Do you live in an apartment or trailer or any other small space? Do you struggle how to use your space effectively? This is especially problematic when you share small space with kids and all of their toys. Today we will share small spaces play ideas and how to play when there is no space…
12 Reasons to Make Homemade Toys
Creating and building your own homemade toys can be a very handy and cheap way to get kids new toys, to keep the play all fresh and new, and in many cases to upcycle many of everyday items you already have at home. Kids love toys! Furthermore, kids love having new toys every once in…
Quality Family Time for Busy Parents
We have all been at the point – struggling to find the time to do it all. However, it’s important to keep kids on top of our priority list and spend some time daily to connect through play, specially with young children. Here we share several ideas how to spend quality family time with your…
Kitchen Play Area Safety Tips
We have already mentioned in past couple weeks how much kids love to play with food and how to expand activities using play food. When you add to a mix that kids really love to spend time playing with their parents, you end up with kids under your legs for most of the time while…
Playful Parenting – Parents are Child’s Favorite Toy
For children, parents are the most important people in their lives. Play is a natural way for parents to connect to their children and the best way for them to learn. Child will benefit from playful parenting approach the most. We are here to stop and remind ourselves that we are NEVER too old to…
How and Why to Involve Kids in the Toy Purge
You may have read about how to rotate toys, or how to fix toys that seem beyond repair, or how to teach kids how to put their toys away. And while all of these pieces of information are great and have their place, I can’t help but think there’s something to be said about involving…
Surviving Shopping with Toddlers
We have all heard the stories (and some of us have experienced this first hand) about horror shopping with toddlers. So, today we have gathered several parents to share with all of us tips how to get in and out, even enjoy shopping with toddlers. Somehow like toddlers know how to act up and put…
5 Things to Consider When Choosing Toys (And What to Avoid)
Are you having troubles picking the right toy for your child? Wondering which toy will keep their attention and benefit their development? After several valuable articles in Less Toys. More Play. series for every parent, today we are going to try to assist you with several guidelines for choosing toys that will grow with your…
Donating Toys to Local Kindergarten
As a parent of two little girls, one of my own concerns is to bring them up to become kind, loving people. And donating toys to kindergarten and other needy children where ever they are, can be one of the great ways to teach children to be kind towards other children, and adults too. Another…
20 Reasons to Say YES! to Less Toys. More Play.
Today we’ll start a month long serial Less Toys. More Play. because we truly believe that, when it comes to toys and play, the quantity of toys is inversely proportional to the quality of play and child’s engagement with toys. I’m sure you have been there before: You bought this shiny new toy for your toddler…