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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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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

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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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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

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00:00 Introduction and Welcome
01:04 Love hearing about what play is happening with you. Email me. or Voice mail 512 827 0505 x 3998
01:23 Last week Just ask baby. This week Lisa Houghton of Talking Tots.
02:22 Introduction to Lisa Houghton of Talking Tots

03:00 Baby and Toddler games we should all know
04:00 Importance of mirroring and conversations skills with babies
04:26 Early action finger rhymes plus tactile and touching games like Row row your boat
05:55 Toddlers experience an explosion in language. Try a ready steady game using cause and effect.
07:00 Importance of books and using pausing.
07:34 Become an amateur commentator for your toddler
08:00 The power of the pause and finding the right balance.
09:27 Comparing language with your mates.

09:52 Is your child understanding you in simple instructions; socialising; playing ok? Follow your child’s lead.
10:13 Go and ask Health care professional. Never wasting their time. Better to check than sit and worry.

11:15 Stammering and Stuttering. To intervene or not?
12:25 Intervene with Stammering and stuttering don’t leave it.

13:20 Do siblings learn language differently?

15:15 Tip for going to a Health Professional- Write everything down and jot down observations and thoughts.

16:02 You suspect your child needs to see a Health Professional what steps would you suggest a parent do between now and that appointment?

18:00 Tips and advice for speech language for parents

• Make time to talk
• enjoy chatting together
• Start from day one.

18:52 What is Talking Tots?

19:18 Crucial foundation for all children is to listen and attend. If you miss that foundation then the rest of the house is a bit rocky.

21:02 Can you bring a busy tot to these classes? Should you?
Website:  TalkingTots.info |  Twitter: @LisaTalkingTots
23:04 Tara from Books by Tara.com
23:10 Blog: Totsy’s place
23:39 Raising Playful Tots Index

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Are you a new mum looking for play ideas? Work in childcare and want some resources to share with your colleagues and parents about making play fun? Run a mother and toddler group and looking for suggestions? Looking to make some changes in your play lifestyle gradually from people who have been there before you? An Early years educator who is just excited about play? Grandparent with children coming to stay? Parent curious about….*delete appropriate  Montessori/ structured together activities/Waldorf Steiner/ preschool/Literacy activities/unplugged/outdoor play etc and more and want to learn from the experts?

Then stop now pull up a chair and you are in for a treat. You have come to the right place!

When we look up a Decorators in Yellow Pages we get a huge listing. How do you pick the right type of Decorator? You soon build up a list of Decorators who do very different things. The painter who does a fine job of painting the outside of the house. The one who will paint and do touch up jobs. The children’s bedroom decorator who specialises in murals. The fine finishers… You get our point. Through a lot of trial and error and friends or perhaps Angies List you have a folder of Decorators a list you go to when you have a job. It’s not a closed folder. You add to it.

The RPTI is one such one-stop shop.

Complied in one place are bloggers who love Play. They promote Early childhood play with a variety of play activities and inspirational ideas for our under 8 children in one place.

Whether you are looking for new ideas, inspiration, things to do , babysitting tonight and need a helping hand, pop on over to the RPTI and enjoy the exciting play activities by parents and educators.

You will have a full play folder with a range of play activities from specialist to generalist. Waldorf play inspired to homeschooled, baby, toddler, preschool and School activities for you to dip into depending on what you are looking for.

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Melitsa Avila is a stay at home mum raising three full of fun boys in various countries as a military mum. She shares her thoughts and ideas on keeping Early years playtime fun for both parents and children through her websites and podcast.

Nicole Avery: As a mother of five gorgeous kids ranging from 11years to one year old, I have figured out a few tricks, processes and plans that have helped make our daily life easier.  Through my blog I share my ideas on how to streamline the repetitive tasks in family life, so you have more time for fun the parts like playing, getting out and about or just quietly enjoying each others company.

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00:00 Introduction and Welcome
00:45 Moving from the car to stream
01:40 What do you bring with you to the beach/stream or waterpark for the kids?

