tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post1264039928027616490..comments2024-03-22T17:41:31.183+11:00Comments on Literacy, families and learning: The importance of play - Part 3Trevor Cairneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-89818012390001738042008-06-22T20:40:00.000+10:002008-06-22T20:40:00.000+10:00Thanks for visiting Mrs M and glad the post has be...Thanks for visiting Mrs M and glad the post has been helpful. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the extra idea 'rd', fuzzy felt is a great aid. Occasionally the Reject Shop sells very cheap sets (we've bought a few of them). You can also find magnetic versions, we bought a wonderful version of Shrek which boys and girls both love manipulating themselves as well as with adults like their Grandad. We have lots of fun making up stories with each type.Trevor Cairneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-65593201885891082622008-06-22T03:20:00.000+10:002008-06-22T03:20:00.000+10:00Another thing that can help adults interact with c...Another thing that can help adults interact with children on the child's level is a old time classic of fuzzy felt. Nowadays, you can get fuzzy felt for Thomas the Tank Engine, or Sesame Street characters. You can retell the story that was on the episode or in the story you just read them. It helps with the cognative development, as well as, turning the watching/listening from a passive looking at the pages/TV screen to a physical activity of moving the figures on and off the felt board, setting the scenes using a visual component, and retelling the story just told, so helping with memory. <BR/><BR/>Or you can get just plain figures or animals and use them in a nursery rhyme sing-a-long - all young children like that and will interact with the adult , if they can "see" what's happening in the rhyme on the felt board, as well as, 'hear' what's going on.<BR/><BR/>It just adds another dimension to playing together which can incorporate things they enjoy, and gives a new 'play' experience to them.hardygreenwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02453045160659761143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-37839271361939147562008-06-21T07:35:00.000+10:002008-06-21T07:35:00.000+10:00Great post. I have new inspiration for our car pla...Great post. I have new inspiration for our car play. <BR/><BR/>I found my way here via Nicole's blog.Sandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12953023131915534135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-86111949873563910622008-06-20T17:16:00.000+10:002008-06-20T17:16:00.000+10:00Thanks Prue. And thank you for the original quest...Thanks Prue. And thank you for the original question which was so honest and important. I was so upset when I saw it recently and realized that I'd missed it when you posted it months ago. Anyway, I hope the play goes well with your little boy today.Trevor Cairneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10743409298855125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9200808769555430311.post-46828563802258359512008-06-20T14:48:00.000+10:002008-06-20T14:48:00.000+10:00Trevor, this is really helpful. Thankyou so much. ...Trevor, this is really helpful. Thankyou so much. I will look forward to trying some of these things out this afternoon when my son gets home from preschool.Pruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03545993243891419887noreply@blogger.com