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Shadow Play: Day 2, Where does your shadow go when you are sleeping?
In our discussions and studies of shadows, we also watched Peter Pan (a couple bazillion times) and Disney Junior’s new special Peter Pan Returns on Jake and the Neverland Pirates. With...
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What We Did During Screen-Free Week
Wow! That week was NOT at all what I expected. I thought it was going to be hard … for the kids and for me, most especially for me when I needed to get things done and didn’t have a screen to “put...
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So Many Ways to Play with Play Dough
This is a real (not staged) photo I took of my daughter, Honor, over a year ago. She actually did fall asleep in play dough while playing … don’t worry I was right there observing, making sure she...
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So Many Ways to Play with Playdough … Part 2
With the challenge of the Playdough Pledge I was inspired to bring out different items to introduce into our playdough play! I put out feathers, toothpicks, sequins, pompoms, bottle caps, and pipe...
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40 Wonderful Ways to Enjoy Summer with Your Kids
I was going through old photos of the kids playing during the summer and here are some gems that I found. Happy Summer Solstice to all! (hover over the photos to read descriptions!) Have a very...
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Car Trip Busy Box
When we take vacations, we usually take road trips. Whether it is a couple of hours up north or 20 hours to visit my husband’s family in Louisiana … we take the car. I always pack a bag or basket...
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Let Your Imagination SWING! – MeMe Tales Readathon Week 4
Although we were a bit late to start, the kids and I have been participating in MeMe Tales Readathon. If you haven’t signed up already, make sure to take advantage of this terrific opportunity to...
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An Alphabet Adventure … Virtual Book Club for Kids, July 2012
The kids and I have REALLY enjoying diving into the books for this month’s feature. Audrey Wood is an amazing children’s author and illustrator … who is married to another amazing children’s author...
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Create a Simple Outdoor Music Play Area
I’ve seen lots of great ideas on Pinterest on ways to create music areas for outside … and I wanted to give it a shot. Here’s our SUPER SIMPLE Outdoor Music Play Area … Like I said, SUPER SIMPLE. I...
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Why Kids Should Play with Baby Dolls (yes, even boys!) – a collaborative post...
I’m very excited to share that I have a collaborative post up today over at Mama OT! Christie (Mama OT) who is a pediatric Occupational Therapist, Katie (Playing with Words 365) who is a speech...
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Using Water Beads in Play Therapy
When I entered into the blogging world in the summer of 2011 I was first introduced to the world of water beads. An amazing substance of gel-like beads that grow or shrink depending how much water...
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Make Your Own Fabulous Fairy!: Round-Up of 20+ Ideas
The International Fairy Tea Party is tomorrow So I’ve been busy rounding up lots of different fairy related posts. This post highlights links to over 20 ways to make your own fabulous fairy … 1....
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Fairy Sensory Play: 14 Fun Ideas
The International Fairy Tea Party is tomorrow! So I’ve been busy rounding up lots of different fairy related posts. This post highlights 14 fun ideas for Fairy Sensory Play … 1. Fairy Soup from...
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A Round-up of Fairy Fun: Celebrating the International Fairy Tea Party
It all started with a shoe … this shoe … and Suzanne Axelsson (from Interaction Imagination) had an idea of INTERNATIONAL proportion. The idea was that children of all ages from all over the world...
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What makes PLAY therapeutic?
Play therapy? Many people ask how can “just” playing help? What makes PLAY therapeutic? Well, over the next few days I will post on different dimensions of what exactly play is, why it’s important,...
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Principles of Play: from Chazan
This image summarizes 2 pages of Chazan’s book on play therapy where she outlines the principles of play. I wanted to share it with you because it encompasses many reasons why play is SO important for...
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What is PLAY? The Importance and Power of Play
If you enjoyed these photos, PLEASE check out my video with more photos and quotes on the Importance and Power of Play! And here are some wonderful resources on the Importance and Power of Play …...
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Play of Adjusted and Maladjusted Children
As I was reviewing the required text, Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship (3rd Ed)“, by Garry Landreth, for the Psychotherapy with Children course I am teaching this trimester, I was reminded of...
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If You Give a Pig a Party … Family Fun Night
This month for the Virtual Book Club for Kids we are featuring Laura Numeroff, author behind the series “If you give a …” series, plus many more fun titles. Our family’s favorite book by her is “If...
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MORE Candy Experiments
Back a couple years ago the kids and I did some super fun candy experiments. I had seen them on a website and we just had to try them out! Apparently a lot of other people wanted to try them out...
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