Posts Tagged ‘play’
The Importance of Play for Children
Play is a Child’s Work: How Parents Encourage Creativity and Learning Play is how children learn, discover, express curiosity, and communicate. Different kinds of play bring out different aspects of our kids’ personalities and points of view. Parents can help their children learn, make new discoveries, and enjoy adventures by encouraging play time activities. When…
Read MoreOverstimulation in Infancy
OVERVIEW Overstimulation in children is a broad topic ranging from overstimulation in infants to children on the spectrum, to children in war-torn countries, and other traumatized children such as those faced with terrors due to 9-11, including post-traumatic-stressors. To narrow the topic, I will focus on infancy. Healthy infants from the first few…
Read MoreThe Joy of Unstructured Summertime Play
Play is the joy of summer time when all those structured, sometimes overscheduled activities during the school year are over. Now is the time to give your kids free rein to explore and discover what interests them. It’s a time for imagination to bloom as kids find new outlets for their infinite creativity. Parents often…
Read MoreWhen Did You First Feel Like Mothering?
WHEN DOES MOTHERING BEGIN? Does mothering begin when you’re a little girl? Watch your active, thriving three-year-old girl as she takes pillows and puts them in a circle. See how she climbs into this space with her baby doll, little play figures, favorite stuffed animal or toy. Or, enjoy her construction of a fort with…
Read More“Why Do I Apologize for My Children When They Act Like Kids in Public?”
How We React To Our Kids in Public ?- Give Them a Break! The other day I was visiting a preschool and talking with a parent whose adorable six-year-old was wearing a pirate mask and carrying a play sword. He came up to me to me and said, “I’m scaring you!” I said “Oh-h-h. I’m…
Read MoreThe Spontaneous Mother – Creating a Novel Experience
Hollman, PhD, has a new book available for holiday gift giving. In fact, give it as a gift to yourself: UNLOCKING PARENTAL INTELLIGENCE: FINDING MEANING IN YOUR CHILD Click on amazon and enjoy it! We’ve all experienced that awful feeling of fear, surprise, or incomprehension when our kids do something unusual, unimaginable, or outright distressing.…
Read MorePlay is About Learning and Having Fun
Laurie Hollman, Ph.D, has a new book, UNLOCKING PARENTAL INTELLIGENCE: Finding Meaning in Your Child’s Behavior,on amazon, barnes & noble, familius and wherever books are found. Check it out today and write a review! Play is for Every Age There are so many types of play that every age can enjoy it. The best part…
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