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Raise Your Play IQ – When the Weather Gives Us Cold Temperatures…Make Frozen Bubbles!
The weather this winter has indeed thrown us all into shoveling, staying warm, and survival mode! Rest assured, I am confident that spring is...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Mirrors, Mirrors
For young children, mirrors can be truly magical. Whether children are discovering a reflection of themselves or seeing bright lights and colors bounce from...
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Raise Your Play IQ – The Power of Movement
The New Year is here and many of us are talking about moving more—to reduce weight, to increase energy, and to take better care...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Brain building through repeat experiences
Early experiences are incredibly valuable for a child! As a matter of fact, the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child at Harvard University...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Make Way for Music
There has been much said about music and the effect on the brain. It was not so long ago that what many call Mozart...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Texture Time: Using the senses to engage young learners
What can you do with foil, crayons, fabrics, dough, or sand? Would the potential mess deter you from using these “tools”? What if learning...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Toys & Household Items = Innovative Tools for Learning!?
Reduce, reuse, recycle. Our children know it. We are familiar with it. Reusing and repurposing household items is something many families find necessary and...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Decisions, decisions!
We all make decisions each day. Some have become automatic and some take careful thought and planning—What will I wear today? What will I...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Visual processing: Seeing is learning…or is it?
Do you ever wonder if children are affected by what they see? What are they really thinking? Getting to conclusive answers is difficult at...
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Raise Your Play IQ – Encouraging young scientists
The scientific method is a process that scientists use to answer questions of all types. In its most basic sense, the scientific method involves...
