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New Way to Play

Would you like a playroom makeover? There’s a new way to play, and Learn Play Grow can help you “upcycle” your playroom! 

There are infinite possibilities for how to have fun, feel connected, and learn through play.  Have you ever played sight word Twister? How about UNO math? Or storytelling breakdancing? Or Yeti In My Spaghetti interviews? These are just a few examples of Learn Play Grow’s new ways to play so your family is connected, your children are engaged, and you get a moment’s peace!

Have you ever played Kerplunk Hair Salon? Usually Kerplunk is played as a “don’t drop the marbles” game. If you feel like you are loosing your marbles, lets play a new way!

Kerplunk comes with a plastic cylinder, different color rods, and marbles. It’s designed to be played by putting the rods through the holes in the cylinder, adding marbles, and trying to balance the marbles on top of the rods as you pull one out at a time. That’s one way to play. We’ve made “smoothies” in the cylinder, marble mazes for the marbles, and used the rods as “curlers” in a hair salon. Look at these siblings taking turns, thinking creatively, and having fun!

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Rebecca A. Weiner, M.Ed. is an educational consultant specializing in play-based learning, parent and teacher coaching, school consulting, and inclusion support. She loves to help families connect, partners and colleagues communicate, and teams of families, therapists, and schools collaborate to help children of all abilities achieve success.