What if every child was allowed to grow to their full potential? What if every child had the chance to participate in activities to help them grow, instead of stifle their natural born creativity? Did you know children often display intellectual playfulness, or the ability to work with “what ifs” and create amazing ideas. Maybe […]
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Welcome to AP Month 2013! This year, AP Month celebrates the theme of “Parenting Creatively: The Art of Parenting.” We’ll explore what that means by looking at some of the aspects of creativity that fall squarely in the context of nurturing our children as well as ourselves. Join us as we discover and share about […]
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WELCOME TO AP MONTH 2012!! We’re excited to host our fifth AP Month celebration coming up in October! This October we’ll be exploring – and hopefully helping you experience – the benefits of group social support. All of our events will be offered as experiential exercises in reciprocal group support! We’ll be featuring our most popular […]
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We hope you’ve enjoyed AP Month as much as we have! Plan some play time every day and bookmark us here at AP Month Central to re-access handy reminders on all the benefits of play as well as the resources. What’s a better to say farewell to AP Month featuring Families at Play than a little parade […]
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It’s our last day of AP Month and our last day of the API online auction. If you haven’t placed a bid yet, this is the big day! And fitting right in with the day’s play idea, check out and bid on Pure Play Kid’s Scavenger Hunt Game! We’re thrilled to share a final fun […]
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“Since sensory input is the raw material – the ONLY raw material for brain development and learning, it is vital that the multi-various sensations be organized quickly and accurately. While most of us are used to thinking about vision and hearing as the main senses involved in learning, they are actually small in quantity compared […]
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Touch can be an important feature of play and is one of the earliest ways we engage in play with our children. The benefits of touch continue throughout the lifespan and often our challenge as parents is how to keep up nurturing touch as our children grow. We’re pressed to discover new and acceptable ways […]
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