Today is November 1st and it marks the beginning of a VERY exciting month!
I have teamed up with my friend Jamie at hands on: as we grow to bring you a fabulous, fresh and fun-filled challenge called:
30 Days to Hands on Play!
What is the challenge?
To spend every day this month playing with our children:
- for at least 15 minutes a day
- without any interruptions
- trying out a new range of ideas and activities
How will the challenge work?
Jamie and I will present a short, easy play idea for every day in this coming month. We will alternate between our two blogs with each idea and encourage you to try it out and find some new ideas to freshen up your play repertoire!
We will be doing the challenge right along with you and would love it if we could all discuss how each day has gone in the comments or over in our Blog Frog forum The Play Network! We are looking forward to being as inspired and challenged by all of you as you are by the challenge itself.
The challenge starts now!
Day 1:
Today’s activity
Spend a little bit of time thinking about this challenge. What do you hope to gain?
Think about your child (or children) What do they really love doing? What are they good at? Their special interests? This will be really helpful as the challenge unfolds.
Here’s mine:
I want to be inspired to try some new ways to play and to make sure that there are absolutely no distractions while doing so, so that both girls have my absolute full attention when we are together.
Cakie: is full of energy, loves to climb, throw, jump and run. She is also incredibly imaginative and will make up stories and role plays with toys or even her fingers! She loves to try things to see what they can do and to stack, build, tie and create.
Pop: adores colouring, painting and drawing and cries when we have to tidy those things away! She loves to fill and empty, build with blocks and take care of her baby dolls and teddies. She is curious and inquisitive, testing new materials and not in any way afraid to get messy or stuck right in!
Your turn!
Grab a coffee and a notepad and quickly write out your hopes for this challenge, then stick it on the fridge!
Tomorrow there will be the first play idea, shared over on hands on: as we grow!
Get reminders in your inbox for each day of this challenge
Kierna C says
What a fab idea – and quite an undertaking! Good luck, can’t wait gain some new ideas!
angelique felix says
Hi dear playfriend,
What a great challenge for us all! I love it very much and I will support you and Jamie as much as I can.
Let’s have fun and bring play forward, Iam proud of you
Angelique
JDaniel4's Mom says
I love this idea! I will be brainstorming later today!
Kristin@Sense of Wonder says
Yay, I’m excited! I’m going to think hard about this one and really come up with somthing for ALL the children. Do you even find that it is a little easier to do stuff with one or the other?
http://livingatthewhiteheadszoo.blogspot.com/ says
Getting ready to brainstorm.
maggy, red ted art says
Oooh Pip Squeak also hates it when I tidy things away….. 😉
The challenge looks great! Look forward to all the ideas.
Maggy x
Katie says
Count me in! Such a great idea and boost to encourage me to be more intentional and creative with my son (he’s 3). I found you via transatlantic blonde’s blog, and really happy to have discovered your blog.
Charlotte says
Yes, I’m definitely in and looking forward to this!
I blogged my Mission Statement here:
http://makedoandfriend.blogspot.com/2011/11/30-days-to-hands-on-play.html
Blue Skies,
Charlotte xo
Praises from a Wife and Mommy! says
Awesome. I tried to sign up for email reminders but it is giving me an error?
Joyce says
We’ll definitely be participating! I’m excited and can’t wait to see what you two have planned!
Rachel T says
Wow, what a fabulous idea! Am definitely in. For the days I’m not at work, anyway… Thank you for the heads up.
(incidentally, our girls are really quite spookily similar. My eldest is so energetic and imaginative, and the youngest – whilst still very energetic – is much more interested in drawing, and also obsessed with dolls. So funny!)
Susanna says
This sounds really good- and also has mad eme relasie that I find it a bit hard to make a list like yours…….smack hands mummy, have not been paying enough attention to my kidlets!! Well, I know what they like but it starts with w and ends with ii! Tee hee- no, I do hav some ideas so I will engage my brian. This has come at a great time as I am really needing to restructure and refocus my time with the boys.
homeschoolingthecameronclan says
I think this is an awesome idea! I know there are many days where I look back and wonder where the day went and what have my kids been up to today. This will be helpful since the holidays are right around the corner!
TheBoyandMe says
Brilliant idea, thanks!
ATC says
Wow! This challenge could not have come at a better time! I have two little ones of my own that I am privileged to be able to play with every day, AND we are opening a childcare centre in two short months as well! The more ideas, the better for everyone!
I tried to sign up for the email list, but I’m also
getting an error message.
Esther says
I blogged about the challenge today and our mission statement
http://creativitymypassion.blogspot.com/2011/11/30-days-to-hands-on-play-challenge.html
2flowerslearn.com says
Soooo up for this.
Sorry but same trouble; can’t sign up.
Val says
Great idea!
Can’t sign up either 🙁
Please add me for this (val@metal-observer.com)
Thanks!
Erica @ ChildOrganics says
So happy to found your website. We’re joining in with the hands on play challenge.
Looking forward to it! Here’s our start: http://blog.childorganics.com/2011/11/i-challenge-you-to-play-better.html
Alisha says
Really great idea, can”t wait to get started
Also had problems subscribing so can you add me too,
alc333@live.co.uk
Totally loving the website and have tried many of your ideas which my kids have really enjoyed
Thanks
Anna @ The Imagination Tree says
Sorry about the broken sign up link ladies! It is *finally* fixed, I do believe!
So enter your email addresses ahoy!
Can’t wait to have you on board 🙂
fiveseasonsinthesun says
This is fantastic! I know the post is an old one, but we are going to go through the challenge anyway! Thanks!
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