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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Outdoor Play:a great way for Kids to get Outside and use their Imagination

Summer is a wonderful time of year when children can enjoy a large quantity of fresh air and play outdoors. There is certainly no shortage of excellent activities, toys and accessories to entertain and inspire children of all ages. Some favorites among children include; bubbles, inflatable bouncers and play games, kites and wind spinners, garden furniture, Playhouse tents and play, swimming pools and water fun, beach and Sandbox and toys.

Bubbles is one of those outdoor activities that can be enjoyed by children and adults. Blowing bubbles has never been quite so many options to choose from as it does today. There are plastic bubble lawnmowers, the captors of bubble, bubble-vision goggles, Wands bubble, bubble lights, Wands for small and large super bubbles, not spill buckets bubble, bubble blowers monster, bubble blizzards (blowing bubbles nonstop) and bubble blowers available in popular fictional characters and a myriad of colors and styles. Blowing bubbles is an inexpensive way to have hours of fun outdoors.

One of the most exciting forms of play for young children involves the use of the wide variety of inflatable bouncers and the game was established in the market. His backyard is the centre of activity where you have created one of those wonderful toys. Bouncers inflatable can be purchased in various sizes of large (9 feet by 9 feet by 6 feet high) that can accommodate several young children bouncers who have only two children. Deluxe bouncers offer a fun and safe environment to play with the continuous flow of air safety and resistant to puncture heavy gauge vinyl. There is a wide selection of designs, such as castles, popular fictional character issues, inflatable fire, school buses, climbing walls, inflatable cars, and inflatable play centers Playhouse. A number of inflatable toys come with soft balls included for throwing, kicking and pushing around inside the structure.

Comets, wind windsocks and spinners are a wonderful way for you and your child to interact and enjoy a beautiful outdoor activity. The beautiful colors, designs and sizes available surely will be remembered for years to come. Comets can be purchased in an endless variety of designs to include; aircraft with propellers spinning, helicopters, birds (flamingos and parrots), sharks, dolphins, butterflies, hummingbirds, fish, dragons, cellular box kites, kites dolphin, sailboats, cellular kites, Diamond kites, airplanes and kites parasail tri-just to name a few. Wind windsocks and spinners as they come in many designs like the comets in a great variety of colors and patterns.

Children can enjoy the same comfort as adults when it comes to outdoor furniture. Whether lunch at their favorite characters plastic or wooden picnic table or lounging back in his chair Adirondack, it's always fun for them to be like mom or dad. Other pieces of adorable children in the open air may include furniture; Playhouse (with bell and the motion detector), playground (with sunshade, table and chairs), fabric patio chairs, tables plastic mushroom, the game is lemonade , Mailboxes plastic, stone, plastic folding chairs and banks.

Playhouse provide children with hours of imagination and pretend play. There's nothing more special to have a child of her own home little imagination to dream and role play in. Playhouse is often a part of the courtyard outdoors, either in toys, plastic or wooden designs and climbers swings. Some of the Playhouse plastic are available with sounds such as doorbells, phones and motion detectors. Playhouse plastic can be purchased in pirate, cottage, registration of the car, camper and mushroom house styles.

As in Playhouse, the game tents are usually made with nylon or plastic and also come in a wide variety of designs and styles. The biggest difference between the two is that play tents are usually much easier to mount, dismount and portable if necessary. Play tents are available in tunnels (through tracking), play dome tents, lady bug tents, tents with tunnel addition, the school bus, firefighters, bulldozer, Playhouse, tents of camouflage , A popular fictional character issue tents, four joined tunnels tent in the middle, Pees tee castle and tents. Fabric parachute can also be used as tents are covered with objects at home or used to pull toys to children in a circle.

