Recess and playtime are under attack. Did you know that breaktime or recess isn’t available for all children in many countries? That was shocking news to me.There’s not enough time to do academics AND recess in many places. Is this really true? Meg Rosker share how to be an effective advocate for play by being informed and collaborating with others… View Post
Introducing the latest addition to the Raising Playful Tots family – Everyday sensory alphabet activities Crafts were not fun for my wiggle jiggly boys. But they loved sensory ideas . How we learned to embrace the sensory Listen:: You can download the MP3 file for this podcast here . Or directly by clicking subscribe through iTunes. Or hear via your… View Post
Today’s show features Ponn Sabra of American Muslim Mom . She’s the founder of the #1 community for American Muslim moms, and author of Empowering Women To Power Network: How to Save Time, Earn More Money, and Live a Life of Success by Building Quality Relationships Everywhere You Go. Sabra and her 3 young kid bloggers offer their homeschooling, green, natural, high-tech,… View Post
On a recent visit to an Art Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic. I was delighted to come up against these wonderful collages or sculpture by Shalom Tomas Neuman. Love how everyday toys, electronic items are used to create really zany pictures. You can see more about the work here, Art at home does not’ have to be about pen,… View Post
It’s probably something that most of us can relate to in the popular book, Too Many Toys by David Shannon, of the poor dad stepping on LEGO pieces. LEGO this summer has come into its own with all the boys. With our age span from 3 to 8 now we have many different types. On a recent visit… View Post
This is exactly what we’re doing this summer. Lots of impromptu activities and a few planned. But mostly our timetable looks blank. It’s how we like it. Just for fun I messed around with this type of video yesterday. Let me know your experiences 🙂 One Sunny day I did another one called One Afternoon Enjoy!
It’s that time of year again with the ( UK) Summer holidays right on our doorstep. You can tell it’s almost the end of term because the shoes just fit, there’s a hole appearing in all the school uniform trousers and you’ve just realised you’ve been washing less uniform as parts are surely at school. Left as one part of… View Post
The ups and downs of Raising a playful tot discussed in this weeks episode with one personal incident and 5 unexpected playtime and learning experiences. Image credit: Barbara Rich Listen:: You can download the MP3 file for this podcast here . Or directly by clicking subscribe through iTunes. Or hear via your iphone, Android or smartphone. Or clicking the… View Post
Put together two things; paint and cars! We had some left over paint so spread it onto a tray. Using his favourite car he started with the lines on the tray. Once he saw the paper he was excited to try there. We used quite a few pieces of paper. … View Post
Today’s show features Karen Nemeth of Language castle . She’s an educator, consultant and trainer with more than 25 years experience who provides resources and professional development for preschool programs on meeting the needs of children from different language backgrounds and their families. Karen shares her experience and expertise in celebrating other cultures in today’s episode. Listen:: You can download… View Post
Today’s show features Wendy Shand of Totstotravel . She’s the founder and director of the multi award winning tots to travel. TotstoTravel is an online holiday company that provides family friendly holiday accommodation for others holidaying with kids. Wendy shares her experience and expertise in planning the right place for the family in today’s episode. Listen:: You can download the MP3 file… View Post
Dinner time and play isn’t the first thing that comes to mind with children. But it’s the one time where we can all connect together with a focus in mind. If you’ve ever struggled with getting a conversation going you’ll know how hard it is to find open ended questions after you’ve spent a good while getting everything ready for… View Post
