Raising Playful Tots show 33: Travel with kids = My Busy Kit

by melitsa on July 14, 2010
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Traveling with your child isn’t always the most playful of experiences. Lorraine Akeman Mom and blogger Co-founder of My Busy Kit shares the fun you can have with a special busy kit made for your child to enjoy while traveling in this 24 minute show.
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00:00 Introduction and Welcome

01:30 Last week was Dr Petra Kern.

03:00 Introduction .Lorraine tells her story of how she came from thought to product.

05:30 What’s a busy kit?

10:00 Community project ideas with my busy kit.

Visit their site: mybusykit.com

Facebook.com/mybusykit

Family blog: keepsmesmiling.com

16:55 Dr Golinkoff.

Weekly find: Fat Brain Toys

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Disclosure: Lorraine sent a complimentary copy of My busy kit after the interview for personal use.

Tags: activities, church, engage, Learning, Play, preschool, restaurants, travel

Raising Playful Tots show 31: Preschool play in newsletters

by melitsa on June 30, 2010
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What’s in your preschoolers backpack? Is it full of crafts and activities? Lurking near the bottom is probably a newsletter or something for us to read. This week I take a look at what we find in our preschool newsletter. Is it useful for parents other than just dates or does it help connect and play with our children in this 21 minute podcast.

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00:00 Introduction and Welcome

01:08 Last week Janni Nicol show #30 Steiner/Waldorf play

01:21 Are you a mum with a question about play or want to share your play ideas? Email me. or Voice mail 512 827 0505 x 3998

01:51 Moving. Finding toys, yard sales and collaborating together

04:22 Starting age of school in the UK and overview of our preschool experiences so far.

05:03 Preschool information that they bring home? Newsletter

09:07 Suggested home activities

10:31 Month of preschool emails about play

14:41 Weekly newsletter of play activities | Play-activities.com

16:23 Judy Johnston: Tessy and Tab

16:33 Weekly finds:

18:19 Outdoor products contest| TV appearance

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Raising Playful Tots #16 Making literacy connections

by melitsa on March 9, 2010
in Learning, Podcast

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Today I talk with Tonya Wright about making valuable literacy connections. Tonya Wright has a mission to expose parents and teachers to valuable early childhood activities in the hope of enriching the lives of as many children as she can.

Tonya share lots of ideas on how to make literacy connections with our little ones.

What would be a few good examples of literacy activities for each stage?
Boys and writing and some say literacy in general is a difficult thing. Do you find a gender split? How do we encourage reluctant readers and writers whatever their gender? Do we need to follow their gender?
Computers and the preschooler
What guidance would you suggest to parents about using computer games and literacy games with their preschoolers?
How we read books and how much language children hear is so important can you give an example read of what you might do for one of your favourite books.

Tonya Wright has over twenty years of experience in the field of early childhood education