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Transmitting your values and goals via a mission statement is one of the most effective ways of ensuring a direction for your playtime. You can overcome many obstacles to good play experiences that recur daily.

Dan Miller is the creative thinker, career coach, speaker and author of 48 Days to the Work You Love and No More Dreaded Mondays. He’s appeared frequently in the media, writing for major publications and on TV shows. He is the president and leader of 48 days.com

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We learn:

why every family needs a family mission statement.
what we should include
the type of values that work best in successful mission statements
how to prepare for that first meeting without being derailed or sidetracked
about the benefits Dan has received from writing a family mission statement
the best times to start a mission statement
how to develop this mission statement overtime.

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31 days to a more playful tot Download the play audit ::Restaurant football game :: Lightening bug craft:: Valentines craft :: Kara’s SimpleKids- Pinterest guide for family ::

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82. Simple steps to cultivating a read aloud habit

melitsa — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000

We all start doing it and gradually we do it less and less. There are many reasons why we should be reading aloud. Today in the show I share some Simple steps to cultivating a read aloud habit. We get past the humps in the road and find solutions in this 29 minute show.

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3:35 why we should be Reading aloud and not just following the crowd via resources.

http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/index.html

4:00 ways to pick a book with Amy of Let’s Explore Getting Started With Chapter Books

4:45 tips on creating a plan

6:15 revising your when

7:20 Getting over the passive read aloud methods for wriggly toddlers and preschoolers ( Yes that all of them!)

Amy Mascott of TeachMama : Read aloud series

10:15 how easy it is to link books to the real world

11:00 No more boring read aloud sessions

11:35 Join a read aloud challenge via Footprints in the Butter each Thursday

12:20 Should you skip this section?

Join with others in your community with World Read Aloud day: March 7th , 2012.

14:55 How do you choose a really good read aloud book?

15:30 Have a look at book trailers via Mr Schu

MrSchuReads- via YouTube

17:00 Finding your springboards

5-6 year old Read-Alouds (for Parent) :: Kindergarten Family Read-Alouds :: Pre-School Read-Alouds (a list of 50)

18:30 Picture books to inspire via Zoe of Playingbythebook.net.

19:10 Quick tips- Goodreads.com :: Wishlist via Amazon :: Schools :: Librarians :: audiobooks :: Kidlit radio and news

23:20 Must read: Avoiding problems with Boys and reading via Mr Schu and his interview with Pam Allyn.

25:10 Read alouds are a brilliant gateway into other areas like writing. Melissa of Imaginationsoup.net: Word jar.

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81. Flexibility and problem solving through drama

melitsa — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Hands up if you have a flexible and able problem solver at home? In today’s interview we talk about how we can raise flexible and problem solving children. We also talk about a new series and some updates behind the scenes.

Laura Sydonie, actress, parent and business owner is passionate about early years, special educational needs and drama. She’s performed and taught in many different countries around the world.

Currently Laura is the director of Theatre tots where she combines her experience and work with her two young children into Theatre tots.

Theatre tots was a finalist in the 2011 best interactive business award from the Mumpreneur awards.

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about Laura’s passions and how it lead to Theatre Tots
about the importance of drama and creativity in the early years
about the best ways to encourage participation- or not!

the importance of creative expression for all children by being inclusive
practical ideas to encourage creative expression, imagination or creativity?
creative at home….. how to encourage children who don’t want to do it?
details about the courses/classes on offer.

31 days to a more playful tot :: Simplemom questions :: Download the play audit :: Play-Activities.com

Play-Activities.com/blog

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80. Favourite bits of 2011

melitsa — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:15:01 +0000

Listen to our favourite bits of 2011 in our end of year show.

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79. Intentional international living with BabyccinoKids

melitsa — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:52:25 +0000

Three women who share their experiences of intentional international living while raising playful tots( and a business).

Join Courtney, Esther and Emilie of the boutique Babyccinokids.com as they tell their stories in this 38 minute podcast.

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Country vs City?

5:42- Where we’ve lived- how differently we do things like celebrating birthdays

9:06 What is a playdate like where you live? + school hours

11:50 What’s the best thing about raising a family in Europe?

13:35: regional differences :: Languages ::food :: cultural variety and diversity

15:32 What toy,book or activity do the children love to do?

16:58 What happens in daily life for these three families

18:36 Spontaneous or planned activities?

20:00 Tips when you’re moving with kids what to do?

22:20 How did Babycinno get started?

24:58: Perils of blogging and travelling

26:08 explaining blogging and friendships to your offline friends

28: 00 What they really wish they could take with them wherever they live?

