tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969457808251042671.post1164149534538051794..comments2024-01-22T23:47:19.681-08:00Comments on everyday play: Ways to Play TogetherBelindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11333046309368498834noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969457808251042671.post-23028329543100193982012-09-27T20:14:27.473-07:002012-09-27T20:14:27.473-07:00Great ideas for encouraging kids to keep playing o...Great ideas for encouraging kids to keep playing over the holidays.<br />Isabelle @sportforthoughtIsabelle @ sportforthoughthttp://sportforthoughtaus.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969457808251042671.post-23783624052785805372011-11-08T23:16:38.694-08:002011-11-08T23:16:38.694-08:00Thanks for asking after me. I was just reading you...Thanks for asking after me. I was just reading your lovely post the other day about the blogging cycle and I could so relate. I think I will be back. Soon xxBelindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333046309368498834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969457808251042671.post-8290811201557059282011-11-07T02:25:43.737-08:002011-11-07T02:25:43.737-08:00Are you coming back, Belinda? xAre you coming back, Belinda? xMaxabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15761220164069379437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4969457808251042671.post-86808114263226786562011-10-18T15:08:37.492-07:002011-10-18T15:08:37.492-07:00Hi, I enjoyed this story about sensory play. When ...Hi, I enjoyed this story about sensory play. When we were home schooling our two sons, we invented many games, but one that sticks in my mind was the sensory time out bench.<br />Yes, I know this doesn't sound much like fun at first. But it was invented by our youngest son. We had used a method of "time out" in the kitchen on a comfy bench. This is where the boys knew as soon as they got right out of hand screaming at me, that they could just go to the bench anytime. It was their opportunity to rethink their behavior.They made the choice most times, we didn't spank or anything. But sometimes I even went and sat on it to collect myself.<br />Anyway, our youngest was sitting there one day and he had taken some sand paper with him. He was sanding the bench and suddenly said, " Mom, this is cool, I like the bench." My ears perked up because it was said that 'tone' you know they are setting you up for something. I didn't reply. He continued sanding then suddenly announced he had made a new game. He named it the "sanding pad' and pretended to sand away the bad feelings the bench had accumulated from his sitting on it previously.<br />Thanks for the memory. :-)Carli The Quilterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00733894801130646276noreply@blogger.com