Even the big people get to play. For a bit of fun, I’ve been tagged by Mentor Mom to share 8 random things about me. That’s quite a tall order really trying to think of something……. hmm I prefer to read a magazine from back to front.It’s much more interesting that way. My ears aren’t pierced- or any other part… View Post
Podcast: Playing with your children
Have you listened to a podcast before? It’s really easy to do…there are many great podcasts worth listening to. The BBC produce a whole range of different types of podcasts.. Here’s the women’s hour kid’s and families edition that got me thinking. “According to anthropologist David Lancy, it’s rare globally for parents to play with their children. So are Western… View Post
Water fun, safety and confidence
Have you been in the pool lately? Chances are you have with the record hot temperatures here in the US. With two little ones we have been going to the little water parks. You know the ones you see at the theme parks that spit water from the ground at different times. So you’re unsuspecting toddler ambles over to have… View Post
More time for play
With school out in the UK the teaching unions have their annual conferences and what has come up this year but the discussion “Should children have more time for play?” Although it sounds like a silly question there is an awful lot of testing going on earlier and earlier with selection tests and preparing for the test. Children are sitting… View Post
6 kid things to do at a hotel when on a road trip
I’m sure you are sensing a theme with my posts…..yes we’ve been travelling and we’ve still not quite made it to home. There are many posts about road trips right now. For some great ideas try GNMParents post here as well as the so called me here. Of course my previous post as well here. Getting from one place to… View Post
Childhood games
Here’s an interesting article I came across this week. I ‘d love to know your thoughts on it. There’s a chance to fill in a survey and/or reply here about your thoughts. Looking forward to reading them. *************** “There was a time when children played games that were more physical and helped to develop their social skills. Today, children often… View Post
Sensory Play 3 Smell
Roundup of play ideas and activities
There are so many great ideas and articles up at various carnivals in the last month. I have put together a selection of my favourites but you really have go to the carnivals themselves as this is a just a drop in the ocean with the amount of activities, ideas and articles you will find there. So………. Grab a lemonade,… View Post
5 fun ways to make it through a road trip
A post over at play library reminded me about travel toys as we planned our trip. This long cross country trip with a full car didn’t leave much space for kid’s things and that would be a problem…. or not. One of the best pieces of advice I received was to buy a lap tray. We got ours from Walmart… View Post
Portable play activity
I used corrugated card in green and red. Draw and cut shapes in both colours I used square circle oval triangle- right angled and isosceles triangle. rectangle pentagon hexagon Also added a few different sized triangles and circles. ( happened to have them) What to do Make the shapes earlier. Put one colour set in a bag that you can’t… View Post
Sensory Play 2 Sight
Here is the second in a series of articles written by the talented Elaine from littlesheeplearning.co.uk. Elaine also writes a blog that has news from Littlesheep Learning and the wider world of education and learning. She’s also featured in the free play-activities.com daily play activity emails. [tag]Sensory play[/tag] an introduction Sensory play 2 sight Sensory Play 3 Smell Sensory play… View Post
What a walk!
We’ve just moved from a small rural village in Europe to a mid sized town in the US- suburbia. So our usual walk with the kids has changed. I was a bit thrown I must admit the first few times we walked. My big guy and I just looked and listened. I would highly recommend that. One our first walks,… View Post