30:30 What type of playdough- homemade or storebought?

31:57 Toys shops and negotiations

Stories about moving country :: Simplemom- living abroad ::Manic mommies- moving to Czech Republic

Podcast question of the week: If you could live anywhere in the world with your family , where would that be?

Audioboo: One way of limiting gifts for the kids.

Favourite bits of 2011 survey

Holiday play activities board on Pinterest

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78. Make and Takes for Kids with Marie LeBaron

melitsa — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:25:54 +0000

Marie LeBaron talks today about her new craft books; Make and Takes for Kids. Marie is owner of the popular parenting blog Make and Takes and the author of the kids craft book Make and Takes for Kids. She’s the mother of 3 living in Seattle, with a degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education. Always having a love of crafts, she enjoys getting messy with glue and glitter. There’s always some sort of project going on, her kitchen table is often cluttered with crafts. When she’s not crafting and creating with her kids, she loves to read, run, and blog!

If you’re looking for inspiration then have a listen to Marie.

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Audio review and interview with Marie about her craft book Make and takes for kids

Win the book!

Winner: Roopa! Congratulations Contest closed!

Holiday play activities board on Pinterest

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77. Christmas traditions and activities

melitsa — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:27:48 +0000

Water,blueberries and hot tea is how we kick off this show. Catherine Oehlman, onscreen personality, speaker and writer of the popular website and blog Squigglemum and I talk about Christmas activities and keeping it special for the children and time to enjoy it ourselves.

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some typical Christmas traditions ( 5:26)
Joining and melding of family traditions ( 7:58)
cookie exchanges ( 10:10 )
Carols by candlelight (12:27)
Christmas crafts ( 14:12)
Truth in the Tinsel ebook
Simple Advent calendar ( 14:55)
Toilet rolls and the nativity (15:17)
Christmas angels via muminthemadhouse.com ( 15:56 )
Making a nativity set ( 16:23)
balancing out Christmas and Santa ( 19:09)
Our crazy Advent calendar schedule ( 20:06 )
using photographs to jog memory and provide prompts (22:20)
wrapping gifts and handmade gifts and writing cards (23:01)
stress free and reason for the season (24:34)
Good givers and receive gratefully (25:49 )
Worldvision & Compassion (26:53)
Buying for charity giving (27:05)
Grocery store questions ( 31:05)
Buying handmade online(33:10)
Dealing with pressure ( 37:10)

Holiday play activities board on Pinterest

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76. Choosing an early years school or when to change to another

melitsa — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:35:09 +0000

How to choose the right daycare, Nursery or preschool? and What do you do when your choice doesn’t work out? Should you stay or should you go? Plus Christmas play activities in this 27 minute show.

Dr Kathy Hirsh-Pasek is the Stanley and Debra Lefkowitz Professor in the Department of Psychology at Temple University where she serves as Director of the Infant Language
Laboratory. She written numerous books including my favourite Einstein Never Used Flashcards: How Our Children Really Learn–and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less

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What to look for in a good school?
How do we choose which philosophy ( Montessori, Waldorf, Outdoor etc) works the best for our child?
about the Learning illusion
About one of the best educational toys
The importance of using and learning about the 6cs’
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Content
- Critical thinking
- Creative innovation
- Confidence
What type of language development you may expect to hear and see in schools?
When things aren’t going well at the educational establishment ( daycare, Nursery, Preschool etc) what should we do? (16:49)
Will it harm your child to move them away from friends? (19:44)

Christmas Activities ebook

Truth in the Tinsel: An Advent Experience for Little Hands

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75. TRUCE your first stop to choosing toys

melitsa — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:01:55 +0000

What if you there was a resource that helped you with your holiday gift buying that focused on play and not marketing? Written by Early childhood educators and parents and free.

TRUCE have done exactly that and today’s interview is all about media, marketing, holiday gift guides with Dr Diane Levin Professor of Education at Wheelock College in Boston, author of several books and hard working play activist and founder of CCFC and TRUCE
Diane .E. Levin

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about TRUCE- teachers resisting unhealthy children’s entertainment
Toy and holiday guide { resource}
how to counteract the harmful impact of marketing and media on children with examples{ resource}
how the guides help parents deal with extreme gender divisions, violence, sexualisation and remote controlness
about using the guide as a starting point with parents/friends/family to help parents
ways to spread the message about TRUCE
the TOADY awards ( CCFC #27):: Einstein refund
So sexy so soon toys
Vote in the TOADY awards Voting is open until November 28 and the winner will be announced on November 30
CCFC on Einstein refund recap
Benefits of advocating
The War Play Dilemma: What Every Parent And Teacher Needs to Know (Early Childhood Education Series (Teachers College Pr)) (Early Childhood Education (Teacher’s College Pr))
:: So sexy so soon:: Beyond remote control childhood
how Diane became passionate about play
developing routines and rules around media
banning music or books or certain media- Does it work? Just saying no won’t solve the problem
Shoebox gifts
Toys, play and learning action guide
Toy selection guide
practical advice about protecting our children during this holiday season

Microphone correction mentioned in the interview.

