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What educational things do you do with your children?

Replied Jan 11

Toddler activities?!

Replied Jan 11

How do you encourage young children to play outside in the garden?

Replied Oct. 1, 2008

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Melitsa left a comment for MiaHysteria
July 12
Melitsa commented on tali buchler's group 'Raising kids to be creative'
Hiya, I started a pretend play meme called Rhyme Time. Chance for you and your child to be creative with Nursery Rhymes and have some fun too. Join in on Monday . Find out more at http://play-activities.com/blog/rhyme-time/
July 12
Melitsa added a blog post
Monday: Rhyme Time is a pretend play starter meme for parents and toddler/preschoolers. Guess the Nursery rhyme from the photo and encourage some pretend play activity connected with it. Post your photo Nursery Rhyme. For more information so you...
July 12
Ann Duncan left a comment for Melitsa
June 8
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May 17
Melitsa joined tali buchler's group
Raising kids to be creative
If you are a mom who think creativity should be part of your kid’s everyday life, this is the group for you. We can exchange ideas and projects for our super creative kids.
May 17
Melitsa joined Shona Killoughery's group
Mums Abroad
Bringing Mums oversea together to chat, share stories & give helpful tips for making the best of life away from home.
May 17
Melitsa joined Colleen(FoodieTots)'s group
Green Mamas
Mamas raising eco-friendly kids, and blogging about it. Please join the green blog/tweetroll by posting your links in the "Is Your Blog Green?" topic.
May 17

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What is your blog link?
http://play-activities.com/blog
What is your twitter URL?
http://twitter.com/playactivities
A little about yourself...
Mum to 3 smiley little ones; K, preschool and newborn. I'm from the UK. A former teacher and now writer of a weekly email of easy fun play activities for kids under 5. Love playing with the kids, cooking and collecting recipes, If I could spend all day by myself I would probably be reading & eating chocolate. whilst listening to podcasts. I blog about play and parenting podcasts- Melitsa
What kinds of things do you typically Twitter about?
play ideas we do together, mummy stuff, babies, parenitng podcasts, blogs
What are your areas of interest?
mommyhood, business, blogging, special needs children, crafting, work-at-home

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Rhyme Time meme

Monday: Rhyme Time is a pretend play starter meme for parents and toddler/preschoolers. Guess the Nursery rhyme from the photo and encourage some pretend play activity connected with it.



Post your photo Nursery Rhyme. For more information so you can start tomorrow go to Rhyme Time

Posted on July 12, 2009 at 10:13am —

Melitsa

Operation Playtime-12 days of unplugged play

"In the last few years, I've been writing about spending time with your under 5 kiddo doing activities that are open ended, developmentally appropriate, spontaneous, creative, not necessarily craft based, doing it for the sake of it and not for a specific product, using exploratory play, encouraging no-battery play, and finding and using interesting items we have at home.

This style of play with wooden blocks, sheets for tents, can seem strangely old fashioned and slow in a world of DS, Wii, Ed… Continue

Posted on January 31, 2009 at 7:13pm — 2 Comments

Melitsa

Barefoot books giveaway

Looking for a book gift for your under 5...........look no fur
http://play-activities.com/blog/barefoot-books-giveaway/ther. I have a giveaway right now.

Posted on November 28, 2008 at 4:39pm —

Melitsa

Play question for parent conferences of little ones

How much time does my child have for unstructured play?
Unstructured play is crucial for the preschool and Kindie group....
If they don't have a lot of time at school then when do they get it? At home?

Be your child's advocate.

Posted on November 6, 2008 at 3:00pm —

Melitsa

UK Contest for parents of the under 5s

In celebration of the birth of my third son I'm running a contest exclusively for the UK and EU. I ran a competition last year that was for the US only so to be fair now one just for Europe :)

So if you're a parent of an under 5 child or know an under 5 child you might just want to look at what you can win...
Go to http://play-activities.com/blog/celebration-contest/

See you there!

Posted on September 29, 2008 at 8:31am —

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At 9:51am on June 8, 2009, Ann Duncan said…
Glad you've joined our Green Mamas group, Melitsa. I agre big-time on the non-battery play. And on unstructured play being so important. And not just for teenies!!! So happy with our Unschooling, wish I'd learned of it in time for my older kids...

Blessings!
At 11:57am on March 28, 2009, Andria Lake said…
I love your website! Play is so important!!!
Andria
Discovery Toys Leader/Recruiter
www.DiscoveryToysLink.com/andria