What Your Pre Schooler Needs to Know before Starting Kindergarten

I read an interesting article over at I Can Teach My Child on "71 Things My Child Needs to Know Before Kindergarten"

They broad key areas for development are based around:-

• Personal & Social Development
• Language & Literacy
• Mathematical Thinking
• Physical Development
• The Arts

As a parent of toddlers soon pre school age children the list seemed somewhat comprehensive. And whilst we have a couple of years to go it made me think about how we can play with fun and purpose to help prepare our children for this milestone while they are pre school age.

I thought it would be great to develop a series around activities that are fun, develop a love of play and learning in your pre schooler that will benefit these key development milestones.

We have even begun to map out the start of a book of play ideas for pre schoolers so stay tuned for that in the future.

Keep your eyes posted Monday when we launch our first in the pre schooler play series.

Happy Play Times :-)

Taking the Time to 'Just Be' in Play

I am a big one for giving my children the time to enjoy the simple things.

Children need stimulation and engagement but sometimes they just need to stop and watch the world go by.

So this is a just a quick post to remind us of taking things back to basics with children's play.

One of our favorite quiet play times is to just sit and look out the window and see what is happening below us. I point out interesting sights or name objects but we are taking the time to just be...

What simple quiet activities do you like to do with your children?

Happy Play Times :-)

We Are Back

Wow it has been a while since we have been here. Feels good to be back.

I am looking forward to stocking up this BLOG again with lots of great fun, happy children’s play ideas!

In fact we already have a lot of posts ready to go that we will be uploading.

The favorite Friday Fun Facts will be back and our weekend watching segments will resume.

So where have we been? It may not be what you might expect. And it wasn’t exactly taking a step away from BLOGGING but enhancing it.

We have been spending several months setting up and launching the new business that connects brands and Mom BLOGGERS over at Building BLOG Bridges. If you would like to learn more please click here and if you own your own BLOG see how you can be rewarded through our Building BLOG Bridges Brigade.

But the fact that I got into this new business venture through my passion for BLOGGING, the connections it makes and the information that can be shared I felt a strong desire and calling to come back to the start of it all and revive Happy Play Happy Children.

My twin girls are now almost 18 months old (can you believe it!!) many of you out there I am sure can relate about how time flies when raising your children.

And as these months have been passing the need for fun, games, play, engagement and development grows and grows and so we have a lot to share.  Boy do I love getting down and being a kid again with them it brings the girls and I so much joy.

So I hope our old readers will forgive our absence and join in the fun again and I look forward to finding and getting to know new people on this BLOGGING journey.

Happy Play Times :-)