Teaching gratitude to little ones

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74. What’s the big deal about blocks?

melitsa — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:01:23 +0000

Blocks are just perfect in our digital age!

They are more than a baby toy but a toy that grows with our under 5 children.

Today I have an interview all about the big deal about blocks.

Empowered by Play was founded in 2009 by teacher-turned-activist Geralyn
Bywater McLaughlin, M.Ed. A classroom teacher for 19 years, she is also a mother of seven-year-old twin boys. Geralyn became a play advocate in response to her classroom observations of children who were forced to grow up too quickly in the current commercialized, plugged-in culture.

She is also a contributing writer to So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids by Diane Levin and Jean Kilbourne.

Read the article by Geralyn on blocks

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Aubrun, Maine school department spending approximately $200,000 on ipads for their incoming Kindergarteners.
Opposition and activism following that announcement
Evidence about how blocks are disappearing from early childhood classrooms and homes via Crisis in Kindergarden- Alliance for Childhood
about spontaneous idea opportunities generated from block play
about why we should have block play.
Update of the AAP guidelines on screen time for the Under 2s.
Value of blocks over time vs finite shelf life of software and the digital world.
Blocks are not just for babies
Block sizes and amounts for each age group
community playthings on blocks
the value of adding marbles, ramps and balls to block play
creative ways of block play
Different ways to use blocks
Photoblocks :: MindWare Blik-Blok:: Jenga:: Build-Your-Own-StoryBlox™ :: Art History block
Kapla blocks :: Keva Blocks
Our Nativity blocks :: Felt Nativity blocks
ways to teach block use if we don’t use blocks right now….side by side? Join in? teach? leave them to it?

What book has helped you raise a playful tot?

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73. Get involved

melitsa — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:10:03 +0000

Stay out of it or get involved?

How will you look back on these playful years 0-5?

Today I get into both these topics in this 30 minute show.

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about parent forums
getting involved with our settings
perspective
Gems from author, Michael Morpugo
that there is a time to enter the playground…..

What book has helped you raise a playful tot?

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72. Active play: The art of roughhousing with Dr Cohen

melitsa — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:51:20 +0000

Are you a rowdy parent? Giggles, wrestling, rolling, swinging and chase part of what you do?

Physical play with our children has changed dramatically.

Today’s guest is Dr Larry Cohen psychologist, consultant and author of the book The Art of Roughhousing
. We unpack many of the misunderstandings around roughhousing, learn a few new moves and discuss the changes that have happened in our society where no hitting and no touch has lead to parents being worried about roughhousing and rough and tumble play with their children.

It’s one of those topics where you do what’s best for your children and your family. I’m sure you have an opinion. Listen to the show and share your thoughts here or on Facebook

The art of roughhousing the website| Follow Dr Cohen on Twitter | Find them on Facebook

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about the modern definition of roughhousing.
the importance of physical touch in development for the 2-5 year old.
about changing the way we tackle physical play and the labels we use.
girls,women, mothers and roughhousing plus fathers roughhousing girls
ideas and advice to help mother headed households without fathers present due to absence, work, deployment , temporary or otherwise etc
about bedtime roughhousing
what to do about the no hitting/no touching rule that’s popular in settings
about the problems with tickling and I learn a better way of handing a problem.
how to approach sensitive children who don’t like to be touched or overactive parents who push too much

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71. Playing with food with MealMakeoverMoms

melitsa — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:40:11 +0000

The kitchen is a goldmine for play activities especially process play and sensory play ideas.

Janice Newell Bissex, is a registered dietitian and author of two healthy family cookbooks: No Whine with Dinner and The Moms’ Guide to Meal Makeovers: Improving the Way Your Family Eats, One Meal at a Time!
She shares today ideas to encourage our use of everyday items commonly found in our pantries and cupboards to have fun playtime. Along with recipes and ways to get kids interested in the kitchen.

Janice is also a popular Consultant, Spokesperson, Speaker, and Food Blogger.She’s also co-hosts a weekly radio podcast called, Cooking with the Moms.

