January 1st, 2012 31 Days to a More Playful Tot – An Introduction Posted by Melitsa in 31 days, Memes, play activities

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day One} Take stock and just play

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Two} Everyday Interactions

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Three} Set the scene with your voice

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Four} Exploring the world

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Five} Less is more

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Six} Choosing a good learning environment

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Seven} Sounds, words and actions

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Eight} Real living

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Nine} Nurturing Curiosity

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Ten} The Power of Questions

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Eleven} Know Your Mind

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Twelve} Cheerleader and Coach

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Thirteen} Accept and reject

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Fourteen} Gratitude, Actions and Words

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Fifteen} Let’s get social

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Sixteen} Time for a visit

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Seventeen} Critical thinking

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Eighteen} Be Inspired!

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Nineteen} Choosing (appropriate) activities

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Twenty} More Process not product

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Twenty one} Knowing where they are

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Twenty two} 7 words that help shorten an outburst

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Twenty Three} Problem solving

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Twenty four} Goodness for your ears

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Twenty Five} Asking the children

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Twenty five} Quick 5 minute activities

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Twenty seven} Books to read to discover play

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Twenty Eight} Books to read to discover play 2

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Twenty Nine} Saying yes

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Thirty} Keep unstructured play flexible

31 days to a more Playful Tot {Day Thirty One} Creating a playspace

In my series, 31 Days to a more Playful Tot, we will explore many things, from nurturing curiosity to living in the real world. My idea is to cover a  wide variety of topics — as many as I can think of that affect my own children’s playfulness and impact my motivation for play as a parent.

{Warning}
I’m writing from the heart. Sometimes the posts will be longer and some bitesized. You won’t have a beautiful clean house at the end of this 31 day series, and organized home or perfectly behaved children who’ll love to play every second of the day.

What you’ll get though I hope will be helpful reminders, lots of nod your head moments , more focus and ideas . Plus a feeling that we all are on the same journey together to raising a more playful tot with life throwing us lots of detours along the way.

My reasons for writing these posts

• the interaction of the community. We’re not alone. Someone’s been there before us and has an alternative to our struggles. I love hearing the different ways we – raise playful tots.
• I’ve wanted to write this series for a while and have lots of ideas and condensing them down has been really hard.
• Discipline of writing for this length of time (Ek!)
• documenting what I’ve learnt with my three little boys and the meandering journey we are on.

What I expect from you:

•  I hope you join in; post your ideas; comment.
• I hope you read and not skim + share.
• I hope you enjoy.
• Most of all I hope you take these action steps and make them part of your play life from this moment on.

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So glad you will be joining me in this 31 day journey!
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Melitsa Avila is a former teacher, mother of three boys and military wife who talks about living an intentional play lifestyle using practical and everyday play activities to do with the under 5s. She publishes related ebooks & newsletters. Melitsa is the host and producer of a weekly Early Childhood radio show: Raising Playful Tots bringing parents and carers together with Early childhood practitioners. Thanks for reading!

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