02:10 Start your own Outdoor playgroup and Small Fry fun

02:35 Love hearing about what play is happening with you. Email me. or Voice mail 512 827 0505 x 3998

03:30 Last week it was Josh Golin of CCFC and this week it’s Mark Hamilton of Just ask baby.com

04:27 Introduction to Mark Hamilton of Just ask baby

04:55 Do babies need toys to learn? If they do what toys would you suggest?

07:25  Book recommendation : Dr Elkind- The Hurried Child cautions against hurrying your child.

07:55 No evidence that your child who speaks earlier will go on to be great at literature.

08:45 What is the problem with having too many toys as an infant?

08:50 focus and relationship

09:20 When do babies start interacting with toys and how can we support them during that time?

10:45 Hi tech toys. How useful are they and will a child miss out by not using them?

12:05 Learn frustration early they keep this all their life.

12:45 AAP  suggests limits for screen time for under2s.

12:58 Comment on the Einstein DVD refund of 2009

13:40 There are huge amounts of independent scientific information about what is right and not right for your child. Seek them out.

13:55 Get away from  peer group and social pressure about what is right for your child.

15:55 What would you encourage parents to  look for in a toy?

17:00 JustAskBaby.com  Aim is to show the world from a childs perspective. Child led.  Get the free report on  “Too many Toys”   They are independent science.

10month baby is the talk show host.

18:45 Pink and Green Mama

@JustAskBaby | JustAskBaby.com

Weekly find: The Madhouse

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Josh Golin  from the Campaign for a commercial free childhood. Josh fills us in on  many ways to reduce the commercialism in our children’s lives and catches us up on developments that led to the Einstein DVD refund in 2009.

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00:00 Introduction and Welcome

00:45 Road trip ideas

02:00 Take an Audio book for a road trip.

03:30 Love hearing about what play is happening with you. Email me. or Voice mail 214 615 6506 ex 3998

04:00 Introduction to Josh Golin. Einstein DVD refund.

06:03  What is the mission of the CCFC?

07:04 How many ads do children really see in a year and has that changed much over time?

In 1983 $100 million a year was spent on Advertising to children by 2008 $17 billion dollars.

09:25 Pester power and marketing strategy

12:18 Merchandise and the parent: Do you feel judged for wanting a room in a character for your child?

12:31 Why you need to reduce screen time and how keeping screens out of the bedroom helps.

14:30 Einstein DVD refunds 2009 What happened?

17:06 How can you take a shower without putting my son in front of a Baby Einstein?

18:01 How do you find better toys that are not expensive and not commercial as well?

20:01 Do we buy too many toys now?

21:41 Fact sheets to help learn more about a commercial free childhood found at Campaign for a commercial free childhood.

@commericalfree

Caldecott Books of 2010 |  Spoon |  Savvy Summer Play- Relax magazine

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In this 10 minute podcast I answer a play activities newsletter subscribers question about dramatic play; I share a new play find and talk about mums making the most of playtime.

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00:00 Introduction and Welcome

01:10 Are you a mum who makes the most of playtime? Remember Amy of Let’s Explore

01:50 Contact the show via Email.  Voiceline: 214 615 6506 ex 3998.through our community below.

03:10 Weekly find: Apple juice radio The parents’ guide to new books and films for children

04:24 Play Activities newsletter subscriber wrote in with a question: Can you give me some ideas for dramatic play with my 2 year old?

08:15  Dr Roberta Golinkoff from Show 19

08:38 Taking a break for one week and who won the TOADY award?

Upcoming guest: Josh Golin of CCFC

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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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Dawn Papandrea-Khan is back to talk to us about time management tips for busy moms who work from home.

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Virtual assistant services | Graphic services | Murals

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“There’s no such thing as failure, just feedback.”

“No point driving forward and looking in the rear view mirror! If you’ve made a few mistakes let them go!”

“Hang out with happy parents!”

Sue Atkins.

We love the under 5s! Some days all that energy can get us down. How do you keep positive with your Under 5s?

Today I talk to Sue Atkins, Parenting coach and Author of Raising Happy Children for Dummies about being a positive parent.

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Sue offers expert advice on Common struggles with the Under 5 parents.

