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Four Big Projects – Complete!

On May 1st we had an official book launch via Zoom for “The Day the Pirates Went Mad”, my debut middle-grade historical novel! I read a few excerpts from Emma Sharpe’s adventures and then answered questions; including a “Spoiler Warning” Q&A segment at the end for those who had already read the early release of

PlayGames2Learn.com - Games from Our Brains

Games from Our Brains

As often as not, when we play a game, we aren’t taking a box from off our shelf – we’re playing games from our brains. “Extinction Event” always comes to my mind when thinking of an example of a non-traditional game that just popped into being. It spontaneously spawned from equal-part desires to teach a

PlayGames2Learn.com - #TalkLikeAPirateDay #CraftChallenge

#TalkLikeAPirateDay Craft Challenge

As ye know, we’re all about pirates here at PlayGames2Learn.com. And since we’re especially involved with pirate-related topics these days, we thought why not take it a step further. We’re issuing a friendly creative challenge for this year’s #TalkLikeAPirateDay! (September 19) Make a craft, costume, artwork, or do some other pirate-inspired activity, and share it

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Outdoor Play & Game Design

During the summer, especially with the current circumstances, parents can find themselves standing in for absent playmates. This is a great opportunity to be an example of good sportsmanship, to recognize effort and individual improvement, call out good ideas and teamwork, and so much more. It’s also a good time to draw out creativity and

Pretending to Pretend

Pretending to Pretend

Our daughter used this phrase “I am pretending to pretend” in a poem she recently wrote titled “I Am”. She couldn’t say where the inspiration for this line came from, but it made me think of the times when she had a class that didn’t go the way she thought it would. In these cases,

No Balls In The Kitchen

No Balls in the Kitchen!

Playing with balls inside the house is quite a thing for us. When our daughter was younger, she was not able to control the balls as well as she can now – it was a common occurrence for them to get away from her. Our kitchen is the kind you can walk through from one