Mindfully Played PH

Why play and interaction matter in a child’s development. Hear it from 7-year old Molly Wright.
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Molly Wright: How every child can thrive by five | TED Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more."What if I was to tell you...

A toy becomes a toy when a child decides for it to be one. This is what is all about. Keep on playing mindfully with your child at home. 🖐🏼❤️🌱

Learning how to write begins with meaningful play. Writing play inspirations include taking orders in a restaurant, pretending to write the doctor’s prescription and even doing shopping lists. 🌱🖐🏼❤️

“Play is the shortest route between children and their creative calling.” -Vince Gowmon
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The best gift we can give a child is not something to play with, but time to play with something.
-Bridgett Miller (What Young Children Need You To Know)🌱🖐🏼❤️

Mindful play happens with fewer toys.🖐🏼🌱❤️
Sharing a throwback photo of our water play set-up at home. 😊

From Avery’s drawing to a digital one!😊
A special thank you to our helpful friends for making our vision possible. We are forever grateful. 🌱🖐🏼❤️

Pour, Mix and Transfer! 🌱🖐🏼❤️
Make your child’s hands busy enough not just swiping the screen with an index finger.

Let us give our child time and space to imagine, to be messy, to be happy— to PLAY.
Sharing this quote by Meynell Walter, one of the play advocates we look up to.
“If I’m told what to do, then it’s an activity. If I decide what to do, then it is play.”🌱🖐🏼❤️

“A bigger party is not always a better party for a child. We created Mindfully Played with the vision of elevating parties and playdates by just letting the children play.”
-Teachers Leonna and Angelica of 🌱🖐🏼❤️

Every scribble or drawing is a story waiting to be told. 🌱🖐🏼❤️

We passionately believe that children must be given the freedom to choose how they want to play with the materials around them. “Toys” are everywhere — the dried leaves on the ground, carton boxes, empty bottles, blankets, broken gadgets, broom, slippers, etc. Try giving your child a box with random things in it and let us see how he/she will play with the “toys” inside. 🌱🖐🏼❤️

“Si mommy ko gagawa ko.
Long hair, lagyan ko ng hair tapos eyes and mouth. Yung shoes ng mommy ko naka heels siya, lagyan ko ng heels. Ito flower heels niya.”
Thank you mommy for always putting my needs first and also for playing with me!
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! 🌱🖐🏼❤️

“Hayaan mong maglaro and bata sa araw,
Kapag umulan nama’y magtatampisaw,
Mahirap man o may kaya, maputi o kayumanggi,
At kahit ano mang uri ka pa,
Sa’yo ang mundo pag bata ka.”
(Bawat Bata by APO Hiking Society) 🌱🖐🏼❤️

“Stop playing with that stick.”
This is a common phrase adults say when they see their child play with a stick. But is it really unsafe and wrong for children to play with sticks?
In a child’s mind, a stick (could be anything he/she wishes it to be...) a magic wand, fishing rod, shovel, horse and many more! It is the cheapest yet the best toy you can ever give your child. Imagine him playing with sticks of different lengths and sizes. What amazing mindful and creative plays he can surely come up with!
Children are very much capable of playing with real life objects safely and appropriately. Step back and observe the play intention first before intervening or mindfully play with them instead! Trust us, playing with sticks is much safer than playing with tablets.🌱🖐🏼❤️

“The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky.
Also on the faces of people going by.
I see friends shaking hands, saying how do you do.
They're only saying I love you.”
-What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong 🌱🖐🏼❤️
Listening to beautiful music while free-painting is indeed calming and mindful for children and grown-ups too. What other mindful activities have you been doing with your family at home? Let us share our tips and ideas! 😊

“You are never too small to make a difference.” -Greta Thunberg
Mindfully Played was created for families to understand and practice sustainable ways to play with their children. Expensive and plastic toys are not the measurement to ensure meaningful play. Rocks, leaves, twigs and mud are the Earth’s natural toys for our children!
We still have a long way to go promoting this advocacy and just like Greta, we believe that we can make a difference one playdate, one birthday party and one family at a time.

In this new life of isolation, children are affected the most— the drastic change in routines and not being able to meet friends and play outdoors. Let us express how proud we are with the learning they are doing right now.🖐🏼🌱❤️

Thank you Chloe (7yo) for including every single frontline worker in your drawing. We need to work together to fight this villain virus!🖐🏼🌱❤️

“Thank you frontliners!” Love, Julianna (11yo) 🖐🏼🌱❤️

“Thank you for helping the country and helping the humans affected by COVID-19...” Love, Gezer Paul (8yo) 🖐🏼🌱❤️

Cian (3yo) sending our frontliners some love hearts 🖐🏼🌱❤️

“Let us work together to fight this virus!” -Yohan (9yo) 🖐🏼🌱❤️

Simon’s artwork for the frontliners ❤️
Please read his mommy’s post on the next photo. 😊

WE APPRECIATE YOU ❤️
Love, Tristan Jayden (9yo)

Thank you Frontliners!
Sending you love from Iran.❤ Gabrielle (4 yo)

“Thank you so much for everything that you did for us... Be safe and God bless you all.” Love, Brieli (12yo) 🖐🏼🌱❤️

“Thank you to all frontliners. You continue to inspire us all.” Love, Hadriel Jacob (6yo) 🖐🏼🌱❤️