{"id":373,"date":"2021-01-27T11:09:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T19:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/edmonds-strongstart\/?p=373"},"modified":"2021-01-26T11:58:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T19:58:51","slug":"blankies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/edmonds-strongstart\/2021\/01\/27\/blankies\/","title":{"rendered":"Blankies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research tells us that \u201cchildren’s lovey objects\/ blankies are like the first training wheels for telling themselves \u2018you\u2019re all right\u2019. With a built-in sense of security, children feel safe enough to take small risks, explore and grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are some ideas how you can play with the child’s favorite blanket.<\/p>\n

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MyBlanket:<\/strong> Ask your child to find his favourite blanket. Help him talk about how it looks and feels. then take a photo of him and his “blankie” and display it where he can easily see it.<\/p>\n

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Picnic\u00a0 Blanket: <\/strong>Sit with your child on a blanket and enjoy a simple picnic .<\/p>\n

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\"\" Blanket tent: <\/strong>Create a tent by draping a blanket over a small table or between to pieces of furniture. Add a pillow or a stiffed toy, and invite your child to play inside the Blanket Tent.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Blanket Peekaboo:<\/strong> Let your child hide under a blanket. Pretend that he has disappeared, than quickly lift the blanket to find him. Or, pull the blanket off slowly as you say, “Oh, I’ve found a leg! Oh my, I’ve found another leg!” and so forth.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Little Blanket:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had a little blanket,<\/p>\n

It’s soft as soft can be.<\/p>\n

And when I go<\/p>\n

To Grandma’s house,<\/p>\n

My blanket goes with me.<\/p>\n

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Substitute other names for Grandma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research tells us that \u201cchildren’s lovey objects\/ blankies are like the first training wheels for telling themselves \u2018you\u2019re all right\u2019. With a built-in sense of security, children feel safe enough to take small risks, explore and grow.\u201d Here are some ideas how you can play with the child’s favorite blanket. MyBlanket: Ask your child to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10008,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/edmonds-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/edmonds-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/edmonds-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/edmonds-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/edmonds-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/edmonds-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":388,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/edmonds-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions\/388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/edmonds-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/edmonds-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/edmonds-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}