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July 1st, 2010
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Do you have your PURTS the new summer vitamin?
Are your toddlers getting their vitamins?
With the start of summer more of us will be aware of covering up our toddlers to avoid skin problems. We’re careful that they eat their greens and munch an apple to get their Vitamin C.
It’s what caring parents do. Vitamins are vital to the health of us all.
I’d like to propose five new vitamins just in time for summer. Release date is worldwide with no known side effects–except possibly the big bi-product of laughter, smiles and contentment.
Give your child PURTS this summer.
Vitamin P
To read more about the benefits of these amazing vitamins please visit my post over at Steady Mom.
Drowning in Watermelon?
What will you do with all those seeds?
Keep your toddler and preschoooler happy with this Watermelon noise maker
Vitamin P
To read more about this craft please visit my Blissfully Domestic post..
Friday 2nd July 2010 is the final day to enter the Outdoor products contest. Easy entry and multiple bonus entry opportunities
Do they know the alphabet?
Rote learning is great but we need make sure that they can identify letters individually.
I’m talking to myself here because I noticed that pointing to a letter on the alphabet at random meant that the MO sang the alphabet song quietly to himself until he got to the letter.
I was happy he had a strategy for the letter but realised that most of his alphabet practice was this. He has a good knowledge of more than 75% of the letters but there are about 50% that he sometimes gets wrong if taken out of sequence.
This was news to me.
Being a tactile learner and a big brother that is just dying to help out. We devised a simple game that is perfect for siblings to do together. That time when you’re trying to make dinner or special time with your preschooler.
Gather together sets of alphabet. We used the magnetic ABC from the fridge and the ones from the puzzle.
Drop them in a deep piece of tupperware with a lid.
Cover with rice.
Rules of the game
- MO gets a lucky dip ( no peeking)
- BG counts on his fingers 54321 ( no sound) holds them up or taps on the table.
- MO has to say the letter before the time is up.
- If the MO says the correct letter then he keeps the letter.
- If he doesn’t then the BG tells him the letter and keeps the letter.
- Whoever has the most letters wins.
Pop the lid on and whip out this game in a spare moment.
The MO and the BG played for a long time and have enjoyed it ever since.
Yes his alphabet recognition out of sequence is improving 
I’m sure this activity can be extended for numbers and nouns……..
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June 26th, 2010
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Welcome KMGH-TV Channel 7 Denver viewers! Thanks for watching this morning and stopping by for more information about the products I featured on TV.
While you’re here, you can learn more about me and my work on my profile page.
Featured products
Sport Brella
At the park, beach, pool or campsite, the SKLZ Sport-Brella gives you instant protection from the sun, rain, and wind with its domed shape, side flaps and 125 SPF. Its umbrella action open mechanism allows it to be set up in just three seconds and fits the whole family. Includes top wind vents, side zippered windows for efficient airflow and additional visibility, internal pockets for gear and valuables, convenient carry bag and tethers/ground stakes for use when necessary for additional stability. $69.99, sklz.com
Thermacell Outdoor Lantern
The ThermaCELL Outdoor Insect-Repellent Lantern is the best option for keeping mosquitoes and other insects in any outdoor setting. The Patio Lantern is both a powerful insect repellent device and a functional and portable, long-lasting outdoor LED lantern, with both functions being usable separately or together. Providing a 15×15 ft mosquito-free zone, it is 98% effective (tested and used by the Department of Defense and the United States Army), making it the most effective insect repellent device on the market. It is also non-toxic, safe and non-intrusive, being DEET-free, silent, portable and odor free. Rather than a harmful toxin, ThermaCELL utilizes allethrin, an artificial version of a natural insecticide found in chrysanthemum flowers. Weighs only 13 ounces. $31.99, mosquitorepellent.com
Pottyflip
Pottyflip is a full size, clean, safe, portable, disposable and biodegradable child potty that folds out from a palm-sized package. Easy to carry several in any purse or handbag, it is also easy to use. Just unwrap, flip open and it is ready to go. After use, fold it back up and dispose of the whole potty. No mess, no fuss. No more dirty public restroom seats or trying to find some hidden corner for a child to go to the bathroom. Also environmentally-friendly, it is fully and rapidly biodegradable. $24 for a pack of 12, pottyflipusa.com or at stores throughout North America.
