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Winter Warmers: Building Connections Through Indoor Positive Play

December 27, 2018 by Sue Lively Leave a Comment

The average family spends more time watching Netflix than playing or connecting together, according to a recent study.  If you’re looking for ways to redress the balance in your family, and spend more quality time at home with the kids, then the winter is actually a great time to get started.   Grey days and weekends can…

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Filed Under: Parenting, Play Tagged With: Winter

10 Ways to Enrich Your Child’s Pretend Play

March 25, 2018 by Sue Lively 1 Comment

My son Onetime has always loved imaginative pretend play.  When he was a toddler, it started off with pretending that the large black ottomon in our living room was a train and we would take endless rides together. Can you say “Choo-chooooo!?” At the age of 6 now, Onetime continually blows me away with his creativity and innovative…

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Filed Under: Make-Believe, Parenting, Play, Preschoolers Tagged With: Creativity

Indoor Soil Science and Engineering Challenges

February 3, 2018 by Sue Lively

Do your kids loving playing in the sandbox, or digging around in the garden in the summer? If so, then they’re going to love today’s indoor soil science and engineering activities and challenges! Although you may only think of it as mud, soil is super interesting to kids when they have a chance to really…

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Filed Under: Environmental, Kids Books, Play, Preschoolers, Science, Sensory Play Tagged With: soil

Best Makerspace Toys and Tech to Bring Home

December 5, 2017 by Sue Lively

Our world is changing. Our kids’ futures are going to be less dependant on their ability to consume and spit out knowledge (we’ve got Google for that!) – and more about their ability to innovate and create! As a full-time Teacher-Librarian, I get the awesomely fun job of purchasing and playing with the newest and…

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Filed Under: Gifts, Play, Science, Technology Tagged With: makers

All Aboard! How to Make an Awesome Cardboard Train

July 14, 2017 by Sue Lively

What is it with boys and trains? When Onetime was 2 – he was obsessed with trains for close to half a year. And when it came time to plan a birthday party, the theme was a no brainer! Today you’ll find instructions to make the awesome cardboard train that I made for his train birthday…

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Filed Under: Crafts, DIY Toys, Make-Believe, Parties, Play Tagged With: birthday parties

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