Carnival of Play

"Mommy, I'm Bored" ….solutions! Carnival Posts (Part 4)

April 10, 2009




Every parent has heard this before. But some kids are bored more often than others. For a child that is always bored, there is something missing in life. Often parents think what is missing is peers. They need friends to play with. While friends can be fun and healthy in the right doses, they are [...]

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Is unstructured play too dangerous?

April 9, 2009




The Ottawa Citizen: Study details the downside to child's play (February 23, 2009): Listen up, kids: your teachers are right. Don't throw snowballs. Don't run, don't walk and maybe even stop crawling when you're around school. You'll get hurt. More than 4,000 children between the ages of five and 19 were injured in a year [...]

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Silken Laumann says "Play!"

April 8, 2009




If you don't believe me that play is important, then take it from Olympian Silken Laumann. She has written quite a bit about play, including the two articles that I'm featuring here today. You can read more from her on her Web site: SilkenLaumann.com This great article called "the power of family play" in Canadian [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Let's Play! Carnival Posts (Part 3)

April 8, 2009




For the Carnival of Play's Wordless Wednesday, I thought I'd share a picture of mine and link to a few of the photo-based posts that people have submitted to the carnival. For more pics of my two kids having fun and enjoying each other see:  Siblings Check out these great play pictures and commentary submitted [...]

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Play = a healthy job? Carnival Posts (Part 2)

April 7, 2009




Time to profile a few more Carnival of Play posts! Play Day (by TopHat @ the bee in your bonnet) A child's job is to play. That is how TopHat starts out her post and I couldn't agree more! The rest of her post describes an experiment she conducted just for this carnival (I'm so [...]

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Creative Play is an Academic Pursuit

April 6, 2009




When people are talking about creative play, they often seperate it from academics. Reading, writing and arithmetic (the basic academic skills), as well as more advanced sciences and humanities are seen as crucial things to learn in school, to get you into a good college, and to get you a high paying job. But what [...]

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Carnival of Play Announcements: Creative Play Meme and Arts & Crafts Showcase

April 6, 2009




It is Day 6 of the Carnival of Play and already there have been some fabulous posts. Thank you everyone for your submissions. There will be more and more of them featured here over the next few days. I've been busy Stumbling your posts too and I'd encourage all of you to give the Carnival [...]

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Fun & Games! Carnival Posts (Part 1)

April 4, 2009




It is Day 3 of the Carnival of Play and already there are tons of great posts that have been contributed. I'll be featuring them a few at a time. Let's Pretend (by Amber @ Strocel) Amber wrote a great post about the importance of imaginative play for her daughter's development and their communication. Amber [...]

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Time to Play!

April 1, 2009




It is April 1st and it is time to kick-off the PhD in Parenting Carnival of Play (announced previously in this post). From April 1st to April 15th extended to April 20, the content on my blog is going to be dedicated to play. I hope this will be a fun and inspiring half month [...]

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Announcing Carnival of Play (April 1 to 15, 2009)

March 9, 2009




For the first half of next month, PhD in Parenting will be hosting a Carnival of Play. Play is such a critical part of children's development and just makes being a kid fun. The carnival will include: Thoughts and Ideas About Play Book Reviews Product Reviews Research on playing Fun playtime activities Contests ….and your [...]

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