Winter Weather Fun

 

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Frost and ankle-deep snow last year, wind and rain and sunny days in 2012. What will the rest of the year bring? One thing is certain, we will be out there to enjoy it. There's no such thing as unsuitable weather, only unsuitable clothes. If it rains, let's don the wellies, put up the hoods and find those puddles to jump in. If it snows, let's build a snowman or an igloo and feed the hungry birds. If the sun shines there's sand castles to build, and lovely hollow blocks to build bridges, towns, and railways. Care to come and join in?

 

 

 

Enjoy the Great Outdoors

Summer is the best time to get outside and get busy. Why?

 It's great fun, and that's enough reason in itself!

© Children can get active and ride their cars, run, jump and shout; 

© Children can get sociable and pretend, the can run an ice-cream stand, do a car wash, look after the baby, or take their bear for an outing.  

© Children can get busy and plant, water, paint or build with lovely hollow blocks from Community Playthings. Here's a link to a video about these wonderful blocks and what children get out of playing with them:    
   http://www.communityplaythings.com/products/blocks/video/video.html

© Children can get creative and messy, do some digging, play about with water, "paint the wall" (with water and big brushes:-), do some finger- or footprinting, or draw on the ground with big chunky chalks;

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It's official: children who play outside laugh more. This was observed by Dr. Tessa Livingstone, Child Psychologist and one of the researchers who contributed to the BBC study 'Child of Our Time.' Dr. Livingstone said:

"Children who are allowed to play and explore outside are likely to be more adventurous, self- motivated and better able to understand risk when they grow up." 

Do we need any more reasons?