78. Make and Takes for Kids with Marie LeBaron

by melitsa on December 13, 2011
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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!

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September Raising Playful Tots Index

by MelitsaNicole on October 13, 2010
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Welcome to the September Raising Playful Tots Index !

Are you a new mum looking for play ideas? Work in childcare and want some resources to share with your colleagues and parents about making play fun? Run a mother and toddler group and looking for suggestions? Looking to make some changes in your play lifestyle gradually from people who have been there before you? An Early years educator who is just excited about play? Grandparent with children coming to stay? Parent curious about….*delete appropriate Montessori/ structured together activities/Waldorf Steiner/ preschool/Literacy activities/unplugged/outdoor play etc and more and want to learn from the experts?

Then stop now pull up a chair and you are in for a treat. You have come to the right place!

The RPTI is one such one-stop shop.

Complied in one place are bloggers who love Play. They promote Early childhood play with a variety of play activities and inspirational ideas for our under 8 children in one place.

Whether you are looking for new ideas, inspiration, things to do , babysitting tonight and need a helping hand, pop on over to the RPTI and enjoy the exciting play activities by parents and educators.

You will have a full play folder with a range of play activities from specialist to generalist. Waldorf play inspired to homeschooled, baby, toddler, preschool and School activities for you to dip into depending on what you are looking for.

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We had a lot of new entries this quarter pushing the play list to well over 150 blogs. There has also been a lot of movement in the list. This quarter is based on 01 June to 31 August. This period is typically a slower period for many due to school holidays and children home. Posting was a lot lighter this period- I wonder why?

Sept Raising Playful Tots Index

New	+ / -	Blog	Rank
1	=	No Time For Flashcards	67.17
2	*	Be A Fun Mum	60.58
3	+2	Playing By The Book	53.97
4	+2	1 + 1 + 1 = 1	53.36
5	+7	Skip To My Lou	52.85
6	*	Codename: Mama	52.72
7	=	Irrestible Ideas For Play Based Learning	52.10
8	-7	Play Activities	50.60
9	+17	Picklebums	48.30
10	-6	NutureStore	47.47
11	+5	Rhythm Of The Home	47.12
12	*	Confessions Of A Homeschooler	46.78
13	-10	Let The Children Play	46.41
14	+86	The Artful Parent	45.27
15	-2	Frugal Family Fun Blog	44.95
16	+6	Not Just Cute	44.37
17	-8	Simple Kids	43.64
18	-8	Childhood 101	43.31
19	*	Creative Madness Mama	42.71
20	+23	A bit of this and a bit of that	42.57
21	-4	Planning With Kids	41.26
22	-14	Teach Mama	41.22
23	-12	Quirky Momma	39.98
24	=	Childhood Magic	39.50
25	*	LittleSheep Learning	39.42
26	-8	Let's Explore	39.25
27	+41	Imagination Soup	39.18
28	-9	Unplug Your Kids	39.04
29	-15	Squiggle Mum	38.59
30	*	Polwig Kids	38.50
31	-8	Teacher Tom's Blog	38.25
32	*	Sparkling Adventures	37.72
33	*	Little Eco Footprints	37.60
34	-2	Chasing Cheerios	36.62
35	-8	Adventures With Kids	36.11
36	*	I Can Teach My Child	35.96
37	-7	Preschool Playbook	35.92
38	*	Teach Preschool	35.30
39	-1	Filthy Wizardry	35.13
40	-20	The Activity Mom	34.96
41	-2	Joyful Learner	34.50
42	-2	Flipflops & Applesauce	34.46
43	-1	Counting Coconuts	34.26
44	+6	Busy Brissy Mum	33.75
45	+1	Playful Learning	33.71
46	*	Building Rainbows	33.60
47	-14	Superheroes and Princesses	33.19
48	-33	Fun In The Making	33.18
49	+22	One Little Room	33.09
50	-25	Ordinary Life Magic	32.96
51	-10	The Work Of Childhood	32.95
52	-5	Adventures of Mommydom	32.82
53	-25	A Mommy's Adventures	32.67
54	*	Fun With Mama	32.66
55	-34	Childsplay x2	32.62
56	*	Room To Grow	32.41
57	-28	The Madhouse	32.41
58	*	Memetales	32.19
59	-29	Science @ Home	31.73
60	*	Early Childhood Resources	31.13
61	-27	Little Hands, Big Work	31.07
62	+22	Little Wonders'Days	31.01
63	*	My Delicious Ambiguity	31.01
64	-11	Mommy Coddle	30.87
65	=	The Adventures Of Bear	30.86
66	*	Spell Outloud	30.83
67	+13	What did we do all day?	30.78
68	-19	Teaching Heart Mom	30.67
69	-25	Everyday Play	30.44
70	*	Cooking, Cakes and Children	30.44
71	-10	United Teaching	30.30
72	-21	The Wonder Years	30.15
73	-13	Preschool Daze	30.00
74	-7	Raising Creative Children	29.87
75	*	Mommy Moment	29.79
76	*	Mama Smiles	29.57
77	-22	Brick by Brick	29.57
78	*	Mozi Esme	29.57
79	-31	Mouse Grows, Mouse Learns	29.52
80	-28	Tired Need Sleep	29.51
81	*	Chasing The Seasons	29.44
82	*	Sippy Cup Central	28.99
83	-46	Because Babies Grow Up	28.91
84	-26	Handmade Beginnings	28.68
85	-28	Works For Me Homemaking	28.46
86	-50	Adventures Of A Flake	28.35
87	-18	Having Fun At Home	28.31
88	*	The Imagination Tree	28.21
89	-35	The Forest Room	28.00
90	*	Mama Jenn	27.90
91	-4	Izzie, Mac and Me	27.83
92	*	Simple. Messy. Fun	27.78
93	*	All Baby Advice	27.77
94	*	Welcome To The Motherlode	27.56
95	*	Home Grown Families	27.51
96	-22	Moments Of Mommyhood	27.44
97	-25	Welcome To Our Wonderland	27.32
98	*	All Boy Home School	27.29
99	*	The Home Teacher	27.12
100	*	Fun On A Dime	27.11

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………..Now you have hours and hours of play activities to try. Your play folder has only just begun.

This Index is brought to you by Melitsa and Nicole

Melitsa Avila is a stay at home mum raising three full of fun boys in various countries as a military mum. She shares her thoughts and ideas on keeping Early years playtime fun for both parents and children through her websites and podcast.

Nicole Avery: As a mother of five gorgeous kids ranging from 11years to one year old, I have figured out a few tricks, processes and plans that have helped make our daily life easier. Through my blog I share my ideas on how to streamline the repetitive tasks in family life, so you have more time for fun the parts like playing, getting out and about or just quietly enjoying each others company.