Comments on: Getting past superheros and princesses http://play-activities.com/blog/getting-past-superheros-and-princesses/ Practical and everyday play ideas and comment for under 5s Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:56:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Getting past the Superhero and princess play | Play-Activities.com http://play-activities.com/blog/getting-past-superheros-and-princesses/comment-page-1/#comment-3338 Getting past the Superhero and princess play | Play-Activities.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:45:09 +0000 http://play-activities.com/blog/?p=1949#comment-3338 [...] « Getting past superheros and princesses [...] [...] « Getting past superheros and princesses [...]

]]> By: Amber http://play-activities.com/blog/getting-past-superheros-and-princesses/comment-page-1/#comment-3334 Amber Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:03:24 +0000 http://play-activities.com/blog/?p=1949#comment-3334 I blogged about the necessity of play today. We must have been on the same wavelength! I think there is value to rehashing told stories because they get the chance to practice those skills and become that independent person. There are other reasons play is important: to connect and to heal from emotional distress. I'm reading Playful Parenting and it's fabulous. I try to create new scenarios to play out when I get tired of the same Dora episodes being rehashed around the house. Sammi loves princesses and brides. It's hard to divert her attention from them, so I try to find new ways to help her become that. She does a pretty good job of being creative herself. Mostly, being a princess means wearing a dress that touches the ground and spinning in circles indefinitely. Maybe she's not old enough yet to be to entrenched in specific princesses or superheroes, but so far, we've been able to keep things fresh within the theme she enjoys so thoroughly. .-= Amber´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BBGU/~3/X45n8fmrxEM/what-i-want-for-every-child.html" rel="nofollow">What I Want for Every Child…</a> =-. I blogged about the necessity of play today. We must have been on the same wavelength! I think there is value to rehashing told stories because they get the chance to practice those skills and become that independent person. There are other reasons play is important: to connect and to heal from emotional distress. I’m reading Playful Parenting and it’s fabulous.

I try to create new scenarios to play out when I get tired of the same Dora episodes being rehashed around the house. Sammi loves princesses and brides. It’s hard to divert her attention from them, so I try to find new ways to help her become that. She does a pretty good job of being creative herself. Mostly, being a princess means wearing a dress that touches the ground and spinning in circles indefinitely. Maybe she’s not old enough yet to be to entrenched in specific princesses or superheroes, but so far, we’ve been able to keep things fresh within the theme she enjoys so thoroughly.
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]]> By: ImaginationSoup http://play-activities.com/blog/getting-past-superheros-and-princesses/comment-page-1/#comment-3330 ImaginationSoup Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:05:08 +0000 http://play-activities.com/blog/?p=1949#comment-3330 @playactivities fairies? @playactivities fairies?

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