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ideal items from the kitchen to use for crafting and creative fun
fun ways parents can use the kitchen staples to have fun with their little ones
about the show Cooking with the moms
time crunch recipes, tips for picky eaters and more about No whine for dinner
Seasonal food makes excellent play food…….and Mickey Mouse ears!

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70.Recess and playtime with Meg Rosker

melitsa — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:53:08 +0000

Recess and playtime are under attack. Did you know that breaktime or recess isn’t avaliable for all children in many countries? That was shocking news to me.There’s not enough time to do academics AND recess in many places. Is this really true? Meg Rosker share how to be an effective advocate for play by being informed and collaborating with others in this weeks show.

Meg Rosker writer and play advocate. a mom to three kids, former public school teacher and former Teach For America employee she has seen first hand the devastating effects the loss of play has had on children and families in America. Learn more about her work at Let Children Play

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Note: The words Recess, playtime and breaktime are used interchangeably through today’s show to talk about the time when the whole class of children go out enmass in a group, child directed play. Usually on the playground or field with staff monitoring but not usually directing play.( Do you have a different name for it?)

Meg Rosker’s New YorkTimes article : Effort to Restore Children’s Play Gains Momentum

We learn

What happens to these under 5s with reduced playtime or recess?
Recess experiences in Meg’s school.
Alternative suggestions to suggest to busy teachers with the dilemma of keeping kids in to finish work instead of reducing recess
Importance of Recess
What you’d expect to see happening at playtime- good experiences.
Ideas and approaches to talk to our schools and teachers about playtime without being confrontational.

let children achieve which is at http://letchildrenachieve.blogspot.com/ also the latest is at http://letchildrenachieve.tumblr.com/

Stitcher radio via http://stitcher.com/tots

Facebook: Let Children Play

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69. Everyday sensory alphabet activities

melitsa — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:25:52 +0000

Introducing the latest addition to the Raising Playful Tots family – Everyday sensory alphabet activities

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Play Activities at Play-Activities.com/blog

Weekly play activities email at Play-Activities.com

The Out-of-Sync Child and The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun

Check out the new toolkit Everydaysensoryalphabetactivities.com

56.Sensory play for babies and toddlers & 62. Sensory Play Activities is as easy as Play to Z.

Stitcher radio via http://stitcher.com/tots

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68. American Muslim Mom Ponn Sabra

melitsa — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:16:58 +0000

Today’s show features Ponn Sabra of American Muslim Mom . She’s the founder of the #1 community for American Muslim moms, and author of Empowering Women To Power Network: How to Save Time, Earn More Money, and Live a Life of Success by Building Quality Relationships Everywhere You Go. Sabra and her 3 young kid bloggers offer their homeschooling, green, natural, high-tech, world-traveling tips, tools, contests and more.

Ponn shares her experiences of working from home, raising children and keeping it all playful.

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Can you give us a little background about your community- do you live in a small town, mixed neighbourhood

Tell us about how American MuslimMom got started?

What’s play been like in your family?
What’s a typical day for your children since you homeschool?
How you manage with your Hijab going to the playground/clubs?

http://www.preschoolplaybook.com/

http://preschool-daze.com/

Fun farm animals

I’m a Success!
c is for caution {or celebration}
t is for tall painting

Stitcher radio

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67. Unexpected playtime and learning experiences

melitsa — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:30:37 +0000

The ups and downs of Raising a playful tot discussed in this weeks episode with one personal incident and 5 unexpected playtime and learning experiences.

Image credit: Barbara Rich

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church and church yard
rough patch of ground
new part of town
Supermarket
neighbour

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66. Celebrating other cultures

melitsa — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:01:25 +0000

Today’s show features Karen Nemeth of Language castle . She’s an educator, consultant and trainer with more than 25 years experience who provides resources and professional development for preschool programs on meeting the needs of children from different language backgrounds and their families.

Karen shares her experience and expertise in celebrating other cultures in today’s episode.

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In our daycares, preschools and nurseries we’ll be meeting peoples from diverse places. The schools often encourage participation and liaison but how can we as parents feel confident to approach people from around the world?
Martin Luther King day was widely celebrated in January and their our black, Asian and Hispanic history months is this a good way into celebrating other cultures through festivals?

What If All the Kids Are White?: Anti-Bias Multicultural Education with Young Children and Families (Early Childhood Education)

World Playground

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65. Choosing the right place

melitsa — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 10:23:15 +0000

Is this why you don’t go on holiday?

“…average family with children under the age of three will need to take around 83lb of child-related kit with them – not including clothing..” Wendy Shand, Tots to Travel.

Today’s show features Wendy S

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64. International Postcard Swap

melitsa — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:26:50 +0000

Welcome to a special edition of Raising Playful Tots………all about the recent International Postcard Swap from Zoe Toft of Playingbythebook.net.

