Parenting isn’t meant to be this hard … but it really is!
How do we simplify childhood, parenting and amplify connection, learning and fun?
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Is the weight of motherhood, the dishes, the laundry getting too much? Then actually playing with your child just too much? Where do you even start? With as little as 5 minutes a day and using what you already own, Tiffany will walk you through play, learning, child development and surviving parenting toddlers. A teacher of 15 years, Tiffany is walking the the talk as she raises her 2 girls with playfully with love and respect.
Toddler Toy Audit
Play is children's work. It is how they build their knowledge of the world, of people and objects in it, of one another, or social rules and values. We do this by engaging in play and exploring schemas.
There is a developmental process that children go through during play. Children start to test new theories and build up their concepts of the world through hands on exploration within play schemas.
Play schemas are patterns of repeated play, and it is thought that understanding this can help us support children's learning and development. In this episode I will give you some background on play schemas and why they are important.
Play Schema Basics
Play is children's work. It is how they build their knowledge of the world, of people and objects in it, of one another, or social rules and values. We do this by engaging in play and exploring schemas.
There is a developmental process that children go through during play. Children start to test new theories and build up their concepts of the world through hands on exploration within play schemas.
Play schemas are patterns of repeated play, and it is thought that understanding this can help us support children's learning and development. In this episode I will give you some background on play schemas and why they are important.
The Spectrum of Play
You're going to be hit hard with a lot of conflicting advice when you have a child. One of those confusing pieces of advice will be: You need to play with your toddler all day, every time they ask go to them and make sure they have constant stimulation. With all the other things you have to do will this really work?
Toddlers should play independently as that is how they learn. They do not need to be entertained by us with planned activities, rather we should be making ourselves available for spontaneous play. Or, at the most basic level, provide them with the materials to experiment with and let them go from there.
And on the flip side of this coin, adult led play where we get down on their level and initiate play isn't the enemy but the basis of attachment and connection. So how do we balance the types of play in our home and why should we?