Expand Your Childrens Learning Opportunities Through Creative PlayAre we turning play into work? For us and for our kids. 
We’ve turned “play” into an expensive and stressful endeavor. No wonder kids just want to sit and zone out in front of the television or a video game. At least Mom or Dad isn’t trying to make them do something. The idea of play is to relax, have fun, laugh, imagine, create, enjoy yourself. Without demands and without rigid structuring. Our kids’ schedules are as stressful and demanding as are ours. Creative play is an excellent way to boost your childrens learning. Let your child’s room be a haven, where an imagination can run wild all on its own. A place where pirates and monsters roam. Where tea parties with bears and rabbits and picnics with elves happen. 
Where fantasy drawings hug every wall. Whatever brews your child’s imagination - let that happen in their room - leave the television in another room. If not, it will always be the default.
When children are allowed to rely on themselves at playtime — improvising, creating, making up stories and games, they're actually developing critical cognitive skills. Let their creative spirit fly! An active imagination is the only prerequisite. It turns out that psychologists now agree that good old fashioned play was good for us. Wow! Experts acknowledge that the lack of creative play is having negative consequences on childrens learning overall.
Creative play develops imagination and creativity. The understanding of principles of math and science, as well as social and emotional development all flow from creativity and imagination when we’re young. The rise in obesity and overweight children is a direct link to the lack of creative play which is, more often than not, active play, as well. Your imagination is a muscle - use it or lose it. Many schools now are eliminating recess. Not enough time, they say. Test scores and curriculum needs are so demanding. So sad! In reality, there is not enough time not to have recess. Studies have shown that childrens learning is enhanced when they have a break. Don’t we all? Everyone’s mind needs a chance to regroup. Even the mind of a young child - especially the mind of a young child. 
There is no right or wrong way to play. Play is improvisational, free spirited, creative and spontaneous. Like dreaming, - chasing buffalo one minute and soaring over roof tops on fairy wings the next. It doesn’t have to make sense - it just has to be. Learn How Kids Games And Movement Are the Keys to Preschool Learning Let's Play! ...that's what a youngster shouts when they are ready for fun! Body Power + Brain Power = BRILLIANCE Play Builds Children's Brains Do you have a creative play idea to share? I’m sure others would love to hear. 
Have you been searching for the perfect book? And, I can say from personal experience, this is absolutely adorable and will be loved for years to come. My Very Own Fairy Tale This personalized storybook is a powerful way to show a child how absolutely unique and special she is. My Very Own Fairy Tale transports little girls into a magical garden where flower fairies bring letters one by one to spell out her first and last name, and then the fairies crown her as their fairy princess. It's an award-winning storybook and a wonderful keepsake gift. Home
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