Imagination station

I'm dreaming up an under the stairs playroom area for our kids. Here's the direction I'm going with this new DIY project.

Wow, it has been a busy summer! Our apologies for the lack of posts lately! This summer Miss Kristie and I launched an exciting new play center called the "Imagination Station." In June the theme was a pretend 'library' - see our post about that here. In July we shook things up a bit with a new theme - a Veterinarian's office! Yes, those are felt letters, and yes, we were unscrambling them at the end of every day. Why is felt so tempting to little fingers? This was surprisingly easy to throw…

Our most popular Imagination Station thus far has been, hands-down, our Post Office! Let's take a look at some of our activities: The Post Office (puppet theatre): The Mail Bag and Envelopes: Made of felt, obviously! Do you recognize these from a Preschool Story Time post? We didn't want to ruin Miss Sue's set, so we made a second mail bag and envelopes to be played with. Postcards and Stamps: Although kids loved this activity, it did, unfortunately mean a lot of paper waste. Don't forget…

According to Einstein, imagination is more important than knowledge. His reasoning was that knowledge only encompasses what we know while imagination is everything we know, don’t know, and anything in between. For a child, imagination is one of the most important factors in shaping his or her view of the world. Pretend play helps children […]

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