April 18th, 2008 Listen…to Play with BAM radio Posted by Melitsa in Education, play activities, Podcast, Sites to visit

Play activities is happy to announce a partnership with BAM! Body, Mind and Child radio hosted by Rae Pica, author and play specialist.

BAM: Body Mind and Child Radio (www.bodymindandchild.com), a program aimed at shattering parenting myths and bringing parents the best, integrated, scientifically supported advice on the development of a child’s mind and body. The program aims to address the severe imbalance in parenting practices caused by the “commercialization of parenting” and the emphasis on intellectual development that excludes the critical role of the mind/ body connection in early childhood. Created by leading early childhood experts, the program challenges the popular genre of parenting notions that has given rise to commercial products like Baby Einstein, Brainy Baby and lapware, all of which claim to accelerate a child’s mental development in the face of science that suggests otherwise. Each week the program tackles a salient parenting issue, comparing the conventional wisdom to the latest scientific insights on the subject. Initial topics include: “Should You Try to Boost Your Child’s Brain Power?,” “Is your Child Advanced or Slow?,” and “Giving Your Child the Very Best Head Start.”

BAM’s programming is developed in collaboration with an advisory board of leading early childhood experts, including pediatricians, researchers, educators, psychologists, neurophysiologists, occupational therapists, and professors, all of whom are on top of the latest scientific findings and peer-reviewed research. Each segment of BAM gives parents easy, quick and reliable access to the foremost experts on parenting subjects.

Source: BAM press release Early Childhood Experts Challenge Popular Parenting Myths

If you haven’t done already, tune in to find out more about popular childhood topics using the Play button located in the top right corner of this blog or the home page. See below for example.

Prepare Your Child’s Body and Mind for Life!Listen to Body, Mind and Child on Play Activities Radio

You can also subscribe as a podcast through iTunes.

I’ve been an avid reader of Rae’s books and lately her blog as she always has wise words and ideas to say about play in the early years ( and older). I hope these interviews give you weekly food for thought on topical Early years issues.

Recent BAM topics about play

• Should You Try to Boost Your Child’s Brain Power?

Kathy Hirsh-Pasek with host Rae Pica

• Why Your Child Needs Different Types of Play

Stuart Brown MD with host Rae Pica

• Connecting Your Child With Nature

David Sobel with host Rae Pica

• Are You Putting ABC’s Before Social Skills?

Mark R. Ginsberg, Ph.D.with host Rae Pica

and many more…………..

**What do you think of the interviews? Leave a comment.**

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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