Well this is an invitation to play!
This is a new small world nature play set that will soon be available for borrowing. It is packed with possibilities, what adventure will you make with it?
Is it bring your dog to work day??
No, this guy is joining our collection and will be available for borrowing soon!
Play helps a child so many ways... we're sure you can think of more!
Infographic 📷 Behavioral Perspective
World Play Day is coming up on May 28th. Today we hear from a toy library in Malaysia. #worldplayday2021
Sensory Play at Ardtornish Playgroup!
Bookings essential - don't miss out on the fun
#WorldPlayDaySensory Play next Thursday and Friday at the Ardtornish Playgroup on Lutyens Avenue - stuff to see, feel, and smell: finger paint, slime and stuff that will dirty clothes. DRESS FOR MESS. Tell a friend but you will need to book as places are limited.
What is your family's favourite boardgame? Did you borrow it from the toy library?
#WorldPlayDay
The answer is YES!
The question we are asked every day in the toy library is
"Do I have to check in here as well as the library"
TTG Toy Library is required to have its own COVID Safe plan and QR Code and EVERYONE entering our space is required to check in. Manual check in is available at our front desk if you prefer.
Can you afford a $1000 fine? I know for a fact the Toy Library cannot afford a $5000 fine! So let's work together and keep everyone safe and compliant.
Clean your toys, check in, social distance, avoid opening toys, keep visits limited to 15 minutes maximum. We got this! 😊
I love this!
These boys are such a team, encouraging and supporting each other. I wish I had their patience and restraint with chocolate!
We had special visitors in the toy library this week! Thanks for dropping by Clare, we really enjoyed storytime. 📚
Play helps a child so many ways... we're sure you can think of more!
Infographic 📷 Behavioral Perspective
Wishing everyone a Happy Mother's Day 💖Wishing everyone a very Happy Mother’s Day 💜 💐
We particularly share a thought for the many women who may be finding today a little tough.
Still looking for a Mother's Day gift?
Entertainment membership is the gift that keeps on giving all year! This special bonus offer ends soon, so, you’ll need to hurry! Offer has been extended until at 11.59pm Wednesday, May 12 2021 AEST.
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With almost 1 in 5 children under 5 without enough nappies, national charity The Nappy Collective is calling on families to help support local babies in need throughout May.
From 7 to 21 May, the Nappy Collective encourages locals to clean out their cupboards and donate their leftover, unused disposable nappies to babies in crisis.
TTG Toy Library are once again joining in as a collection point. So please gather up your leftover nappies and drop them in during open hours prior to 21st May.
Shyness in children can be viewed negatively, especially in cultures that value gregariousness and extroversion. What isn’t well understood is that shyness is an attachment instinct that prevents children from being led by people outside of their village of connection. Shyness isn’t often celebrated nor seen as part of nature’s design to ensure that a child’s closest attachments will have the most influence over them.
The shyness instinct can makes its first appearance in a 6 to 7 month old child as stranger protest if development is ideal. Instead of being easily passed from person to person, a baby will start to show clear preferences for their favourite people, and greater signs of upset when separated from them. Attachment to others becomes highly polarized for a child with the world splitting into those they seek to be close to as well as those they shy away from. In other words, shyness is not a deficit in a child but a strategic move on nature’s part to ensure a child stays close to ‘their people.’
Research suggests there is a genetic predisposition for shyness instincts to be stronger in some children in comparison to others. Approximately 15% to 20% of children are born with more inhibited temperaments and demonstrate more reactivity to their environments giving rise to stronger shyness responses. As babies they were more upset by loud noises, had greater hand and leg activity, and displayed a higher heart rate in comparison to other children. By the age of two these children were more likely to hide behind a parent’s leg when a stranger entered their play area and were more likely to engage in solitary play by the age of seven. These children were more likely to be labeled as shy by their parents and teachers but only ¼ of them still demonstrated characteristics associated with shyness in adulthood.
To read more about shyness see - macnamara.ca/portfolio/super-shy-the-protective-power-of-shynes/
To download the infographic see -http://macnamara.ca/why-do-kids-do-that/
#restplaygrow #drdeborahmacnamara #whydokidsdothat #drgordonneufeld #neufeldinstitute #shyness #preschoolers #toddlers #babies
