2009 February | Spaghetti Box Kids

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- NPR: Old-Fashioned Play Builds Serious Skills Research compares very different styles of play.
- NPR: The Well-Meaning, Bad Parent Discusses parents obsessed with their children’s happiness.
- NPR: What Happened to Kids Books? Questions are raised concerning new trend in kids’ books.
- Old Time Radio- Cinnamon Bear Free 1937 radio series for kids (opens with default media player). Wonderful, wholesome stories. Thoroughly enjoyable.
- Play=Learning- Free Pdf Book This publication emerged from Play=Learning 2005 converence at Yale University. Recommend at least reading the Prologue.
- Reading is Fundamental Reading List Reading is Fundamental and American Library Association recommended reading list.

When considering whether to expose your toddler to rigorous scholastic instruction, consider this: Finland enjoys the highest standard of education in the world and their children don't start school until age 7.

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Entries from February 2009

How to Play Marbles: Part 3

February 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Unlike passive activities like television—which requires no skill, or video games—which have predetermined outcomes, marble games invite your child’s active participation in creating unique circumstances and outcomes. Best of all, marble play is stress free and easy on the parent.

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Tags: Kids’ Activities

Parenting: Be Yourself

February 9th, 2009 · 6 Comments

The merits of quality playtime are widely accepted, yet participating in quality playtime with your child can be exhausting. This article explores a strategy parents can use to energize themselves during playtime activities.

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Tags: Parent Strategies