Show#63 Zoe shared recommendations about audio stories for the under 5s mostly online.

Today however, I talk about our experiences as newbie participants in the International Postcard Swap.

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Overthinkingmom: Deployment show

http://wilbertandherma.blogspot.com http://wilbertandherma.blogspot.com/2011/05/international-postcard-swap-2011.html
A wandering mind
http://anushankarn.blogspot.com/2011/06/international-postcard-swap-for.html
Reading upside down
http://www.readingupsidedown.com/book-chat/international-postcard-swap-for-families
Curious librarian
http://curiouslibrarian.dreamwidth.org/2370.html

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63. Experiences with children’s audio stories

melitsa — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:36:45 +0000

So many places you can find children’s audio stories online and off for free listening. Audio isn’t just for car journeys.

Today’s show features Zoe Toft of Playingbythebook.net . She is a mum of 2 and popular book blogger sharing her journey of play and her love of books with us all. They are a bilingual family and she’s ranked #4 in the Tots100 and #7 in the Raising Playful Tots Index.
Zoe shares her love of audio for children in today’s episode.

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What are your current audio listens?
Hiccup: How to Train Your Dragon
Matilda
The BFG
The Gruffalo and Friends CD Box Set: The Gruffalo / The Smartest Giant / A Squash and a Squeeze / Room on the Broom / The Snail and the Whale / Monkey Puzzle

Little Town on the Prairie (Little House)

The Magician’s Nephew (BBC Radio Collection: Chronicles of Narnia)

Pausing with longer audio books or running the story all the way through?

Where’s a good place to find audio books online?
Radio drama on BBC RADIO
Sunday afternoon Children’s drama 4-5 – last week Chitty Chitty Bang bang, this weekend part 1 of Alan Garner’s Elidor and Baum’s Wizard of Oz
Radio 4 extra
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4extra/
Sometime take a look at Librivox - audio versions of copyright free books, recorded by members of the public

- lots of potential,but not yet amounting to much for kids, free , most voices in US accents

Storynory – http://storynory.com/ (also a storynory japan!) , quite a few Grimm and Andersen fairy stories, British accent – text provided, but recording is more like telling a story than reading a text.

A recent discovery: Radio NewZealand has quite a few stories to download or listen to online

“Storytime Treasure Chest is a downloadable collection of some of the very best children’s stories produced over the years by Radio New Zealand.”

http://www.radionz.co.nz/genre/children

New Guardian Children’s Booksite

Michael Rosen reads from his Big Book of Bad Things, ted hughes poems for kids (all quite short)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site

Smories

Playingbythebook.net- What’s your story?

Book trust

International postcard swap

Perfect picture books by post

Walking with My Iguana (Poetry)

Nation’s Favourite: Comic Poems: A Selection of Humorous Verse

Hiawatha

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62. Sensory Play Activities is as easy as Play to Z

melitsa — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:21:13 +0000

Sensory rich play:: mixed age group play

Today’s show features Sue Gascoyne an award-wining educational trainer and published author focused on embedding sensory play experiences in the learning environment. Sue has led several research projects, and designed and run workshops nationally and internationally to help practitioners introduce learning through play. Prior to launching her business, Early Years educational resources supplier Play to Z Ltd, Sue led a consultancy providing facilitation, mentoring and training for over 12 years. As a Primary School Governor and mother of two young children, many of Sue’s activities and resources are based on observations of her own children at play.

In 2009, Sue Gascoyne was named Nursery World ‘Trainer of the Year’ for her contribution to the Early Year’s sector.

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What is your definition of sensory play and can you give us a few examples across the age ranges?
2Why is sensory play so important?
3How does sensory play help children’s learning and development?

4What’s the adults role in supporting sensory-rich play?

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61. Baby signing

melitsa — Sun, 29 May 2011 23:43:38 +0000

Learn about baby signing and communication with our guest today! This is another conversation about Baby Sign language. See Show #46 for more information about baby sign.

Louise Gibbs is a pediatric nurse with more than 10 years experience. She fell in love with Baby Sign language after the birth of her daughter and hasn’t looked back. Louise trains groups around the country in sign as wells as has classes online.

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Nursery world Child Development Staff ‘need digital guidance’ for supporting literacy Sue Learner, 18 May 2011,
The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood newsletter “Do preschoolers need mandatory screen time?”

NAEYC draft proposals

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60. 7 tips to Raising a Playful Tot

melitsa — Mon, 23 May 2011 09:33:54 +0000

How much time to do you play with your tot or allocate for play? Is it too much? Can you play too much? Are you with the children all the time? Are you stressed out trying to do too much?

