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Understanding and taking the first step ! No, no to battery operated things!


Our journey to open ended play and taking that first step.


They say realizing you need something or you are doing something not so quite right is the first step towards making a change!

Well, then the hard parts done and the rest seems to be easy. Ha! I didn't know what should I do next? Seriously, I had no idea.

Before I could encourage open ended play, I needed the right set of tools. What are these tools, it sounds very interesting but how do I start, rather where do I start. What does it meant to have create the right environment! 
And it started looking like OMG, this is going to be so MUCH WORK, EFFORT and MONEY!

Yes, it is going to be some work and definitely lot of effort. Anyways, I was totally okay putting in the extra time, effort etc. But were do I being with all of this?


FIRST STEP : Think about things in your kids room/play area/things they use mostly that are limiting, encouraging limited play. 

When I say limited play:
  • Things like battery operated which help you learn words. 
  • Things which have specific instructions to have a shape or a card or a plane etc
  • AND FOR SURE, those cell phones, or tablets or any electronic devices
I started off by clearing those leap frog toys we had etc. I was surprised how many toys I was able to collect!!

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