How do you get out the house with toddler tantrums?

Behaviour diary

How to change the situation to be more positive parents?

Parenting toolkits and Sue talks about how being a positive parent impacts kids life.

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Free ebooks | Club | ebooks |Anger management |CDs

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Happy coincidence that this is the 22nd show on the 22nd day of the month! We’re celebrating Earth day with a project and bucketful of play activities and ideas.

If you want to know what that is you need to go : http://play-activities.com/blog/earth-day-family-project/ or listen to this weeks show by clicking the large triangle below the photographs.:)

Links in the show:

Allie of NoTimeForFlashcards.com | Amber of Becausebabiesgrowup.com| Simple as That: Connect With Nature in an Hour a Day – A Green Hour Giveaway

Teach mama: quick trick: the power of positive talk |Imagine childhood: ... giveaway forum: earth day! | ABCand123: Earth Day

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Blissfully Domestic | Steady Mom | BlogFrog community

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Today Judy Johnston CEO & Co-founder talks about the ad free preschool magazine: Tessy and Tab.

She talks about this brilliant Early childhood magazine that my boys loved and is still very well used. I wrote a review about  Tessy & Tab but today Judy explains the reason behind being ad free, paper choice and how the illustrations are upto date. Yes when the Tessy and Tab are in the car they are in car seats!

We talk about the influence and effect of this type of magazine in a media culture full of screens especially in light of the Einstein recall.

Not all screens are bad|Screen free time | Your baby can read| Baby Einstein|Clark the baby shark|Toolkits|Moonjar |Money Manager Kit

Screen free week: April 19th to 25th 2010

Show notes:
Screenfreeweek.org |Alison Gopnik~ The Philosophical baby|Unplug your kids: 3rd Annual Turnoff Week Blog Challenge

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In today’s interview Tara talks about her special books and how easily we can use them to raise playful tots.

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Contact Tara for more information about any of the items we talk about in the show.

Why we liked Tara’s books

• They are easy to use and the children all recognized the photographs.
• They were fascinated by the pictures and what they could see. Just getting them out of the envelope was exciting. Mail is always exciting when it’s not a bill. While I got each one out the boys each ran off with them before I even got a chance to look at them.
• Picture and photo books with great emotion. Do you know how hard it is to find books with recognizable emotion for kids?
• Durable- with three little hands including a baby. Everyone gets to look without fear of tearing.
• This could be your home. Children love looking through albums and this is no different.
• Changes the way they see things and prompts discussion. My boys were pointing out holes for days afterwards.

All Books By Tara:

• Promote awareness, thinking, and language development
• Are 20 pages in length
• Include an introductory poem
• Include 19 pages of 8 X 10 photographs
• Are printed on gloss cover paper
• Are spiral bound (great for isolating pictures)

Contest <<closed>>

Winners: Dana|Janet| Lisa R

Tara sent me copies of her books to review before our interview which we got to keep. I’m recommending them to you because they represent what we talk about here- raising playful tots. These books are ones you would want in your collection because they invite you to talk and share. I have three children under 7 and they all have loved using these books and  keep coming back and looking at them again.

She’s kindly offered 4 books for 4 readers.

How to enter

1. Visit Tara’s site and sign up for the newsletter
2. Come back here and let us know which book you would like to win in the comments.
3. You must sign up for the newsletter and tell us which book to be entered to win.
4. Bonus: Every month there is a free drawing for a book in the newsletter so if you don’t win one of the 4 books at Raising Playful Tots you have a chance in Tara’s newsletter!

Extra entries (Optional)

• Sign up for the Raising Playful Tots newsletter. Leave 2 separate comments
• Tweet  your favourite wordless picture book title to me @playactivities ( 1 comment)
• Follow Tara on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway with @BooksByTara in it. ( 1 comment)
• Display the Raising Playful Tots button on your site ( 1 comment)

Rules

• Open to US residents and Canada.
• Void where prohibited.
• Open today. Contest closes on Wednesday 14th April 2010 Midnight MST.
• Winners chosen at random. ( Those that followed the rules)
• Winners names will be published on this blog Thursday 15th April 2010. I’ll send you an email once you’ve replied.
• Tara will be shipping to the winners.
• Up to 4 books on offer. One prize per household please.

