resources mentioned in the show

Pop bottle lid wind chime

Materials Needed:
• 8 Pop Bottle Lids
• String
• 1 Margarine Container Lid
• Glitter (Optional)
• Paint (Optional)
• Plastic Pop Bottle Lid Liners (Optional)
• Beads (Optional)
• Buttons (Optional)
• Small jingle bells

The first step for this craft is a little preparation. You should remove the plastic liners from the pop bottle lids and wash them along with the lids. We are going to save the liners to decorate this craft or to use in another craft. Poke a hole into the center of each pop bottle lid and into the center of the larger lid. Poke ten holes around the rim of the margarine container lid, equal distances from each other around the edge and one in the center. You need 10 pieces of string about 8 inches long and 1 piece about 10 – 12 inches long.
The next step is the fun part. Get the kids to decorate the pop bottle lids and the margarine lid. Be creative with this. They can glue glitter and/or paint the lids. They can put beads or liners on the strings for decoration. Beads make better sounds.

Take every other string from around the edge of the margarine lid and tie them together to hang your wind chime. Thread each remaining string through a pop bottle lid and tie a small bell at the end.
Thread the longer string through the remaining three bottle lids. Thread the upper part of the string through the margarine lid. Tie it off with a good knot or a button.
Your wind chime is ready to hang.

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Popping Corn
Lyrics by Pam Sargant
© August 14, 2006 Pop, pop, pop, goes the popping corn
Pop, pop, pop, from night till morn
It popped so high
That it touched the sky
Still pop, pop, pop, goes the popping corn I went to make some popping corn
All my friends they tried to warn
Not to use too much
Not to use too much
I didn’t listen to them at all
That little cup just looked too small
I put a bit too much
I put a bit too much
OH! Pop, pop, pop, goes the popping corn
Pop, pop, pop, from night till morn
It popped so high
That it touched the sky
Still pop, pop, pop, goes the popping corn I never thought such a small little thing
Could get so big and then take wing
I put in way too much
I put in way too much
The next time I am popping corn
I’ll listen when they try to warn me
Not to put too much
I won’t put in too much
STILL! Pop, pop, pop, goes the popping corn
Pop, pop, pop, from night till morn
It popped so high
That it touched the sky
Still pop, pop, pop, goes the popping corn

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When I Grow up
Music and Lyrics by Pam Sargant
© August 14, 2006 My mommy asked me what would I be
When I grow up
When I grow up
I answered back as pleased as could be
I wanna be a train when I grow up A train speeds along
The countryside,
Seeing all the sites
Giving people a ride
I’ll toot my whistle
And never stop
I wanna be a train when I grow up My mommy asked me what I would be
When I grow up
When I grow up
I answered back as pleased as could be
I wanna be a truck when I grow up A truck is shiny
With lots of wheels
When I go really fast
I can make them squeal
I’ll honk my horn
And never stop
I wanna be a truck when I grow up My mommy asked me what I would be
When I grow up
When I grow up
I answered back as pleased as could be
I wanna be an ambulance when I grow up An ambulance goes
So fast you see,
Cause that’s what the people
Really need
I’ll sound my siren
And never stop
I wanna be an ambulance when I grow up
I wanna be a truck when I grow up
I wanna be a train when I grow up (You and your child can come up with many more verses)

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Story: Meeting Drippin by Pam Sargant