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Play & Grow™ is here as a guide for parents; with resources, services and products. Resources like articles and guest posts that give you up-to-date information on a variety of child wellness topics. Services like reviewing and recommending toys and books plus free PopUP PLAY Dates at local libraries. Products like our Go PLAY Activity Cards™ that take the guess work out for parents, letting them set up engaging and meaningful PLAY.
My PLAY presentations include hands-on examples for parents; outlining ways to enrich and extend the play so children reap the most PLAY value out of the experiences. You will come away with play ideas and learning activities that you can implement at home.
Hosting a child-friendly event? RENT toys from Play & Grow™ and make it a FUNtastic event! Play & Grow™ partners with Spilt Milk Nannies to offer care for children. Let your parents enjoy your event fully–have their children cared for AND have the option to PLAY.
Children must PLAY—let me tell you the many, many reasons why you want to insure your child PLAYS…every day! Contact me to arrange the date!
Yours in Play!
Teacher Karen
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Be sure to come chat with me at the following 2019 events!
March 7-10th, 2018 Just Between Friends–Just Between Friends North America’s Leading Children’s & Maternity Consignment Sales Event™. Come on out to Pickering Barn in Issaquah and get some great deals! Though I won’t be able to be there in person this year I’ve made sure to include some items in the swag bags! Look for a special promo for JBF shoppers on my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!
November 5th 2018 PEPS–The PEPS experience strengthens families, increases family wellness, and prepares families to cope with life stresses by creating social, thriving neighborhood-based parent groups. I’ll be meeting with the Seattle group of newborns to talk about play, temperament and share some activities to do with baby based on temperament.
October 30th 2018 Ballard Preschool Co-op’s Halloween Party–The mission of BPC is to provide a part-time structured cooperative program designed to encourage the social, emotional, physical, and mental development of young children. Sounds like just my kind of preschool doesn’t it? Yep! That’s why I’m so excited to be partnering with Spilt Milk Nannies in working BPC’s fundraising event, providing toys that’ll have kiddos busy with lots of hands-on, creating, imagination-stimulating PLAY!
September 20th 2018 The Seattle Milk Fund Luncheon–The Seattle Milk Fund empowers parents toward higher education opportunities by funding child care grants and providing family support. Play & Grow supports families as well in facilitating PLAY for their children so I was so happy to be asked to supply toys for the luncheon. Helping children PLAY? I definitely can do that!
August 18th 2018 The Kind Fest–The mission of the Kind Fest is to create a kinder world by modeling, educating, and encouraging others to action and honoring how it is already in practice. I’ll be in the Kindness tent offering children hands-on activities. PLAY fosters kindness in that children. When children PLAY together they can see situations when others might need help or are getting frustrated. This gives them a chance to show kindness by extending a hand, sharing materials or just saying an encouraging word. PLAY lays the groundwork, the foundation for everything. PLAY is a wonderful, natural way for children to learn and express KINDNESS.
July 10th 2018 PEPS–The PEPS experience strengthens families, increases family wellness, and prepares families to cope with life stresses by creating social, thriving neighborhood-based parent groups. I’ll be meeting with the Seattle group of newborns to talk about play, temperament and share some activities to do with baby based on temperament.
July 9 2018 PEPS–The PEPS experience strengthens families, increases family wellness, and prepares families to cope with life stresses by creating social, thriving neighborhood-based parent groups. I’ll be meeting with the Seattle group of newborns to talk about play, temperament and share some activities to do with baby based on temperament.
June 20th 2018 PEPS–The PEPS experience strengthens families, increases family wellness, and prepares families to cope with life stresses by creating social, thriving neighborhood-based parent groups. I’ll be meeting with the Seattle group of newborns to talk about play, temperament and share some activities to do with baby based on temperament.
June 2nd 2018 Child Safety Day—Co-sponsored by Savvy Parents Safe Kids and the Bellevue Police Department. I’m very excited to be participating in this event again as supporting the health and safety of children and our communities is very important to me! You can be sure I’ll have some hands-on activities for the kiddos to do! Here’s a picture from last year–this bub was so busy!
May 24th 2018 Pop-Up PLAY Date for Preschoolers —Held at the White Center Library. Bring your kiddo out to PLAY & GROW and learn! Creative art and sensory activities, building blocks and an interactive Story time…all FREE! I want to make sure to have enough materials so email me at TeacherKaren@PlayAndGrow.com to confirm your attendance!
April 19th 2018 Pop-Up PLAY Date for Preschoolers —Held at the Maple Valley Library. Bring your kiddo out to PLAY & GROW and learn! Creative art and sensory activities, building blocks and an interactive Story time…all FREE! Email me at TeacherKaren@PlayAndGrow.com to confirm your attendance.
March 29th 2018 Pop-Up PLAY Date for Preschoolers —Held at the Kingsgate Library. Bring your kiddo out to PLAY & GROW and learn! Creative art and sensory activities, building blocks and an interactive Story time…all FREE! The library requires a minimum number to hold the reservation so email me at TeacherKaren@PlayAndGrow.com to confirm your attendance.
March 10th 2018 Play & Grow Workshop —Held at the Bellevue YMCA. The mission of the Y of Greater Seattle is: Building a community where all people, especially the young, are encouraged to develop their fullest potential in spirit, mind and body. We live our mission daily, one person and relationship at a time. This workshop’s title “The Whys & Hows to Unplug” emphasizes the many benefits of hands-on PLAY for parents as well as gives them information and ideas to create alternatives to screen time for their young child. Children are encouraged to participate in an interactive group time followed by sensory activities. It’s all about experiencing and participating for both parent and child–sign up now!
January 25th 2018 PEPS–The PEPS experience strengthens families, increases family wellness, and prepares families to cope with life stresses by creating social, thriving neighborhood-based parent groups. I’ll be meeting with the Seattle group of newborns to talk about play, temperament and share some activities to do with baby based on temperament.
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