For more books by Tara

About the books

“The books have been created to engage children, to provide an open-ended focus for social connections.  Any child can enjoy them, and they are especially beneficial for working young children and/or older kids who are working on attention and communication skills.  We can talk about using them for group discussions and/or connecting one-on-one with a child who has significant challenges such as autism.  The design is basic and flexible, so they can be adjusted. I have teaching experience with groups as well as tons of one-on-one experience with some very tough customers (tough to engage their attention) especially my son!  The latter is really where the inspiration for the books came, but my experience of knowing what appeals to children is how I choose the “topics” and photos.”

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Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D.,serves as H. Rodney Sharp Professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware and has joint appointments in the Departments of Psychology and Linguistics.  Her research focuses on how children learn language as well as on preschool education and the benefits of play. She has published 12 books, written over 100 papers, and presents the findings of her research all over the world.  Dr. Golinkoff is also a spokesperson for research in developmental science, frequently quoted in print and electronic media and is currently an Associate Editor of the journal Child Development.

We talked about:

Play for social and emotional growth

Negotiation

How to have a successful child in school

Best ways to explore books

Recommendations for parents to read: A Mandate for Playful Learning in Preschool | Einstein Never Used Flashcards.

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Today I have a bumper edition of articles and blogs.

Yes what you see in the picture is what you find in the jar. Find how this picture links to play activities by listening to today’s show.

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Links mentioned in the show

Baby food giant hails hungry adult market |More weird Italian baby food|Online resource promoting writing focuses on boys |School to offer guidance on adopting Montessori methods
Pretend Play – Mail Set| Home Made Gifts: Sock Animals |
Let’s Talk: Rhythm and Routines When Life Changes – What Works for You? |Egg Word Match-Up| Writing Workshop – Do not be defined by what you can be, rather who you can be |
Wordless Wednesday : Junk
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Playgroups and gatherings for parents and children have been around for the longest time. What about having an outdoor playgroup? Imagine transferring activities outside and including outdoor activities in a regular club- rain, shine, snow or wind!

Today’s interview is with Kari Svenneby founder of the website activekidsclub.com. Her website provides you with information about everything you need to know about connecting children and adults to nature and play. No matter the weather, she will show you joyful and fun outdoor activities to do in all the four seasons.

Kari is a proud wildcrafter, urban mother, librarian and classically trained chef championing the benefits exposure to nature gives children. Being that Kari is Norwegian, her husband is from Florida and they live in Canada she likes to call three places her home. Norway, Florida and Canada.

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Play Activities survey |Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood| NYTimes article | Kari’s guest post on starting your own outdoor playgroup

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Today I talk with Tonya Wright about making valuable literacy connections. Tonya Wright has a mission to expose parents and teachers to valuable early childhood activities in the hope of enriching the lives of as many children as she can.

Tonya share lots of ideas on how to make literacy connections with our little ones.

• What would be a few good examples of literacy activities for each stage?
  Boys and writing and some say literacy in general is a difficult thing. Do you find a gender split? How do we encourage reluctant readers and writers whatever their gender? Do we need to follow their gender?
• Computers and the preschooler
• What guidance would you suggest to parents about using computer games and literacy games with their preschoolers?
• How we read books and how much language children hear is so important can you give an example read of what you might do for one of your favourite books.

Tonya Wright has over twenty years of experience in the field of early childhood education

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Links mentioned in the podcast

Voicethread| The Readaloud handbook

Blogs: Room to grow |@literacycounts

Feed me books Friday|Playing by the book

Memetales video

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Meagan Francis, mother of 5 and author of Table for Eight: Raising a Large Family in a Small-Family World shares her experience of managing a large family and play. When you have a large family the way you play may change and the dynamics of play. Meagan shares what’s worked for her family.

We discuss:

What’s your idea of play?

What do you do when getting down on the floor and playing is just not your thing?

How do you adapt games so everyone can play?

Examples of activities to try with a large family.

Play ideas for families with children close in age

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