Growing Nimble Families

BecauseBabiesGrowUp playdate

Amber Passey is a busy mum of 2 girls, a toddler and a baby. Play activities recently caught up with Amber who runs the successful blog Because Babies Grow Up sharing activities, songs, and ideas to encourage the development of under 5s. Tell us about your favourite activity , one you like to do with your child I love… View Post

Is play on your to-do list?

in Education, Play activities on 03/27/09

Teach you [tag]how to play[/tag]? Not such a strange idea. The Guardian reports of a project by Portsmouth Play Development Project, founded by the Pre-school Learning Alliance and Sure Start. The project, run by a team of [tag]play workers[/tag] who visit families in their home and lead [tag]play sessions[/tag], aims to encourage parents to bond with their children through play… View Post

Create thumb print pictures

in Education, Play activities on 03/24/09

So you’re crying out for a calming and focused activity. Here’s one both boys want to do. It’s great on those cold, rainy <<add your can’t go outside reason here.. lol>> It’s an easy set up. Everything is kept in a plastic tub with the markers so the boys can get this out by themselves. We use butcher paper from… View Post

Baby Explorers

in Education, Play activities on 03/20/09

My LO ( 7mtns) spends a lot of time rolling, rocking and reaching out to grasp something on the floor. Using his new found freedom to get to where he wants to go. You can almost see how him thinking, planning and plotting; trying to zero in on a new object in the distance then plot his path to it… View Post

Talk back Tuesday

in Play activities on 03/17/09

I’d love some feedback. I love to talk about play but so far it’s been mostly what I want to talk about. I want to hear from you. Whether this is your first time or you’ve been coming here for years. What do you want to know about play ? What post are your favourite here at play-activities.com/blog? What subjects… View Post

5 do-it-right-now play activities

in Education, Play activities on 03/13/09

Hear the playactivities review of Each Peach Pear Plum on Just one more book. Our top 5 unplugged creative toys by Middle one( 3) and Little one( 7mtns) Little one: What he does: He likes to touch, taste, feel the weight, balance, explore texture and experience heat of wood. He found he likes the sound hitting a formula tin, tile… View Post

Carnival of Parenting Podcasts No.22

in Play activities on 03/10/09

Welcome to the 22nd edition of [tag]Carnival of Parenting Podcasts[/tag] It’s a place to share and find some new parenting [tag]podcasts[/tag] from the podcaster and recommendations from those who listen to podcasts. ..Not sure about Podcasts? Try this ecourse. Top 9 Send in your favourite podcasts of the month. Michelle Bezy, M.Ed presents BAM! Body Mind and Child with Rae… View Post

Teaching young children responsibility

in Education, Play activities on 03/06/09

Toddler responsibility. [tag]Clean up[/tag] clean up Everybody do your share Clean up clean up Everybody everywhere Making clean up fun started with us by singing this familiar song. I got down with my oldest and showed him how I wanted to clean up by doing it. He soon imitated me. I’d read recently [tag]Alfie Kohn[/tag]’s, Five Reasons to Stop Saying… View Post

Find your readingzone

in Education on 03/03/09

Since you are reading this you perhaps like reading yourself? Want to keep encouraging the reader in your child? It can be hard to find interesting books step into any bookshop or library and it’s pretty overwhelming. Lots of good books and new ones available everyday. Here’s a place you can visit to get great book recommendations for schools, families… View Post

Do babies play?

in Play activities on 02/27/09

When did you start your [tag]play[/tag] activities with your children? Was it when they were starting to get into everything you looked online and started searching for activities……around 18 months when the toys are just not cutting it anymore? I hope you said earlier because play activities start from the beginning. Although they seem to just eat, sleep, poop and… View Post

Where does this meal come from?

in Education, Play activities on 02/24/09

I was reading I never grew up and was inspired by their guest poster. Angelina from The Little Travelers will be making [tag]52 meals[/tag] from 52 countries. I loved seeing her kids participate, although older than mine, plus a neat way to include the Geographical & cultural element in a fun and meaningful way. Imagine all the things you could… View Post

Playing at dinnertime

in Play activities on 02/20/09

How are you doing with [tag]family[/tag] time at [tag]dinner time[/tag]? We’ve been working on it after I sent a message to PreschoolMama. Her suggestions we regularly do. Dinnertime is the first time we get together as a whole family so we all have something to say. Now our littlest guy has joined us. It can easily get disjointed with one… View Post