And don't forget to bring a friend and your husband!
Find out more about Andrea Chatwin HERE
Showing posts with label Play Revolution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Play Revolution. Show all posts
Raising children in a digital world
Email us at play@peekaboobeans.com to SAVE YOUR SEAT.
And don't forget to bring a friend and your husband!
Find out more about Dr. Deborah MacNamara and the work she does with the Neufeld Institute HERE
Tweens Need to Play Too!!!
First off, let me explain why I want to share our community of amazing educators with you, and why I am a stand for our series “PLAY-ducation”.
We are suffering a Play Deficit. It isn’t hypothetical, it isn’t some social media farce gone wrong. It is true. Canada received a failing grade in the area of play. A big F! What would you do if your bean came home with an F on their report card, you would certainly pay attention. So we are! Play will not die off overnight, it will be a slow process and in generations to come, there will be no such thing of Free, Unstructured Play. And generations will suffer. We will lose the vital skills that we need to grow into healthy, well-adjusted communicative adults.
Insert our Play Series. Different topics, amazing speakers, a night out to grow, learn and feel supported in your family values.
So we created a presentation “Tweens Need to Play Too” and as always Andrea Chatwin NEVER DISAPPOINTS.
Although hard to articulate the impact of what I learned, I will share a few key points:
Although hard to articulate the impact of what I learned, I will share a few key points:
Tweens need to play in order to develop into confident and competent young people. Their need for self directed, unstructured free play remains consistent even as they enter middle to late childhood, and moreover Neuroscience is telling us that children need to play for optimal brain development to occur!
Psychological - Irritability. Difficulty focusing. Difficulty concentrating. Behavioural difficulties.
Physical - Poor eating habits. Sleep difficulties. Headaches. Stomach aches.
Understanding the Pull to Electronics:
Artificial Mastery – electronics easily and quickly give the child/tween the feeling of “I did something well”. Making actual, real life mastery some what boring.
Immediate Gratification – the user feels relief and/or feels better faster than it takes when one goes out to play.
Dissociative State – “I am no longer available emotionally in this situation”. children/tweens can shut out the outside world, they don’t have to feel anything or be connected with their inner worlds. They can be emotionally blank, yet still get immediate gratification.
Coming down from the technology high:
Mood differences post electronic play; Limited patience or impulse control; Difficulty focusing or attending to tasks; Impact on parent child relationship
Responding to your child/tweens behavior:
Step 1 – Empathy, Empathy, Empathy. Express to your child/tween that you fully understand what their experience is right now and why their request is so important (ie. I want to watch more tv). Get alignment.
Step 2 – Set your limit clearly and firmly (ie. tv is not for today).
Step 3 – Give your child/tween choices to return some control back to them. Refocus the issue on to something they do have control over (Ie. no tv before school, but when you come home you can decide if you want to watch 1 hour after school or after dinner).
How to Play with Your Tweens:
- Offer joint attention. Focus and value something just as much as they do. Join their experience. Find what lights their eyes, what causes them to be interested. If only for 30 minutes a week be with them in whatever capacity they desire.
- Playing with a younger child helps your tween to engage in healthy play activities without the concern that it is too babyish.
- Keep toys accessible. Even when kids/tweens claim that they are finished with “toys”, if they are accessible they will likely gravitate towards them in quiet times.
- Encourage natural play. Kids need to be outside, whether this is at a local park or in your backyards
- Play together as a family. Indoor games, outdoor activities, sports, crafting.
Join us Wednesday, October 29th for the next talk in our PLAY-ducation Series, "Raising Children in a Digital World" with Dr. Deborah MacNamara. Admission is by donation. All proceeds will be donated to Playground Builders. Please SAVE YOUR SEAT and RSVP to play@peekaboobeans.com.
In love and play,
In love and play,
We are launching... and filming... our Fall Pop Up Playdates
This Friday, we are hosting a Pop Up Playdate at the brand new Terra Nova Park in Richmond. We have heard from many MANY of our VIPBs that this park is.... AMAZING! We hear this new 1 million dollar innovative 1-hectare rural park is equipped with many custom-made features like a tandem zipline, a farm inspired water and sand play area, a log jam, a 10-metre treehouse, and an aerial rope walkway. Obviously this park has been built for some SERIOUS PLAY!!
