Outdoor Fun

Springtime Gardening: Growing Vegetables in Your Backyard

October 17, 2012
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This post is by regular contributor Kyrstie Barcak of A Fresh Legacy. My vegetable garden is my sanity. I get a great feeling of achievement and satisfaction when I pick produce from my garden for dinner. I love to feed my family from our garden. I also love to spend time with my two children [...]

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Our Play Space: A Mud Play Kitchen From a Potting Table

October 14, 2012
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A peek inside a reader’s play space… Loving this clever idea from Kelly of Happy Whimsical Hearts, creating an easy mud play kitchen space from a gardening, potting table. How clever is that! See more of this great play space here. SUBMIT TO OUR PLAY SPACE and have your play space featured on Childhood 101 [...]

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Our Play Space: Spider Web Obstacle Course in Our Backyard!

October 7, 2012
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A peek inside a reader’s play space… I had been planning to make an spider web obstacle course for ages. Finally, on a beautiful spring day, I decided it was time to make it and as it would make a great opportunity to get the kids outside. Although it took a little effort to make, [...]

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9 Ways to Encourage Indoor Kids to Play Outside

September 18, 2012
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Growing up, I was an indoor kid. Severely lacking in any form of physical coordination (can you say ‘last girl picked for school sporting teams’), I would rather curl up with a good book or direct my younger siblings in a theatrical performance than hit a ball or climb a tree (which I had a [...]

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#PLAYTODAY Outdoor Play Inspiration Every Day

June 23, 2012
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We enjoyed the lovely Winter sunshine as a family today, spending the day at our state’s major botanical garden. I snapped a few fun photos which will feature in the #PLAYTODAY series in the coming week so be sure to be following along with the daily outdoor play prompts via Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram. [...]

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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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#PLAYTODAY: A Mosaic of Outdoor Play

June 8, 2012
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Have you been following along with #PLAYTODAY?  You can find the daily play prompts on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram. The prompts are a simple reminder that open ended ideas are often the best for inspiring play. That play doesn’t need to be fancy or overly adult influenced. That children learn through playing. And that [...]

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What Will You #PLAYTODAY?

June 1, 2012
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Happy June 1st! With the busyness of kindy and a new baby I am finding that sometimes we need a prompt when it comes to playing something new… and this is especially relevant to our time spent outdoors. So for the month of June I will post one photo prompt each day with a simple [...]

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