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Written by Kara Fleck, Simple Kids editor and Rockin’ Granola mama.
Today’s unplugged play idea is stacking.
This is an activity that can be adapted to all ages: babies love to knock things down or older kids might appreciate the challenge of building a card house. There is a wide range of appeal and ability for this play idea.
Things to that you can stack:
Written by Kara Fleck, Simple Kids editor and Rockin’ Granola mama.
We are continuing our series on Unplugged Play. During week one, we set up a Story Themed Playscape for your kids. Last week, we created a garden themed playscape.
Today we’re going to visit the apple orchard (at least via playscape, though this would make a fun unplugged activity before or after a trip to a real apple orchard).
What is a playscape? A playscape is simply a scene that is put together to inspire creative play around a theme. You are “setting the stage” so to speak.
Written by Kara Fleck, Simple Kids editor and Rockin’ Granola mama.
Today’s unplugged play idea is to create a pretend play post office.
This is a chance to learn about people in our neighborhood, practice some letter writing, order of events, and perhaps even work on memorizing our home address. But, don’t guide this activity too heavily: set the scene and see where your children take it.
Written by Kara Fleck, Simple Kids editor and Rockin’ Granola mama.
Today’s unplugged play idea is an easy one, short and sweet: playing with play dough.
Whether you make your own (our favorite recipe is here) or use purchased play dough or play clay, have fun squishing, rolling, pinching, smashing, and squeezing with this wonderful creative toy.
Written by Kara Fleck, Simple Kids editor and Rockin’ Granola mama.
We love to play games in our family. Board games, card games, sports, and puzzles – you name it and the Fleck family probably loves it. It makes me so happy as a mama to see my kids, now that they are a little bit older, playing a game together and I love it when we have family game nights. Looking around the table at all the smiling faces that belong in my “nest” makes this mama bird pretty happy.
For today’s Unplugged Play activity, gather your family and play a favorite game together.
One of our new family game night favorites, especially with my preschooler, is called Cupcake Race. We were given a copy of this game to review and it has become one that my four year old and six year old ask to play on a regular basis.
