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Special Time Series: A list of 60 Activities To Do With Preschoolers and School Aged Children
| February 22, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Family, Parenting, Play |
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A sure fire way to have successful special time with pre-schoolers is letting them choose the activity and lead the way.
School age children sometimes start thinking time with mom and dad is lame so keeping special time as a ritual, a weekly tradition on a set day/time possibly, is a great way to not lose this very important time together.
This list has 60 Activitiy ideas for special time with Preschoolers and School Aged children.
Painted Snow Sculptures in 5 Easy Steps
| January 30, 2012 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Family, Play |
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Ever try paiting snow sculptures? This weekend we created some snow masterpieces with buckets, baking sheets, and water color. Along with having lots of fun we explored textures, temperatures, colors and shapes. Here are the 5 steps: 1. We collected snow in buckets and plastic containers. 2. Next we used water colors and a little…
Rivalry To Harmony Part 2: Five Games To Promote Team Work Among Siblings
| November 16, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Family, Parenting, Play, Positive_discipline |
Last week at Authentic Parenting I wrote about avoiding and solving conflicts through play. One of the things I wrote about was how I had encouraged my boys to work together as a team. I received a lot of feedback and questions about other ways to encourage siblings to work together. Here are five games…
Calming the Storm: Avoiding a Meltdown
| June 25, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Family, Parenting |
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This is a re-post from my article at Authentic Parenting which first appeared on Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Relaxation & visualization techniques dressed in play. It’s the end of a long, rainy morning; we have waited in lines and in traffic. We enter the house, damp and cold, jackets hit the floor and shoes fly.…
Gone (to play) with the Wind
| June 4, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Parenting, Play |
Windy Play…part of our summer fun series Windy days can make for some great fun – here are some of the wind projects from our 100 fun things we plan to do this summer list! Speedy Windsock A very easy project to make we have enjoyed making it each year with left over birthday decorations!…
Bubble Fun
| May 28, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Parenting, Play |
Bubble Fun Bubble time is practically a given on any day. We have a collection of wands and plastic containers we like to use. In our collection are, traditional wands, self made wands, straw wands and also a battery wand so that even before being able to work a traditional wand my children have felt…
100 fun things to do this summer
| May 26, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Parenting, Play |
The boys, baby and I have put together a huge list of all the things we want to try doing this summer. I tried to organize the list a bit and well here it is… From bubble games to marbling paint to backyard cooking and other adventures check out our ideas and may we all…
Spring Time is Bug Time
| March 31, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Parenting, Play |
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For the month of April we are doing a Spring & Bugs theme. Books The Grouchy Lady Bug – Eric Carle The Very Busy Spider – Eric Carle The Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle Art Friendly Ladybugs Giant Spiders Heart Caterpillars Beautiful Butterflies Songs Itsy Bitsy Spider If you are happy and you know it…
Play away a yucky day!
| February 24, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Parenting, Play |
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15 activities to do indoors on a yucky day! 1. Build a fort 2. Make paper airplanes 3. Paint with cars 4. Build with Lego 5. Build a book city 6. Read stories 7. Play follow the leader 8. Dance 9. Make up a silly song 10. Play music band 11. Set up an obstacle…
vrooooom…car painting
| February 24, 2011 | Posted by mudpiemama under Arts & Crafts, Parenting |
I find this to be a fun activity for a rainy day. I Line a table with an old shower curtain or table cloth or lots of newspapers. Then lay out long sheets of paper or many smaller sheets of paper tapped together. I Place different colored paints on paper plates. Then place one or…
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