Do you ever just look at your rooms and wonder how did these toys and clothes and things just take over the house? It’s pretty amazing how much stuff you can accumulate with a young one. This is where it started for us. We dived in and bought a few things for the big guy as a baby and now… View Post
31 Days To A More Playful Tot-An Introduction 31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day One} Take stock and just play 31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Two} Everyday Interactions 31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Three} Set the scene with your voice… View Post
Listen to our favourite bits of 2011 in our end of year show. Listen:: Listen to this week’s show | subscribe through iTunes | on-the-go device Have your say:: “Like” us on Facebook Join in with the topic of the week from the Podcast Add an honest review on iTunes 🙂
Three women who share their experiences of intentional international living while raising playful tots( and a business). Join Courtney, Esther and Emilie of the boutique Babyccinokids.com as they tell their stories in this 38 minute podcast. Listen:: Listen to this week’s show | subscribe through iTunes | on-the-go device Show notes Country vs City? 5:42- Where we’ve lived- how differently we do things… View Post
Marie LeBaron talks today about her new craft books; Make and Takes for Kids. Marie is owner of the popular parenting blog Make and Takes and the author of the kids craft book Make and Takes for Kids. She’s the mother of 3 living in Seattle, with a degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education. Always having a love of crafts, she enjoys getting… View Post
Water,blueberries and hot tea is how we kick off this show. Catherine Oehlman, onscreen personality, speaker and writer of the popular website and blog Squigglemum and I talk about Christmas activities and keeping it special for the children and time to enjoy it ourselves. Catherine on Facebook:: Catherine on Twitter Listen:: Listen to this week’s show | subscribe through iTunes | on-the-go device … View Post
How to choose the right daycare, Nursery or preschool? and What do you do when your choice doesn’t work out? Should you stay or should you go? Plus Christmas play activities in this 27 minute show. Dr Kathy Hirsh-Pasek is the Stanley and Debra Lefkowitz Professor in the Department of Psychology at Temple University where she serves as Director of… View Post
What if you there was a resource that helped you with your holiday gift buying that focused on play and not marketing? Written by Early childhood educators and parents and free. TRUCE have done exactly that and today’s interview is all about media, marketing, holiday gift guides with Dr Diane Levin Professor of Education at Wheelock College in Boston, author of… View Post
Blocks are just perfect in our digital age! They are more than a baby toy but a toy that grows with our under 5 children. Today I have an interview all about the big deal about blocks. Empowered by Play was founded in 2009 by teacher-turned-activist Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin, M.Ed. A classroom teacher for 19 years, she is also a mother of… View Post
Stay out of it or get involved? How will you look back on these playful years 0-5? Today I get into both these topics in this 30 minute show. Listen:: Listen to this week’s show | subscribe through iTunes | on-the-go device Show notes:: We learn about parent forums getting involved with our settings perspective Gems from author, Michael Morpugo… View Post
