Yesterday the Toy Industry Association announced its nominees for the Toys of The Year Award for 2009. It is the tenth year of these awards. From their press release: “The TOTY Awards celebrate the creativity and innovation of the toy industry and the products on the ballot represent this year’s ‘best of the best’ [...]
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Great things are happening here at Empowered by Play. I apologize for not posting since last Tuesday, but we are making steps toward becoming a registered not-for-profit and that has been keeping me busy the last few days. We’ll keep you posted as things progress! I have also been busy enjoying the incredible change of seasons [...] This week I learned about The Children & Nature Network, an organization with a great mission: The Children & Nature Network (C&NN) was created to encourage and support the people and organizations working worldwide to reconnect children with nature. C&NN provides access to the latest news and research in the field and a peer-to-peer network [...] The calendar says it is still summer, but all other indicators point to the fact that autumn is here. School kids in my area have been back in class for seven days, early mornings at the bus stop are quite chilly, and the leaves have begun to fall. “You know what I love about falling leaves? [...] You are invited to check out my new article, “We Need More Sticks and Rocks! We Need More Beauty!” in the latest edition of Collage, the E-newsletter published by Community Playthings. Read about some of my classroom experiences bringing nature and imaginative play into the school day. Click here to see the entire newsletter. You’ll [...] Our vacation to the beach was wonderful and relaxing. For our family, it was the perfect way to recharge batteries and gear up for the busy year ahead. (My sons start kindergarten next week!) As promised, I spent much of my time listening to them play. One day, my son was walking down the steep steps [...] On Monday, a reader left the following comment on the post Connecting with nature, connecting with each other: “I remember as a kid exploring woods by myself and with friends, and by ten I was riding my bike alone a mile or more from home. But I don’t feel comfortable letting my kids even go [...] Today was a great day for water play. My sons and their cousin gallivanted in the sprinkler…chasing, laughing and playing. They were also discovering. They experimented with water pressure and with blocking holes – discovering ways to make the water flow higher and lower at their command. Later in the day, as the boys helped me [...] School’s out and summer vacation is upon us. “Oh no,” a friend and mother moaned, “here comes the boredom.” I say, “Bring it on!” Boredom is not a four letter word. It is actually a place where new ideas can hatch. Resist the urge to schedule and plan every minute of your child’s [...] Many of my childhood memories involve playing outside: crunching and jumping through leaves in fall, sledding and making snowmen in winter, hunting for 4 leaf-clovers in spring and curling dandelion stems in summer. (Just peel the dandelion stems into strips, drop them in water, and watch how they curl into incredible curly-cues. Very fun.) Time [...] |
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