It really feels like summer, once everybody has ido a swim. Marvellous Pools offer relief from high temperatures and a refreshing way to spend a good time. There is a mountain of pools and pool toys to choose either a pool or a kiddie pool lounger there is no shortage of options. Above ground inflatable pools can be found in different sizes to accommodate children or the whole family. Kiddie pools are available in designs include umbrellas, popular themes of nature, different colors and styles of activity pool. The pool toys select only add to the enjoyment of water pistols and guns, kicking boards, lifejackets, inflatable water wings, recovery of toys, rafts and deck chairs, inflatable sharks, tubes, inflatable basketball hoops, beach balls and rings headquarters to a name a few.

Lastly, playing in the sand can provide both learning skills and entertainment for any child, whether in your yard or sandbox on the beach. Building sand castles and sand play is especially useful in teaching social skills (share, interact and cooperation), cognitive skills (measuring and mapping sand roads) and physical abilities (pouring, dumping, pushing and collection of sand, etc.). Sandbox kits can be purchased to establish or you can choose among several designs, such as; turtles, castles, sand and water tables, ladybug, dinosaur and frog SandBox. Sandbox and accessories could include beach, wheelbarrows, buckets of all sizes, rakes, shovels, molds and beach chairs.

Playing outdoors is a great way for children to leave the house and use your imagination. All forms of outdoor activities easily promote the welfare and physical development. Children love to play outdoors, since it allows the possibility to freely explore their environment while developing the muscle coordination, flexibility and motor skills, while the decrease in anxiety and stress. And do not forget. . . Always remember to put sunscreen on your child every time you are out.

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Puzzles in early childhood education:Putting the pieces together

When children working on puzzles, which are actually "putting the pieces together" in more ways than one. Puzzles help children build the skills needed to read, write, solve problems, and coordinate their thoughts and actions of all those who intend to use at school and beyond. Find a puzzle with a picture that is of particular interest to her son, and you can help them begin to recognize colors and letters, and come to realize that the sum of its parts make up a whole-a concept that will help you with math later on. By inserting pieces in the puzzle, children also develop the group of muscles used for writing, or "clip" scope.

Children can work on puzzles by themselves, without help from adults or other children. They can also work together in large puzzles and practice in jeopardy and getting along. Because each child must concentrate on the puzzle on an individual basis, experiencing a sense of satisfaction because it contains a piece, broken, and discovers the place where it fits. Piece by piece, beginning to recognize the image that represents the puzzle.

The good quality of the puzzles are a good investment because children can use year after year. You can also search puzzles in the yard sales, stores savings, loans and toy libraries. Children who are developing the ability to use scissors can cut pictures from magazines to create their own puzzles. Just assemble the images of cardboard and cut into large pieces. Homemade puzzles can make great gifts, too!

Make sure the puzzles are appropriate for each child's age and abilities.

Two years old, for example, enjoy putting into pieces and bring them back out as much as they can benefit from assembling in the right place. Children enjoy three or four pieces of wooden puzzles. As they grow and learn to rotate the pieces to match the holes and find pieces that fit, can handle increasingly complex puzzle.

Three years of age still enjoy puzzles with a single knobs on each piece, but also can work on puzzles with five to eight pieces.

Four years of age will enjoy command of puzzles less familiar with scenes and characters. They can handle 12 to 18 pieces of the puzzle.

Five-year-old can handle large or small pieces of 18 to 35 pieces of the puzzle. They move from the pleasure of activity for mastering the task.

As children reach school age, can benefit more complex puzzle pieces 50-100 or more. All family members can gather around the table to help children put the pieces together.

Puzzles has to be well done and attractive to children. The youngest child, the more they will benefit from large parts recognizable to help her complete a picture. Good puzzles can show images of food, cars and trucks, animals, boys and girls, lullabies, and scenes from storybooks. Young children to better understand the figures as simple forms of circles, triangles and squares. Look at the pieces missing or damage to the puzzle. Puzzles must offer a challenge for children, but should be solved. There is nothing more frustrating for a child to try to complete a puzzle and who lacks a piece.

Puzzles can provide formal learning experiences. Teachers can work closely with children to help them learn to solve problems through puzzles. Puzzles also help teachers assess children and observe their development. While the children work alone or in groups, teachers can control the way you speak, move and concentrate.