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	<title>CreativePlay Plus: Ideas in Play and Child Development</title>
	
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		<title>The Ins and Outs of “Time-Out”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Morgenstern</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dealing with challenging behavior is one of the most stressful aspects of parenting. Decades ago “hitting” children was an acceptable response to their negative behavior.  As parents learned that physical punishment fails to prevent misbehavior, “hitting” became taboo and putting a child in “time-out” became the popular alternative.  In “time-out” a child is sent or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Children Cope with Death</title>
		<link>http://creativeplayplus.com/2010/06/helping-children-cope-with-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Morgenstern</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Helping children cope with death]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[how to talk to children about death]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding death is a life-long process that begins in early childhood. Handling feelings about death is a personal experience.
A young child’s curiosity about death often centers on the physical facts. A child might want to know what happens to the body at death.  What does dead look like?  Do dead people see, feel or experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Real” Jobs for Children Increase Independence</title>
		<link>http://creativeplayplus.com/2010/06/%e2%80%9creal%e2%80%9d-jobs-for-children-increase-independence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Morgenstern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Kindergarten (5-7)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Childhood Independence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Childrens Independence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chores for Children]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Parents have several important responsibilities among them; to protect children and keep them safe and to help children grow and become independent.  As Hodding Carter noted, “There are two lasting bequests we can give our children, one is roots, and the other is wings.”
While it comes naturally for parents to keep their children out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modeling the Way for Children through Adult Behavior</title>
		<link>http://creativeplayplus.com/2010/04/modeling-the-way-for-children-through-adult-behavior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joan Morgenstern</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Grade School (7-10)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Adult Behavior]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creativeplayplus.com/?p=5514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The philosopher, essayist and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “What you do speaks so loudly, I can’t hear what you are saying.”  This has profound meaning for parents since children carefully look for cues regarding adult behavior, paying greater attention to what adults do than to what adults say.  In fact, adult behavior remains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Play with Indoor Camping</title>
		<link>http://creativeplayplus.com/2010/04/creative-play-with-indoor-camping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Creative Play Muse</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[All Ages]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Creative Play]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Play Tips]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[indoor play]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Camping]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Indoor Creative Play]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creativeplayplus.com/?p=5511</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[April showers bring May flowers, but how do you help keep your kids playing creatively when it is raining outside? Mommy blogger Stephanie from Mommy Poppins® suggest pitching a tent in your living room for a good old fashion Living Room Camp Out. We love this activity because it helps your kids think outside of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playfulness and Learning</title>
		<link>http://creativeplayplus.com/2010/03/playfulness-and-learning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Christian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Creative Play]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Toddler (1.5-3)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Playfulness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sir Ken Robinson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Still Face Experiement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most children are naturally delighted and excited by the discoveries they make about their world. The playful stance that children tend to take early on as youngsters is likely one of the reasons children seem propelled toward greater curiosity and novelty seeking. Research supports associations between playfulness with many positive characteristics like:

Creativity
Humorousness
Emotional expressiveness
Curiosity
Openness
Communicativeness

These findings suggest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be Playful!</title>
		<link>http://creativeplayplus.com/2010/03/be-playful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Christian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[All Ages]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Child Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Creative Play]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kindergarten (5-7)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Outdoor Play]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Play Tips]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Seuss]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parenting Tips]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Playfulness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creativeplayplus.com/?p=5502</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Undoubtedly an important aspect of child development is a child’s ability to be playful. No one knew this better than Dr. Seuss who said:
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it&#8217;s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Play Number Match Game</title>
		<link>http://creativeplayplus.com/2010/03/creative-play-number-match-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Creative Play Muse</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Child Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Creative Play]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Grade School (7-10)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kindergarten (5-7)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Preschool (3-5)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Toddler (1.5-3)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Creative Learning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Math Skills]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Number Skills]]></category>

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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>
		<link>http://creativeplayplus.com/2010/02/the-arts-and-learning/</link>
		<comments>http://creativeplayplus.com/2010/02/the-arts-and-learning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Christian</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[All Ages]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Child Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Creative Play]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[arts and crafts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Arts Education]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://creativeplayplus.com/?p=5480</guid>
		<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>
		<comments>http://creativeplayplus.com/2010/01/benefits-of-recess/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Christian</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Creative Play]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Recess]]></category>

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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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