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PLAY into your Parenting: National Taco Day!
Friday the 4th of October is National Taco Day! Of COURSE you can choose to make it Taco Day any day you choose. National Taco Day is observed annually on October 4. Tacos are loved and eaten by millions each day in either hard or soft shell with a variety of...
PLAY into your Parenting: International Cat Day!
AUGUST 8th is International Cat Day! Of COURSE you can choose to make it Cat Day any day you choose. International Cat Day is celebrated on August 8 around the globe each year. The day is a full 24 hours when we can worship our pampered pets. It began in 2002...
PLAY into your Parenting: National Lollipop Day!
Lollipops first appeared in 16th century Europe, but it’s possible that the lollipop’s core concept has been around since prehistoric times as a way to preserve nuts and berries in honey. In the U.S., lollipop-type candies were sold at medicine shops and...
PLAY into your Parenting: Teddy Bears Picnic Day!
JULY 10th is Teddy Bear Picnic Day! The Teddy bears picnic as most of you will know is a popular children's song which is now over 100 years old as a piece of music. It remains popular to this day with very young children and I'm sure many of you...
PLAY into your Parenting: World Chocolate Day!
JULY 7th is World Chocolate Day! Of COURSE you can choose to make it Chocolate Day any day you choose. Food ideas: Make your own chocolate: https://healthyrecipesblogs.com/homemade-chocolate/ Buy or make a chocolate dipping sauce for a fresh fruit...
PLAY into your Parenting: National Bikini Day!
JULY 5th is National Bikini Day! Of COURSE you can choose to make it Bikini Day any day you choose. Food ideas: Pancakes, waffles & toast can all be cut into triangles & placed on the plates to look like bikinis! Cheese, sliced deli meats & pita breads...
PLAY into your Parenting: Best Friends Day!
JUNE 8th is the official BEST FRIENDS DAY! Of COURSE you can choose to make it Best Friends Day any day you choose. Food Ideas: Invite friends to join you for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Meet in the park, at the beach, in a backyard. Have everyone bring...
PLAY into your Parenting: Yo-Yo Day
JUNE 6th is the official Yo-Yo DAY! Of COURSE you can choose to make it Yo-Yo Day any day you choose. It is believed that the yo-yo most likely originated in China. The first historical mention of the yo-yo, however, was from Greece in the...
PLAY in your parenting: Doughnut Day
Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash JUNE 3th is the official DOUGHNUT DAY! Of COURSE you can choose to make it Doughnut Day any day you choose. The Official Dictionary Spelling of the word in question—if you're into that sort of thing—is “doughnut.” The...
How to put PLAY in your Parenting
Life is busy, technology is moving faster than ever before & time to spend with our children can often be simply getting dinner, laundry done & everyone where they need to be. I need more fun in my life than that & I also want the connection with my...
Mindfully slowing things down
My mission as I've told you before is to SLOW THINGS DOWN There is familiarity, creative knowledge building and a sense of calm that comes from repetition for children. Repetition is also a valuable tool in children's literacy acquisition. It is our adult perceptions...
When the time is right
Story Times of the day After you have read to your family, or in some cases after they have read to you, is a fabulous time to press play on a Bodhi Tree and Stacey audio meditation story for your children. Everyone is in listening mode, the setting is just right. May...
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