This week we look at how what we do as parent, carers and educators impact how we raise a playful tot

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RESOURCE

ACTION

INNITATIVE

SHARING

INNOVATE

SAYING NO TO SOMETHING means saying YES TO SOMETHING ELSE

GROWING

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59. Ways to be a productive parent

melitsa — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:23:53 +0000

Freezing LEGO people and bathtime fun?

Today’s show features Emily Rempe part of the Mother-daughter team that runs Productive Parenting.com A membership site where you receive one new activity suggestion each day based on your child’s birth date!

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Background of Productive Parenting

Why should we come to Productive Parenting?

Looking on your site I see that you have activities split up into age groups Can you share with us some of the activities you have ?

As a membership site when I sign up what do I expect to receive.

What would you say to those parents who are on the fence about using everyday items in their play alongside store bought toys?

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Alliance for childhood: Singing to children may help development of language skills

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58. Stuck for play ideas? Spring play activities with Becky Goddard-Hill

melitsa — Mon, 09 May 2011 08:44:53 +0000

Frog spawn, ABC cards, miniature gardens and more.

Today’s show features Becky Goddard- Hill, author of How to Afford Time Off with your Baby and busy mum to two young children. You’ll find her here blogging at babybudgeting.co.uk

Becky share lots of seasonal play ideas .

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Subscribe to the Raising Playful Tots youtube channel

SoftThistle on Youtube

Outdoor playgroups + Small fry outdoors

Feedback Erin from Mass ; thefinerneiners.blogspot.com

Nicole of Planningwithkids.com and her new book release

Christie of Childhood 101

Lakeshore Learning

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57. How accessible is your playground?

melitsa — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:58:50 +0000

What’s special about the playgrounds you go to all the time compared to others?

How accessible is your playground for your tots?

Today’s show features Mara Kaplan, educator, nationally recognized expert in play and playspaces and tireless advocate for accessible playgrounds. She writes at letkidsplay.com.

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What are the three things families say are the most important about a playground being accessible?
Why it is important to look beyond wheelchairs when designing an accessible playground?
What are some of the best pieces of equipment on the market to support inclusion and children with disabilities on the playground?
What was has been your experience of playgrounds with an able bodied child and wheelchair user?
If you could design your own playground and you like many of us must do this when you go to a playground or wish to redesign one what do think we should consider?
How do we go about starting a playground? is it really that easy?
Tell us what you’ve seen or expect to see in a nature playground?

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56.Sensory play for babies and toddlers

melitsa — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:04:26 +0000

Jelly, Spaghetti, Messy play are some of the wonder activities Adele shares from her book in this week’s show.

Today on the Raising Playful Tots show, I talk to Adele Crozier former Nursery manager, writer and mother of two little ones. She blogs at http://monkeyingaround1.blogspot.com.

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How have you found the journey of becoming a childminder?
What made you decide to write about Sensory activities?
Why are sensory activities important?
Tell us more about your book, how is it useful for new parents?
How would you encourage a good messy playtime experience that is fun for all.

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55. Play activities for babies

melitsa — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 08:10:23 +0000

What ideas help me be closer to my baby and start me on the journey to raising a playful tot?

Today on the Raising Playful Tots show, I talk to Blythe Lipman, author of Help! My Baby Came Without Instructions , and radio host at Toginet with her show: Baby and toddler instructions about play activities for babies and how to begin that journey to raising a playful tot.

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What are the benefits of establishing routines and rhythm for the baby and parent? How does it help in raising a playful tot?
Babies are active and alert for such short periods of time what’s the best way to be playful with them?
We had a really successful time during nappy ( diaper) changing when my son was kicking his legs and he kicked the plastic wet wipes container. Bath time is traditionally the time for play with babies but what about other times?

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54. Easter play perspectives

melitsa — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:12:13 +0000

Today’s show features four mothers who share their unique memories of Easter growing up and what they are doing for Easter. Each person brings a new perspective to this festival.

Traditions and passing down cultural ideas are part of our kids personal, social and emotional education. Whether we’re deliberate, influenced or laid back. There are so many ways we can raise a playful tot.

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53. Poetry in your pocket

melitsa — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:03:50 +0000

How do you use poetry with your under 5 child? National Poem in your Pocket day is nearly here. This week we explore in the podcast ways to include poetry not just on April 14th but in our everyday interactions with your little tots.

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A few things in poems favour

you can read one quickly.
They usually have pictures
They can be very funny.
Full of language, history and folklore.
lift a mood with a nonsense rhyme
Great ways to encourage stories, writing, reading and talking.
Easy to learn by heart without even trying.

