Holiday times are here! Busy times to be sure. Memory-making times. Full-of-family-and-FUN times! Travel. AND stress! Got some travel coming up? If so, with some PLANNING your family'll be thinking “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” PLAN & Be PREPARED Okay, you’ve been a parent for a while now. You know to expect the unexpected so PLAN for it and be PREPARED! Better Safe Than Sorry... ● Safety comes 1st, especially during the holidays, when there are more people on the roads. … [Read more...]
Why Playing Hide-And-Seek is Important
No doubt you played peek-a-boo with your child when they were a baby. Peek-a-boo, a time-honored game played by generations of parents and babies, has real developmental benefits to it. Playing peek-a-boo helps with separation anxiety and object permanence. Hide-and-seek takes peek-a-boo to the next level and beyond. ALL Learning Requires Some Risk I’ve said it before and I’ll continue to say it. To grow and learn, everyone—young and old—must be willing to risk something. Hide-and-seek offers … [Read more...]
How to Make Hiking More Interesting for Kids
The pandemic has presented many challenges for families. The least of which:How to keep them engaged while schools across the country were shut down. Thankfully, Life is starting to come back a bit to what it was before CoVid. For me, that means hikes with the family. I could not be happier! Does your family feel the same? Outforia reached out with tips to make for a happy family outing for all. How to Make Hiking More Interesting or Kids Hiking with your kids is a superb way to … [Read more...]
2 Easy Ways of Enriching Play—Put Them into PLAY!
I don't need to convince you on the importance of PLAY. But maybe you're looking for ways of doing even more with PLAY for your kiddo. Something I call enriching PLAY! Below I’ll share 2 easy ways of enriching PLAY you can implement! Background for Early Childhood Learning Keep in mind, young children learn by doing and using their senses. The standard five senses are sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. These are a kiddo’s data collection and processing centers. Their senses are how they … [Read more...]
Learning Activities–It Can Be All Fun & Games
PLAY is the WAY children learn during the early childhood years. How fortunate that is for parents, caregivers and/or their teachers! Because when PLAY is the basis for learning activities it makes learning not only fun, but something that happens naturally. Plus, as an added bonus, it also creates a desire to continue to want to learn! Focus on the Senses: Provide as many opportunities for your kiddos to engage their senses—and if they use more than one for the same activity all the better! … [Read more...]
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