So come going us at 10am tomorrow for some playtime and Mommy social time. Of course we won't be forgetting the Starbucks coffee!
Also, Peekaboo Beans Marketing and Video Team will be on hand to film the Playdate for an upcoming promotional video. So if you would like to see our head office peeps in action, be sure to show up by 10am.... you never know, you and your Beans might get the chance to be showcased in our exciting home-grown Pop Up Playdate video. Keep on playing!
Our quest to develop happy, healthy human Beans!
I'm sure most of our VIPBs (thats you!) have had the opportunity to view our fabulous new Fall 2014 collection in our Look Book, but we have to take a moment and point out one new addition that we are extremely excited to share with you.
This season we have added a new element to our catalogue based on our continued quest to bring awareness on the importance of PLAY for our children. As you flip through our pages you will find our Play Maven, Andrea's, Seal of Approval on various pages. Here's a peek...
We are constantly striving to help our children achieve the highest level of development within their individual range of possibility. We want children to experience the world and feel good doing so. We support childhood development by promoting the importance of play for healthy development and by offering clothing that facilities play.
Play is a child's work and provides the best opportunities for learning. We encourage families and communities to recognize the necessity of play for our children. Peekaboo Beans knows the importance of understanding children's sensory preferences, creating opportunities for independence, helping them feel good about themselves and letting them express their own unique style. We keep these goals in mind as we develop new products, ensuring all our clothes contribute to children growing up into happy, healthy HUMAN-BEANS! We are thrilled to have Andrea on our team to help support us on our playful journey.
Here's a quick peek of our catalogue pages and what you can find throughout our Fall catalogue...
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Want to know more about Andrea? Visit www.achildssong.ca to find out what Andrea is up to and how she is making amazing changes in peoples lives!
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Don't forget... join in all the PLAYFUL FUN with our Summer Break Play Challenge! Get all the details HERE
Summer Break Play Challenge... lets get playing!
Peekaboo Beans is on a mission!! We're on a mission to prevent the kids of today from experiencing a childhood void of unstructured free play. It's extremely important that we bring awareness to the importance of play and the current lack of it. We need to get our Beans playing outdoors and having fun... constantly. They need this free time and free play in order to become happy healthy human beans! It's not a option, it's a necessity!
What is UNSTRUCTURED FREE PLAY?
Unstructured free play is a set of activities that children create on their own without adult guidance. Children naturally, when left to their own devices, will take initiative and create activities and stories in the world around them. Sometimes, especially with children past the toddler stage, the most creative play takes place outside of direct adult supervision. Unstructured free play can happen in many different environments, however, the outdoors may provide more opportunities for free play due to the many movable parts, such as sticks, dirt, leaves and rocks which lend themselves to exploration and creation.
Unstructured play give children time to use their creativity, find out what they really like, acquire and practice their social skills, take risks, practice cause and effect, independence, and solve problems... just to name a few. Play will ultimately define our children's personalities for when they become adults. Yup... PLAY has a pretty important role.
So, we encourage you to join the Summer Break PLAY Challenge with your family and embrace the opportunity to experience some creative outdoor activities and fun adventures during this last month of summer. Peekaboo Beans Summer Break PLAY Challenge is here to help bring fun back into your life and connect with your children through sharing time together, having fun with one another and PLAYING!
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| Click to download your free printable |
Challenge Instructions:Print off a copy of the Summer Break PLAY Challenge, post to your fridge, bulletin board or anywhere that keep it easily accessible and over the month of August see how many of these fun activities you can accomplish. Check them off as you go and feel free to update us with summaries of your adventures. Share with us your stories, which ones your kids enjoyed the most, how did you make each activity your own? Whatever you want to say, we would love to hear! Most important of all, have fun and enjoy the time you will spend with your family! Now get out there and PLAY! Post photos of your BEANS at PLAY on our Facebook page HERE
Peekaboo Beans Pop Up Playdates: Come Play With Us!
