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Let Play Be Thy Medicine

by Gigi Jobb on February 23, 2021
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Compliance.  Obedience.  Discipline.  Feel into these words.  Do they feel strict and tight?  Stiff, reluctant, and worn…strained and resigned?    What if instead the…

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Christmas Play The Magic

Magical Underwhelm: The gift of “Less and Not Yet”

by Gigi Jobb on December 21, 2019
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If you believe in ‘capital P’ lost-at-sea deep Play…you’re in this to foster their imagination. You’re looking for gifts that cultivate capacity.

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Christmas Make Play

The Gift of Ramshackle: DIY Tinker Kit!

by Gigi Jobb on December 2, 2019
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The magnet theme has it all: loose parts, infinite expansion, cheap-thrift, open-ended as it gets, and great evolution of complexity as kids get older.

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Play The Magic

Parent Like a Playworker

by Gigi Jobb on April 22, 2019
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The questions and longings of parents with little ones: Ideas and activities that will captivate, occupy and engage (preferably not too messy).  Playful ways...
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Play Summer

Buckets of Ways to Do Water

by Gigi Jobb on July 16, 2017
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“There are so many things you can do with water,” my 5 year old observed as he looked out over the lake. For me,...
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Play Summer

A Picnic blanket is…

by Gigi Jobb on July 13, 2017
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Do your kids ever go into Paradise Paralysis? Like mine this morning! It’s a perfect summer day with dozens of options all around. Yet...
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