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Play Time

Find all of your wake time activities and ideas here. Learn to calculate baby wake time, how to structure your child’s playtime from baby on up, and great toys to use in that playtime each day.

Favorite Toys: Great Christmas Gift Ideas

November 21, 2023October 12, 2015 by valplowman
Favorite Toys: Great Christmas Gift Ideas. Great gift ideas to get for your children for Christmas.

Favorite Toys: Great Christmas Gift Ideas. Great gift ideas to get for your children for Christmas. Christmas is coming!!! I love Christmas. I am a major non-procrastinator when it comes …

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Categories Gift Ideas, Holidays, Toys Tags Christmas, toy review Leave a comment

How Independent Playtime Saved Our Homeschool

December 18, 2023September 10, 2015 by valplowman
Girl playing with toys in her room

Independent playtime is a great tool to use to help with your homeschool. This tool can help you have success with homeschooling. What is Independent Playtime? Beginning at birth, I …

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Importance of Free Play Time & How To Fit It In

December 18, 2023March 5, 2015 by valplowman
Child dressed up looking up into the air

Free play is a very undervalued part of a child’s day. Free play is a vital part of a child’s development, and while it is “free” play and unstructured, they …

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Categories Play Time Tags free playtime, Nurture Shock 6 Comments

Outside Toys Worth the Investment (All-Star Toys)

December 11, 2023February 26, 2015 by valplowman
Outside Toys Worth the Investment | oudoor toys | outside play | toy list | #toys #toylist

Outside weather is coming! It is! I know some of you will find that very hard to believe, while some of you are in it…and some of you are actually …

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Room Time Setup for Independent Playtime

December 11, 2023October 20, 2014 by valplowman
Little girl playing in her room in front of the mirror

When you set your child up to play independently, you might worry about how to make it safe for your child. Since your child will be unsupervised, you want to …

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Categories Play Time Tags independent playtime, roomtime 5 Comments

Musical Activities for Toddlers {Guest Post}

December 11, 2023October 16, 2014 by valplowman
Children playing instruments at home

4 musical activities to do with toddlers at home. Fun ideas to do with your kids! by Claire  This past summer I accepted a small position teaching a few music …

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If Baby Doesn’t Like a Toy, Change the Location!

March 20, 2023March 25, 2013 by valplowman
If your baby does not like a toy, it does not mean it is a bust. Try changing where baby plays with the toy and see if baby likes it.

If your baby does not like a toy, it does not mean it is a bust. Try changing where baby plays with the toy and see if baby likes it. …

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Valerie Plowman

Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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