#WellMomBlogs ~ Tinkergarten: Naturally Fun Play

We love Tinkergarten! What a simple, yet effective educational play date meets natural fun! We learned, made new friends, but most importantly, we All got out into nature!

Book a free trial or class today with Alyssa McIntyre Maley–awesome environmental educator mama! Or Join this Fall, as classes start on 9/8 @ 9:30am at Fort Washington State Park, PA!

Photos: This was last week’s class where we collected natural items, added them to one big pot, stir in some fun water and imagination. There we made “stone soup” while reading along with the old folk tale Stone Soup!

LESSONS LEARNED:

This week Tinkergarten takes their study of executive function skills one step further. This incredible and interrelated set of skills can be daunting to crack, and so they focus on a key, foundational subset of executive function skills—Focus and Self Control.

Read more about what Focus and Self Control really boil down to, how you can see evidence that your kids are actually developing these power skills as you watch them play, and get tips on how to easily promote these skills in your day-to-day.

ACTIVITY

If you find yourself near a river, in the yard, or anywhere you can find stones, try stacking stone towers. It’ll help you center and block out the chaos of the world around you, but it will also offer kids of any age a great way to build focus and self control.

Focus is so often mistaken for the ability to sit still. But it shouldn’t be, because learning to control your own attention, emotions and behavior is an active, messy process — just like all learning.