Its the end of the year and its time for my Top 10 Blog Posts of 2010. Based on readership these were the posts that got the most views this past year. If you want to compare to last year check out Top 10 Blog Posts of 2009! 10. Repetition and the Beauty of ‘Redo’ […]
Animals Galore!
So, to go along with my post from last week I was looking at other imaginative ways to encourage play and gross motor skills (oral motor as well if you throw in the animal sounds!). Well, one of my favorite is to pretend to be animals. You can do animal parades, animal races, animal […]
Scheduled or ‘Over’ Scheduled
I know it has been a while since I posted and I apologize but it makes a great topic for this post. I was so scheduled for the last month or so that I didn’t have time to do much of anything except work. It got me thinking about kids and how scheduled their lives […]
Screen Time: How Much is Too Much?
With the rise in electronic gadgets and media that is educational, more and more children are spending increased amounts of time in front of the television, or the iphone, or the ipad, or the computer. While it is great that there are educational benefits to the programming that is available, don’t overdo it. The American […]
No Kid Left Inside – Benefits of Outdoor Play
Here is the last part of my talk. We’ve talked about why kids aren’t outside playing and ideas for how to get them outside playing. In this post I’m going to talk about the benefits of getting them outside and playing more. The three main areas I’m going to look at are: Physical, Social/Emotional, and […]
No Kid Left Inside – Why Kids Aren’t Outside
I was supposed to do a talk on this topic today and had my power point presentation ready and everything and then slowly but surely the RSVP’s backed out. So I decided to blog about the topic. I have attempted to link the power point presentation to the end of this post, if it isn’t […]
Top 10 Blog Posts of 2009
I always loved David Letterman’s Top 10 lists so I decided to create my own for the Top 10 Blog Posts in 2009. This is based on the number of times they were viewed. 10. Early Intervention and Budget Cuts in California 9. Bike Riding 8. Having a Ball with Core Muscle Strength 7. Fun […]
Do Video Games Promote or Hinder Child Development?
In an age of technology where video games are becoming more and more prevalent, I often wonder what the effects of video games are on a child’s development. There is a mixture of information out there and I found a few articles that look at everything from physical development to their creativity and imagination to […]