July 24th, 2007 Roundup of play ideas and activities Posted by Melitsa in Good reads, play activities, Roundups, Sites to visit

There are so many great ideas and articles up at various carnivals in the last month. I have put together a selection of my favourites but you really have go to the carnivals themselves as this is a just a drop in the ocean with the amount of activities, ideas and articles you will find there.

So……….

Grab a lemonade, a window seat and this may take some time.

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Carnival of homeschooling is up at http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Tami/361046/

It’s the 82nd Edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling – State Flower Edition

Among my favourites are these two posts i think you’ll enjoy

• Janice Campbell makes a case for the age old question of
  socialisation and the homeschool child here .

• Barbara Frank shares some ideas about what to do with preschoolers.

• The carnival of family life is up. Read the full listing there.

• You can always rely on More4kids articles to be practical
  and relevant. This time on: Maximizing your family time
  

• Over at wiredfornoise, Summer has a post about toys to get you thinking.
• For some light relief try here
• Looking for some games to play outside. Try here.
• Try this thought provoking post.
  When we think of playdates who do you think about……what about ‘that
  kid’ on the block.
• Here’s a fun site of paper crafts you download cut out and
  stick. Lots of different ideas here.
• Think about the principle of quiet time again in this article.
• Littlemummy.com as always gives you a fresh perspective on things. Try her article I know you’ll want to try.
• Have you been thinking about more structure or less
  structure for you kids? Try this article
• Elaine has an article about story sacks. What a good idea!

Last weeks Carnival of family life

This particular carnival is packed full of ideas and activities. You’ll just have to
visit to find them .

One to note; a great series on Autism presented at : beagooddad.com

…………and too many others to mention.

Happy reading!

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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