Peekaboo Beans Pop Up Playdates are back! This summer, Peekaboo Beans will be popping up at parks across the lower mainland and we want you to join us!
Anxiety & depression in children has
quadrupled since the 1950’s due to what researchers are calling a PLAY DEFICIT.
Our children today are playing less than any other generation, leading to a
decrease in creativity, imagination, and vital skills that include curiosity, social skills, and the ability to assess risk. Peekaboo Beans has introduced the Pop Up Playdates
to help aid parents in bringing back the simple act of play into the lives of our children.
The Pop Up Playdates spread the message of Peekaboo Beans’ Play Revolution and the need for free, unstructured play for our children to develop into happy, healthy human Beans!
So bring your Beans and join us for some good ol’ fashion play at one of our upcoming playdates below!
The Pop Up Playdates spread the message of Peekaboo Beans’ Play Revolution and the need for free, unstructured play for our children to develop into happy, healthy human Beans!
So bring your Beans and join us for some good ol’ fashion play at one of our upcoming playdates below!
For more info & to stay up to date with all of our upcoming Pop Up Playdates click here.
You Wouldn't Play in That! - So we meet again.
"When I started Peekaboo Beans, it was because I believed that our children should have better options in clothing. Clothing is so much more than just what we put on our bodies. It is what makes us feel good about ourselves, it helps us define our personalities and contributes to our uniqueness, it makes us feel completely comfortable, or completely uncomfortable (if in the wrong clothing)..."
- Traci Costa
Peekaboo Beans, Director of Play
Clothing is so much more than simply what we put on our bodies. It is what makes us feel good about ourselves, helps us define our personalities, and contributes to our uniqueness. It makes us feel completely comfortable, or completely uncomfortable (if in the wrong clothing)...
Peekaboo Beans is here to spread the message for beans across the land: "let me play.” Stats show that if given the chance, children would choose to play outside with their parents and friends 9 out of ten times, yet the staggering statistics show that children are spending on average 8 hours a day in front of media devices.
Our mission is to provide the ingredients for a playful life. Children should be able to play free from stiff, restricting clothes. Doesn't your kid deserve to look good without being held back?
We have created a new platform of videos showing how ridiculous it looks doing an activity in the wrong clothing. As adults, we know what is appropriate to wear for different activities, so why would we not do the same for our children? Sometimes you just have to ask - would you play in that?
Run. Bounce. Play. Freely.
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| You Wouldn't Play in That! - So We Meet Again. CLICK HERE TO WATCH |
Spring Break Play it Forward... the results are in and we are AMAZED!
Exciting news - we exceeded our goal of raising $500 for Playground Builders during Spring Break by a long shot! Between March 15th and March 31st for every $75 spent by our customers, the Peekaboo Beans Playground donated $2 to our friends, Playground Builders.
And with your help, we raised... $3,128. Happy Dance!! A big kudos to all of you for Playing It Forward during spring break! Here's a breakdown of the playground equipment the funds raised can be used towards.
You wouldn't play in THAT!
Clothing is so much more than simply what we put on our bodies. It is what makes us feel good about ourselves, helps us define our personalities, and contributes to our uniqueness. It makes us feel completely comfortable, or completely uncomfortable (if in the wrong clothing)...
Peekaboo Beans is here to spread the message for beans
across the land: "let me play.” Stats show that if given the chance, children
would choose to play outside with their parents and friends 9 out of ten times,
yet the staggering statistics show that children are spending on average 8
hours a day in front of media devices.
Our mission is to provide the ingredients for a playful
life. Children should be able to play free
from stiff, restricting clothes. Doesn't
your kid deserve to look good without being held back?
We have created a new platform of videos showing how
ridiculous it looks doing an activity in the wrong clothing. As adults, we know what is appropriate to
wear for different activities, so why would we not do the same for our
children? Sometimes you just have to ask
- would you play in that?
Run. Bounce. Play. Freely.
Check back for more videos to come!
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