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Play community

Being a mother at home can be a very lonely experience. Partly I started this blog as a way of reaching out to other mums who felt the same way about play and partly because I was away from home in a foreign land and was experiencing complete culture shock. There as so many similarities between the British and the… View Post

Ever looked into joining a toy library?

in Education, Play activities on 01/15/10

This is a guest post by Catherine Way. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. What is a toy library? Toy libraries work just like a book library, except that the items to be borrowed are toys, puzzles and games. Our toy library has toys for children from 0 to around 8 years… View Post

Imaginative play at the hairdressers

in Play activities on 01/14/10

The LO had his first haircut. Love the curls but he was getting too fluffy on top. Curly hair looks lovely but needs to be combed slowly. What 17month old has time for patience when they have the world to conquer! As is our custom we took a trip to our favourite hairdresser. Yes with little cars to sit in… View Post

Raising Playful Tots #8 Amber Passy Because Babies Grow up

in Creating Special Times, Education, family atmosphere, Podcast on 01/13/10

Today I got to talk with Amber Passey of Because Babies Grow up. Amber is a mom of two. She has a background in assessing infant development and is passionate about music and play with the little ones. Some of the things we talked about: Thinking Thursday Cognitive development Reading and understanding statistics as it applies to play Laptime play… View Post

WW: More chance to play everywhere

in Play activities on 01/13/10

Find out more about this photo tomorrow with Tell me Thursday

Where do all those little pieces go? Need some tips

in Play activities on 01/12/10

Raising Playful Tots #7: Caro Webster of Small Fry shares her passion and practical ideas for getting kids playing outdoors. Check out the latest podcast. I have just added a practical special 11 page report called: 10 ways to extend your child’s play. Free when you sign up for the newsletter at Raising Playful Tots. ————————————— Tell me Tuesday Question… View Post

2 books that encourage imagination in young children

in book review, Play activities on 01/11/10

“Use your imagination”. One of those things I heard and now utter myself. In order to use your imagination you have to have one. So how do you get an imagination? One way we like to start is with books. Just letting your kids browse is a great thing to do. Whenever you can, especially rainy days or snow days… View Post

Anywhere playtime fun

in Uncategorized on 01/07/10

Yesterday you saw the LO and I having fun at the BGs Christmas sing-a-long. Keeping a wriggly LO quiet so other children can shine is hard. I got to meet a lot of other parents in the hallway when our little ones needed to stretch their legs and lungs. But for a little while we got to play row row… View Post

Raising Playful Tots #7 Caroline Webster Small Fry

in Better Conversations, Creating Good Memories, family atmosphere, Family Rhythm, Podcast on 01/06/10

For most of 2009 I was on a personal quest to get outdoors and encourage play with my little ones. We love all aspects of play but like most people we have our favourites. My boys are really active so going outdoors makes perfect sense. Now that we go out I wonder what stopped me/us so much from doing all… View Post

WW:Play everywhere

in Education, Play activities on 01/05/10

Happy New Year to Wordless Wednesday! Tomorrow in Tell me Thursday you get to learn the story behind this Wordless Wednesday picture.