Snack-Trap
The Snack-Trap is a child feeding product (designed for toddlers/kids ages 1-5) that minimizes wasted snacks and saves associated clean up time while promoting the development of self-feeding skills among infants. Consists of an attractive, colorfully imprinted, tip-resistant, handled cup that allows toddlers to grasp and hold the cup themselves with a unique, patent-pending lid with slits that allow toddlers to see and retrieve food with ease themselves but automatically closes when the toddlers remove their hand. 4.99, snacktrap.com, or at retailers throughout North America.
I’m giving away these 4 items. All as seen in the TV segment.
- Green Sport Brilla
- ThermaCELL Outdoor Insect-Repellent Lantern
- Potty Flip (2) unopened.
- Green snack trap with a dinosaur.
Four winners will be randomly chosen, each person winning one item.
To enter, leave a comment and tell me which two of these products you’d most like to win and why.
Please leave your e-mail address so I can reach you easily if you win.
For bonus entries, you can do one or more of the following – be sure to leave a separate comment for each extra entry:
- Follow me on twitter at @playactivities and tweet “@playactivities is giving away awesome outdoor products at http://tinyurl.com/2wqqazq . Enter today! “
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- Post an entry on your own blog about this giveaway and link back ( trackback)
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Contest details ( closed)
The contest will close at 11:59 p.m., MST, Friday 2nd July 2010. Four winners will be chosen using random.org. I will do my best to match the item to the person’s first or second choice, however I cannot guarantee that. If a winner does not want the assigned item, another item will not be offered, they will forfeit their win and another person will be chosen. After e-mailing the winners, they will have 48 hours to respond before I draw another name. I will publish the winners first names on my site after they have confirmed. Continental U.S. Entries only.
Disclosure: I was not paid to appear on TV or review these products. I did receive free products so I could show them during the segment. I was given the option to keep all of the products, however, I am choosing to share the love and give them away to readers. I will personally pay shipping fees to mail products to the winners.
Good luck
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June 25th, 2010
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This is a repost from June 2007
If you don’t record them you’ll forget them.
Try this simple easy and cheap hour of fun!
So here is my son’s current favourite play activity. Running away from the crocodiles whoops that should read crocodimes ( pronounced croco- dime-es)
He had been drawing forever. We have a huge pile of papers. He let me reuse his drawings as stepping stones. Very environmentally friendly son. Thanks!
I set him the challenge of crossing the shark infested sea to get to the dry land without being eaten. He changed the story to crocodimes as these are his favorite chasing thing to be scared and running away from….other than monsters.
Here he is balancing on a sheet of construction paper A4 size……about to enter infested waters. Little brother tore up junk mail paper to keep himself amused so they became the crocs on the move.
He felt the boats had to touch…
Little brother still manufacturing ‘crocs’
Jumping…
… after some time…..
He made it!
The next picture should have been the leap to safety but little brother came to claim the boats as crocodiles. I had to make the mad dash over and that was that!
This kept us all amused for over half an hour.
He hopped, jumped, leaped, added more stepping stones, tried to go faster and then finally wanted to race me. His brother made a huge pile of crocodiles that filled the floor and just stepped on these. I had the feeling he was looking at us both and thinking…..you just have to do this it’ s much easier.
Other things to do
- make the paper smaller than A4
- have team races with play dates or family
- Try strips (rectangles) instead of squares
- play a song and see if you can get across before the song finishes
- make the infested area smaller/bigger over obstacles like cushions (mountains) etc
Before you throw away that paper, junk mail, flyer or your umpteenth bit of art from your little one- Challenge them to a crocodime race! You’ll have a lot of fun and laughter!
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