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| Today We Play |
Do you remember the games you used to play as a kid? Outside after the snow melted I remember playing a lot at the local school climbing, swinging, tag, Chinese skipping, 7-up, and hopscotch just to name a few. As adults we don’t play enough. I have to let things go inside my house. You know what I’m talking about: laundry, organizing, tidying up, dusting etc… And just play outside!
I’ll admit it is hard at first to drag myself out but once I get out there I can feel myself getting lighter. I can feel the smile spread across my face. I can see the smile spread across my children’s face. I really need to do this more often. To capture the right now I wrote this:
Today We Play by Bonnie Dani
Right now
Look
Chalk Fingers
Hop Scotch Numbers
Soak in
Warm Sun
Listen
Children Everywhere
Play
Old School
Unplugged
Breathe
Smile
Benefits of Outside Family Play
*bonding
*exercise
*stress reducing
*introduce them to the games we loved as kids
*vitamin D
How has your family enjoyed playing outside lately?
Cheers and happy playing,
Bonnie
