The creek clean up was an amazing success, thank you all so much for coming out and lending a hand.  Much gratitude to The Field and Stream Rescue Team – the afternoon would not have gone as smoothly without you there.

I love seeing a park full of kids’ not just kids on the play equipment but kids everywhere claiming the park as their place to play.  My heart was a glow seeing kids in the trees and a whole gaggle of seven year old girls stomping in the creek.  Awesome.

I look forward to the next event – I wonder what we will dream up next?

Kristen

I hope you all had a spooky good time today.  Boo!  Fran, thank you so much for organizing the hunt I think all the little ghosts and goblins enjoyed it.

I wanted to share our walk to school because it is so not just a walk  to school - it is play and it happens every single day.  So here it is we walk, we talk, we meet up with friends, we explore and we take part in our community.

This is my daughter talking spot

and this is Texas (imagine he is holding the reins of a big black stallion)

I hope you all have great walks to school next week.

Our Saturdays at the park as of late have been lonely so I'm feeling refreshed at seeing the 'Every day is a play day' week.  I love it - we are in!

On Monday we played in the leaves throwing them up as high as we could and piling them high so we could jump in them.

Today, Tuesday we practiced our Spider man jumps, balanced on stumps trying desperately  to stay out of the fiery swamp and skipped while we did our errands.  Skipping is our six year olds new passion.

I look forward to what fun tomorrow will bring.

We hope you all had a fun time at the Halloween party.  I loved seeing the park full of people and the kids running around in a wonderful amount of excitment and chaos. Thank you all so much for coming.

I hope some of you found your way here via the artical in the Globe and Mail.

If not here is link to the article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/parenting/young-children/children-trends/relearning-the-lost-art-of-childs-play/article1975767/

Our group meets Thursdays 10:00a.m to 11:00ish at Spencer Smith Park in Burlington, Ontario by the playground.

We welome all families with younge children.  We play in all kinds of weather.  We encourage free play.

Kristen

We are having an Easter party and we would like you and your kids to come.

When: April 16 at 2:30 p.m to 4:30 p.m.

Where: Wellington Park at Hager Ave. and Baldwin St. by Central High School

We will be making a craft, having an Easter egg hunt and other spring fun.

Please email me if you plan to attend. This is important to ensure we have enough eggs for all the kids to find. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Hope to see you there,

Kristen

Hi all,

Tomorrow a photographer from the Globe and Mail will be coming to take some pictures – your consent is required.  The images will accompany an article, written by Tralee Pearce addresses the “art of play,” and increasing interest in carving out time for kids’ freeplay.  The piece will be in Fridays paper in the Life section.

See you all tomorrow it's looking like a beautiful day to get outside.

Kristen