Our Play Space

Our Play Space: Montessori Inspired Play & Learning Space

July 1, 2012
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I became extremely interested in Montessori about a year ago. At the time and over the last year we spent a good amount of time applying a Montessori overlay to our home. We also spent a lot of educating ourselves on the philosophy with the hope of homeschooling our boys (3 years and 1 year [...]

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Our Play Space: Our Backyard Play Space

June 24, 2012
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A peek inside a reader’s play space… We’re a family of four. As Early Childhood professionals, my husband and I are always working on some project for our girls. This spring, we transformed our outdoor play space to make it more child-friendly. One of the biggest challenges we faced as townhouse dwellers was making the [...]

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Our Play Space: Outdoor Classroom

June 17, 2012
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A peek inside a reader’s play space… This space is an outdoor screened in porch that I turned into my very own outdoor classroom. Inside this wonderful room is a sand table, easel, window easel, water table, and small tables and chairs for other types of art and play. Because the outdoor classroom is on [...]

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Our Play Space: MudPie Station

June 10, 2012
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A peek inside a reader’s play space… The children love being outside and free to make as much mess as they please. They mix, stir, bake, decorate and “eat” all their creations. They love that everything they need is available at all times and they don’t need to ask or wait for help. This is [...]

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Our Play Space: Art Happens Here

June 3, 2012
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A peek inside a reader’s play space… We just bought a new art table for the girls. It is a big, proper desk that is very red. It has pretty pencils on top, a place to display creations, plenty of storage, and is in a nice, sunny spot. I see years of drawing, painting, cutting, [...]

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Our Play Space: Outdoor Fort/Playhouse

May 27, 2012
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A peek inside a reader’s play space… We are a family of three with a three year old daughter. Last year we bought her a swing set and I made her some cloths and bought some large clothespins at Michaels on clearance to make the fort part of her swingset into a house, or whatever [...]

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Our Play Space: Ahoy there! Dimple’s Pirate Bedroom

May 13, 2012
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A peek inside a reader’s play space… This is my sons pirate themed room. It has been a work in progress since he was a baby and is now his favourite place.  It has made bedtime so much easier in our household and he often has quiet time in there playing with his soft ocean [...]

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Our Play Space: Mini Economy

May 6, 2012
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A peek inside a reader’s play space… Kids at Switch; a new and unique programme seeks to educate financial literacy to kids aged 5 to 12 by creating a playful mini economy. Instead of learning in a traditional classroom setting, the children learn within a dynamic and encouraging environment that is filled with shopping baskets, [...]

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