Little boy blue and other rhymes

Great board book so everyone can grab it. This book has lasted a very long time through quite a few pairs of our families hands. There are lots of pictures to help with the Nursery Rhymes making it easy for my preschooler to read the Rhymes himself. It’s also small enough to have in the stroller to use if we’re out. ( Always have a stash of books closeby when you’re out- waiting is so much easier if you can pull out a book especially one with actions to get away the wiggles standing in line)

The works is a collection of poems in different styles. Nursery rhymes, action verses, chants, modern rhymes, traditional stories told in rhyme, fables and parables, myths and legends, humorous verse, tongue twisters, puns and wordplay, shape poems, calligrams, concrete verse, Acrostic etc etc They make excellent read aloud poems because there are so many different types to choose from in one book. Not all will be suitable for the young ones but it’s a great reference to see the range of poetry and brush up on ideas ourselves.

Read me is also a collection of poems but for everyday of the year. We like to read everyone in the families birthday poem.

Action Rhymes has 37 rhymes to get the kids moving and grooving. There are lots of pictures to give ideas what to do. There are examples of movements for us to learn so we can do the songs. Old favourites like… Here’s the church and here is the steeple, open the doors and here are the people unusual ones like.. snail snail put out your horns and I’ll give you bread and barley corns.

A Children’s Treasury of Milligan is a long time favourite of mine. Full of silly verse and stories. Kids love the silliness. Who doesn’t remember, On the Ning Nang Nong where the cows go bong! or try Rain

The Puffin book of utterly brilliant poetry- my current copy is nine years old so I hope it is still in print. There are poems from Spike Milligan ( see above), Kit Wright, Michael Rosen, Charles Causley, Roger McGough, Benjamin Zephaniah, Brian Pattern, Jackie Kay, John Agard, and Allan Ahlberg. Each section starts with an interview with the author. The questions are just like the ones the kids would ask themselves. You can find out what Michael Rosen would like to be if he wasn’t a human being?

I have quite a few collections books with many different poets. I hope that in reading this wide range the kids will develop a taste for a variety of poetry. It’s good to have definite likes and dislikes and form opinions. Mine, like most, have started with Nursery Rhymes but after they ‘ grow out’ of these I hope they’ll have latched onto something else. We can read a variety of books but poetry you can read so many more because they are so short and packed with some many goodies.

Poetry has always been a mood changer for me more than picture books ever could do. That’s not to say there aren’t sad or serious poems out there.

It is important for our kids to see the fun side of us; for us to laugh together; look and laugh at words and meanings; realise that reading is fun and lighthearted and not just HARD WORK.

Poetry gives you a chance to smile and laugh, and start some interesting conversations.

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RPT 52: Overcoming the playground mafia

melitsa — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:35:12 +0000

What’s your experience of visiting a playground? Intimidating? Welcoming? How do you socialise with the other parents there? Does it matter to you who is there? Are playgrounds just for kids to play or should we as parents feel welcome there?

This week’s show we talk about playful ways to mix in a playground. We look from the perspective as a newbie to the area or a new time in that park.

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1 in 5 people move every year! That’s 20% of the United States population. Source

Bring toys that encourage community

Bring toys that you can play then they can play with new friends

Smile and greet the moms as you get the equipment

Melting pot of backgrounds, class, status, responsibilities from teenage sitter, teenage mom to Grand parent and Guardians. We all come for a purpose

Playdate at the park- arrange one with a new mum from the playgroup/nursery

Be open to small talk at the park. Be respectful of the reading engrossed types

Things not to do:-
1. Crowd the newbie and bombard with 100 questions

2. Ask them if they like it here better than where they came from

3. “How long will you be here?”

Invite new people into your well established groups.

Ask about toy libraries, swap meets for nearly new clothing or shops

Playground groups that meet up. Kari of Activekidsclub talked about outdoor playgroups in episode #17 There are stroller clubs, mother and toddler groups. Yoga clubs……

Make a route map of lots of parks in your area

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RPT 51: Developing pretend play

melitsa — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:58:27 +0000

New ways to pretend play. Tired of the same old activities?

Stef Green is the creator of StefStation.com, author of Imagination Stories and writer for “Refresh!” e-magazine – encouraging moms with tots worldwide. Today she talks to us about expanding your pretend play reportoire.

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Imagination play at the library storytime’ I want to do imaginaary stuff with my kids but I just don’t know what to do?

