Tag: play
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Effortless Fun with Springfree Trampoline
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Trampolines are usually considered a source of entertainment, but for our family the trampoline is also a tool. When my daughter was diagnosed with hypotonia (low muscle tone) at one year old she began seeing a physiotherapist. While she never mastered the crawl, she was walking by the time she…
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25 Fun Indoor Activities for Families
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This winter has been particularly cold and we have had our share of snow days. The kids start to go a little stir crazy when they can’t play outside for very long, and I don’t them to be parked in front of the television all day, so we look for…
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Win a Nature Valley Prize Pack
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We moved several times when I was a kid, and I can hardly remember the insides of the houses we lived in before I was a tween. I can describe in detail the yards and neighbourhoods for every one of those houses though. We were always outside when I was…
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Why it’s Important That Your Child Gets Outdoors
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With the rise of technology, parents may be tempted to do away with old playtime favourites, swapping the cricket bat for an iPad or a playground for a television screen. The world seems too dangerous a place to let children run wild and not much can go wrong if they’re…
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Activities to do at Home with the Kids
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Our house isn’t very big. I’m not complaining, because it’s a nice home and I’m proud of it, but there aren’t a lot of options for each of us to have our own space. On cold or rainy days when the kids can’t get outside to play, I need ways…
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Learning to work together while having fun #FisherPriceMoms
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Having children from various age groups doesn’t mean that they don’t like to play with the same toys. Well, maybe Eric doesn’t because he’s twenty (or maybe he does but he wouldn’t want to let on that he still plays with toys), but Kellen, Avery and Griffin often enjoy playing…
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Are you taking the challenge? #LEGODUPLO
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My family is taking the LEGO DUPLO 30 Days of Play Challenge. It doesn’t seem like it will be that challenging, to be honest. We love Lego Duplo. Building is a great learning activity and all of my kids love doing it. It’s one of the few activities that the…
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Fun outdoor activities for kids
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With four kids in the house, we start to find ourselves buried in toys. Eric may be too big for toys now, but most of them are still around because his siblings laid claim to them over the years. Since I don’t want my kids to sit inside and play…