Green Options » imagination http://greenoptions.com/tag/imagination Posts tagged 'imagination' Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:29:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Open Ended Play Lets Kids’ Imaginations Set Sail! http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/11/07/open-ended-play-lets-kids%e2%80%99-imaginations-set-sail/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/11/07/open-ended-play-lets-kids%e2%80%99-imaginations-set-sail/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:29:12 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/11/07/open-ended-play-lets-kids%e2%80%99-imaginations-set-sail/ Children\'s imagination creates wonderful ideas for playEditor’s note: The following piece is guest post by Dalit Holzman from Natural Pod, one of our favorite eco-friendly toy companies.  Dalit is part of the Natural Pod team (www.naturalpod.com) and raises her two daughters as open-endedly as possible…with the help of some boxes.

We’ve all heard it. In fact we’ve all said it: “the best toy in the house is the cardboard box!” As parents we are constantly reminded that the active imaginations of children really don’t need much stimulation to get going…and going, and going, and going!

Just the other day my very own living room was transformed from, well, a living room into a series of caves and burrows, an enclave for ambushing mini- pirates!

Kids constantly mimic and replay the world around them, and though I am no pirate (lol), my daughters do seem to have many of my mannerisms and modes of communication down to a science (arrr me hearties!) They listen to learn to repeat.

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]]> http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/11/07/open-ended-play-lets-kids%e2%80%99-imaginations-set-sail/feed/ Imagination, Inspiration & the Next Generation http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/12/16/imagination-inspiration-the-next-generation/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/12/16/imagination-inspiration-the-next-generation/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:14:01 +0000 Lee Welles http://ecochildsplay.com/2007/12/16/imagination-inspiration-the-next-generation/ Lee WellesOne of the things I’m enjoying most about being an author, is the chance to go new places, meet inspiring people and make new connections. I recently had the pleasure of meeting the folks from Green Options Media at the Green Festival in San Francisco.

I’m thrilled to be asked to be a regular blogger here at Eco Child’s Play. I want to tell you a bit about myself and what I hope to contribute here. I am the author of the Gaia Girls Book Series, a wellness columnist, speaker and presenter, and doing my best to live lightly on the earth.

The first book in the seven-book Gaia Girls series, Gaia Girls Enter the Earth, came out in 2006 and won several awards, including the National Outdoor Book Award. I routinely present to schools and groups, email and blog with my young readers. Let your hearts be light…there is a real passion brewing in the next generation!

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