Looking at toys differently

Refresh

Imagination stories CD

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RPT 50: World Read Aloud Day

melitsa — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:59:13 +0000

Storytelling, oral traditions, reading books, sharing favourite passages are all fun ways we experience and share life with our tots. World Read Aloud day is the perfect time to celebrate your favourite read alouds or try something new.

Today Pam Allyn of Litword.org, author of numerous books, and founder of the global literacy day: World Read aloud day shares simple ideas to inspire some reading aloud. Read aloud doesn’t have to be from books!

Pam is a renowned Literacy Expert. She has been a powerful presence in the field of literacy education for over twenty years. She has created innovative programs, written many books on the subject of literacy education, and directs two internationally recognized organizations dedicated to building reading and writing cultures worldwide.

What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read with Your Child–and All the Best Times to Read Them

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Read aloud activities in the UK

–Edinburgh, Scotland school will be reading aloud

–Wigan, England- taking group of students to another school to read to younger children

–Perthshire, England- reading aloud to their class

–Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England- the participant is reading aloud to his friend’s class in the Bronx via Skype in celebration

–Bourne, England- will be reading aloud with all classes

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RPT 49: Cultural diversity in the home

melitsa — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:33:50 +0000

Today we’re finding easy and fun ways to add some cultural diversity into our playtime with Karen Nemeth. Karen Nemeth, author of Many Languages, One Classroom: Teaching Dual and English Language Learners, educator, director and consultant in the field of child development and early childhood education

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Why we should have culturally diverse materials in the home?

Where is a good place to start to find culturally diverse materials in the home?

watch babies

multicultural music
books in different languages
software
apps

Ann Morris: Bread, Bread, Bread (Around the World Series)

Houses and Homes (Around the World Series)

Shoes, Shoes, Shoes (Mulberry Books)

Bilingual books and music along with ipad apps :annalomba.com ( pictures and languages)

06:55 Search for Markets or a festival for authentic experiences

Musical instruments from other countries or play materials made out of natural things.

Wheel on the bus app

LanguageLizard.com Bilingual books, newsletter and books in other languages.

1 in 4 babies born in 2005 were to immigrant families in the US

There are more than 250 languages are spoken in London making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world.

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RPT 48: Establishing a range of play activities

melitsa — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 01:06:42 +0000

Do we have play activities we cling to and ones that make us shrink back in horror? While we can’t be all things to all people we do need to give our little ones an opportunity to experience as wide a variety of activities as possible while they are young…………..regardless of our feelings. How do you establish a range of play activities?

What's your favourite?

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Observe what you are doing

Be inspired

Plan for it

Revisit activities

Focus on your child and not what’s popular

Craft refuser

Ella Jenkins: A Life of Song

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RPT 47: Cleaning toys & creating a healthy home

melitsa — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:39:04 +0000

How clean are your toys?

Brian Clark Howard a web editor with The Daily Green, the consumer’s guide to the green revolution. He is also the co-author of several books, including Green Lighting, Geothermal HVAC and Green Living. We’re talking today about cleaning toys and reducing the toxins to create healthier homes for playtime.

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How to clean wooden toys and plastic toys?

Hygiene theory

How to tackle mildew stains on toys?

Disinfectant recipe

2 cups of water 3 tablespoons liquid soap 20-30 drops of tea tree oil

When should we be throwing away toys?

How can you throw away toys in a green way especially during large recalls?

Cleaning bath toys

Ricing

Should we be concerned about natural objects?

Treasure Basket Play

Teaching hand washing

Warning for outdoor sandbox

Tips for reducing toxins in the home

cleaning products
What to use on Plush toys

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Raising Playful Tots show 46: Baby Signing Mummy

melitsa — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:02:50 +0000

Learn about baby signing and communication with our guest today!

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Makaton, British Sign Language

When’s the best age to start baby signing?

What are the benefits for baby?

Karen Pine

The Read-Aloud Handbook:

Does sign language hinder spoken language development?

Lisa of Talking Tots

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Dinner Games review

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Raising Playful Tots show 45:10 Old fashioned activities for new fashioned kids

melitsa — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:44:49 +0000

How relevant is the play activities you did as a child relevant for your little ones today?

Today’s show is packed full of play ideas and ways to extend play. Things you remember but had forgotten perhaps and ideas to keep you going for another week.

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Challenge: Keeping sane with clubs and siblings

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82. Simple steps to cultivating a read aloud habit

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77. Christmas traditions and activities

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76. Choosing an early years school or when to change to another

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75. TRUCE your first stop to choosing toys

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74. What’s the big deal about blocks?

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73. Get involved

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72. Active play: The art of roughhousing with Dr Cohen

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70.Recess and playtime with Meg Rosker

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