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	<title>CreativePlay Plus: Ideas in Play and Child Development</title>
	
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		<title>Creative Play Number Match Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Creative Play Muse</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Most parents will agree that mathematical skills are big deal.  So what do you do when your child doesn&#8217;t seem interested in numbers? Try this clever number match game from mommy blogger Allison at No Time For Flash Cards.  What we like about this game is that you can adjust it to be more or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Arts and Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Christian</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Educational systems that are focused on traditional learning, like language arts and math, do not give children struggling in these areas a chance to learn other potential strengths. Children who have strengths in music, dance, theater, and art aren’t necessarily given opportunities during the school day to hone their skills. Most importantly, these children are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits of Recess</title>
		<link>http://creativeplayplus.com/2010/01/benefits-of-recess/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Christian</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The social and cognitive benefits of recess and free play are too important to be ignored. During recess children learn valuable social skills like learning to negotiate with peers in order to keep playing with them.
“I want to play on the monkey bars too.  How about we take turns?”
“You got to choose 4-square yesterday, today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Time for Recess</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Christian</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Anthony Pelligrini is a notable scholar of recess and the education system. According to him, recess is disappearing because school administrators are more concerned with increasing instructional time and claim that recess promotes bullying and aggressive behaviors.
The argument that recess is not as developmentally important as instructional time is not well founded. We know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Your Kids Get the Most Out of Play</title>
		<link>http://creativeplayplus.com/2010/01/helping-your-kids-get-the-most-out-of-play/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Creative Play Muse</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Playday is an annual event in the UK that celebrates children’s right to play. On Playday thousands of children and communities will take part in locally organized events across the UK.  While this is a great opportunity for children to get out and play, the Playday campaign raises awareness about serious issues affecting children&#8217;s play. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fine Tune Motor Skills While Making a Snowman Indoors</title>
		<link>http://creativeplayplus.com/2010/01/fine-tune-motor-skills-while-making-a-snowman-indoors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Creative Play Muse</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent frigid temperatures may be keeping your kids indoors lately. Since they can’t stay outside long enough to build a snowman, make one indoors!
Our friend Allison at No Time for Flash Cards created an easy snowman craft that is actually a counting and motor skills activity in disguise! In just several steps, your little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Case for Creative Play and Why Kids Need It</title>
		<link>http://creativeplayplus.com/2009/12/a-case-for-creative-play-and-why-kids-need-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Creative Play Muse</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across a great blog post about the value of creative play featuring an interview with Susan Linn, Director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood.  Linn is also the author of The Case for Make Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World, which focuses on the notable shift in the way our children play in today’s world.  This book explores how we’ve gone from encouraging imaginative play and engagement in make believe to giving games, toys, and DVDs that lead children into defined role learning and stifling their growth and development.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Play Resolutions For the New Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Creative Play Muse</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creativeplayplus.com/?p=5343</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems like every time the New Year rolls around, we make resolutions to ourselves.  Lose weight. Stick to a budget.  Get organized.  So often, it seems as if those resolutions just end up falling by the wayside!  Maybe it’s time to make some resolutions that are easier to stick to, more specific, and more realistic so that we may actually accomplish them.  Instead of worrying about that extra 10 pounds, why not resolve to make 2010 the year creative play becomes an important part of life in your home?  ]]></description>
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		<title>Developmental Santa: Best Gifts for School Aged Kids</title>
		<link>http://creativeplayplus.com/2009/12/developmental-santa-best-gifts-for-school-aged-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Robert Needlman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[School age kids are all about getting things done. The famous psychologist, Erik Erikson, wrote (famously) that the core of development at this age is the crisis of “industry versus inferiority.”  In other words, children need to feel capable and competent. They need to make things, know things, and master skills. You can plug into this powerful drive when picking out the perfect presents for the kids on your list.]]></description>
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		<title>Developmental Santa: Best Gifts for Toddlers (Language and Imagination)</title>
		<link>http://creativeplayplus.com/2009/12/developmental-santa-best-gifts-for-toddlers-language-and-imagination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Robert Needlman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Around 18-months of age babies start adding words much more quickly -- sometimes several in one day. At the same time, they start showing a lot more imagination when they play. They feed their dolls and tuck them into bed. They also become magicians who can transform a wooden block into a car, airplane, telephone, sandwich, or a cup of tea all by pretending!  Symbolic thinking is the great achievement of the toddler years—even more remarkable than walking. Make believe play and language have a strong connection because they both rely on symbols—things that stand for other things.]]></description>
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