Rainy day play

My 10-Day Rainy Play Plan

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We live in Southern California. It hardly ever rains. When it does rain, we usually just stay indoors for the day and it’s sunny the next. The forecast is showing rain until well into the future, so I need to have a plan! Day One – Gear Up! Shop for a rain coat and rubber [...]

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Embrace Blustery Days

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Three things you may already know about me: I hate crowds. I’m a weather geek. It’s a priority for me to give the kids outdoor time every day. Thank goodness we don’t have tornado season in California or I’d probably be some kind of storm tracker. Instead, we have close to perfect weather almost every [...]

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Oh, The Possibilities!

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“Zillions of Ideas for Things to Squish, Wonder About, Play, Squint At, Invent, Decorate, Do, Smell, Imagine, Investigate, Paint, Make, Puzzle Over, and Dream!” – Courtney’s Creative Adventures Who is Courtney Watkins? Nothing I have read about her “. . . teacher, author, artist, mom, TV personality and creative guru . . .” adequately describes [...]

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Deedle-Deets and Other Games to Get Your Silly On

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Silly games are the best for nurturing creativity in the whole family. There were no electronics to entertain my sister and I on long drives to our grandparent’s house in the Bay Area. We played card games, travel bingo, the ABCD license plate game, wrote notes on paper and posted them on the window to [...]

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3 Ideas to Get Kids Playing in the Kitchen

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I love to cook! I know it’s because my Mom loves to cook. I remember “Pickle in the Middle” being one of my favorite childhood reads.  My first cooking memory is sitting on the sink peeling carrots. I think I was 4. I also remember accidentally peeling my thumb and needing a Band-Aid! Have I [...]

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