2011 October 16 – Take a bath!

October 16, 2011

Take some extra time today and luxuriate in water play at bathtime!   Try out some new bathtub finger paints – younger kids and older kids alike will enjoy helping with the recipe and bathing in a new way! Combine liquid soap with a roughly equivalent amount of cornstarch; mix until smooth. Pour into muffin […]

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2011 October 15 – “What did you bring home from school today?”

October 15, 2011

This is a game of touch and reconnection to play when you greet your child after school or after being apart for a while. At the Monte Cassino School – early private education, we encourage parents to take part in developmental activities with their children whenever they have the time. This is a pretty simple […]

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2011 October 14 – Let your imagination soar

October 14, 2011

Play researchers who are focused on natural play report what we already know:  play is adaptive and beneficial in and of itself.  Often, no additional inputs beyond time, encouragement and imagination are needed. So what can parents lend to this recipe?  Time.  Space.  Encouragement.  Your own imagination and curiosity about the world.  Imaginative children tend […]

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2011 October 13 – Do the Hokey Pokey Today!

October 13, 2011

Remember it?  How bout Polly Wolly Doodle All The Day?  Take some time to sing a few silly songs today!  Teach them to your kids if they don’t already know them.  Get inspired and maybe even make up one or two original verses while you’re at it!  We’ve listed some songs below you might remember, […]

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2011 October 12 – Clown around

October 12, 2011

Make a little extra time today or tomorrow to get dressed with something obviously wrong!  Pants on your head?  Shirt on your legs?  Who can help? Older kids don’t fall for that?   Maybe a new hairstyle will crack them up! Wrong shoes or socks!  See if you can get a smile or a laugh!

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2011 October 11 – Laundry Games!

October 11, 2011

Chores are neverending but laundry (your favorite right?!) can be so much more than laundry (groan).  It can be a basket of games in disguise! Have you held a color sorting game before loading in the dirties?  Imagine you’re in a sea of laundry and there’s an island of color(rainbows) and an island of lights […]

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2011 October 10 – Be a Player

October 10, 2011

As many as one-third of parents think that playing with their children is boring, says a recent study out of Great Britain. The study of 2,000 parents and 2,000 children aged 5 to 15 also revealed that while 90% of the kids said they really enjoyed ­electronic games, it wasn’t what they wanted to do with their […]

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