Raising Playful Tots show 33: Travel with kids = My Busy Kit
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.
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Raising Playful Tots show 32: How we can be playful with music
Dr Petra Kern owner of Music Therapy consulting share insights into playful activities to do with Under 5 children using music. Music you would find in any home with any person. She also talks about the universality of music for families, disabilities and Autism in this 27 minute podcast.
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00:00 Introduction and Welcome
02:45Dr Petra Kern’s Owner, Music Therapy Consulting find her on the web @ www.musictherapy.biz
02:55 Importance of music in young children.
04:30 Importance of music for children with Autism and children with disabilities.
06:30 Common ground with families and music
07:05 What or when are windows of opportunity for children 0-3?
10:35 What is motherease?
- Dr. Aniruddh Patel
- Getting in Tune: The Powerful Influence of Music on Young Children’s Development
By Levine-Gelb Communications, Claire Lerner, and Lynette A. Ciervo
14:05 Games and activities for daily life: supermarket, changing diapers and getting in and out of the car.
15:20 Music in preschool and K life
19:21 Weekly find: Elise | Inspiration Surrounds, Creativity Abounds
http://etadventures.blogspot.com/2010/06/upcycling-humble-toilet-roll.html
http://etadventures.blogspot.com/2010/06/rising-to-challenge.html
http://etadventures.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-wrap.html
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Raising Playful Tots show 31: Preschool play in newsletters
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:
- 6 Fun Things to Do with a Cardboard Box
- 10 Picture Books that Teach Important Life Lessons
- Summer reading challenge
18:19 Outdoor products contest| TV appearance
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Raising Playful Tots show 30: Steiner Waldorf play with Janni Nicol
Janni Nicol Consultant specialising in Steiner Waldorf, Core tutor at the University of Plymouth , and author of Creative play for your toddler Steiner Waldorf Expertise and toy projects 2-4 talks about Steiner- Waldorf play a play concept that is becoming more popular. She gives background on the movement, activity ideas and information about how important this style of play concept impacts our 21st Century children in this 29 minute podcast. 
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00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:35 Moving with kids. How do you do with play inmind? Pizza bites
03:00 Love hearing about what play is happening with you. Email me. or Voice mail 512 827 0505 x 3998
04:16 Last week Talking Tots. This week Janni Nicol.
05:15 Introduction to Janni Nicol, tutor, consultant and International author of Creative Play for Your Toddler: Steiner Waldorf Expertise and Toy Projects for 2 – 4s
05:45: How would you recognise Steiner Waldorf play? What is it?
08:35 What type of play activities and toys would you expect to see in a Steiner home for your baby?
11:15 Examples of games you would play with your child
11:50 Treasure basket play: Learn how to set up your own
14:00 When do you start formal schooling?
14:30 Different play at different ages.It is important how children play with each other at different ages. Very different when child and adult plays together and child to child plays.
17:25 Imitation is important. Adults need to be worthy of imitation.
18:48 Whatever you do. Do it properly. Start and all the way to the end to see it completed and accurately.
20:39 Collecting the materials with your child and making it together is part of the fun of play in the Steiner-Waldorf approach
22:00 Educational toys have a very different effect on children.
22:31 Judy Johnston: Tessy and Tab
Weekly find: KaBoom playdays
What are your thoughts on Steiner and Waldorf play?
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Raising Playful Tots Show 25: Let’s explore with Amy Anderson
In this 31 minute podcast, you’ll learn about Amy Anderson of Let’s explore. She’s a mom passionate about play with her two girls. Amy walks us through her play day and the tips and tricks that help their family enjoy play.
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00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:45 Extended playtime opportunities
01:50 How do you store masterpieces?
02:29 Question for listeners. Solutions to Lego pieces, Polly Pockets, Stickle bricks
03:16 recap of RPT: 24 Dawn Papandrea Khan and introduction to Amy Anderson: Let’s explore
04:07 Amy talks about Let’s explore and how she came to start writing about play activities.
04:50 Amy talk about running her retail play store and how important this was informing her play choices.
05:53 Pitfalls of ‘eye candy’ craft blogs and how to choose appropriate play activities without feeling pressured.
06:41 Valuing the experience of play rather than what it looks like.
07:25 Using the materials you have for activities.
08:09 Improvisation is good and buying every specialist piece of equipment is just not practical or necessary.
08: 29 Repurposing and reusing play activities
08:50 Benefits of having a Junk Box. Junk boxes and Playdates .
09:36 Bubble wrap, candle holder, vase and other ideas
10:50 Open ended play vs one time things.
11:03 Cardboard box and creativity. How do you get unstructured play in?
12:06 Keeping things low key and one activity a week
12:22 Unstructured playtime is crucial especially as our children get older.
12:46 Scheduling unstructured play
13:00 Coping with the “I’m bored!” whine
14:00 Rotating art supplies keep ideas fresh.
15:24 Sticker fun for the younger ones to put off the whining moments
16:42 Social and emotional pointers- take time to get involved in their play
17:01 Kids are happy to engage with each other but we still have to engage with them
17:15 Sneaking in learning opportunities with examples
19:14 What is your process for accepting or rejecting a play activity in your family?
20:50 what do they need, what do they love,what do I want and what do we have around the house
21:38 Media marketing ,impulsing buying and implementing a play philosophy that influences your play.
22:40 limit going to the toy store. Things look so good but there is (often) a price to pay in creativity.
23:08 Limiting TV with commercials and pester power.
23:53 Benefits of carrying a notebook for the “I wants and I needs” becomes a wishlist.
25:00 Silly question
26:00 Weekly find: Growing an In-Sync Child: Simple, Fun Activities to Help Every Child Develop, Learn, and Grow
Carol Kranowitz and Joye Newman
30:00 New show ideas or comments leave a voice mail: 214 615 6506 ex 3998. Leave a comment on the show notes. Email the show
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Find Amy Lets-explore.net | Early Bird Homeschool | Twitter
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