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Get outside! Carnival Posts (Part 5)

April 16, 2009




In his great book Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv talks about saving our children from nature deficit disorder. Children are getting less time outdoors. This is having serious consequences for their physical and mental health, ranging from increased obesity, attention deficit disorder and depression. Our kids need sunlight. They need fresh air. They [...]

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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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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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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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Beyond the Baby B's: Attachment Through Play

April 2, 2009




Nothing was easier, more intuitive for me than the Baby Bs: breastfeeding, babywearing, bedding with baby, and so on.  Attachment parenting an infant was simple. Keep that child close, and all is well.  But then what. When a child becomes mobile, become verbal, thing are suddenly so much more complicated. Sure, many of the principles [...]

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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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