| ext">Building friendships is part of children's | | | | your Brookline daycare provider does not |
| daycare experience. Amid the classroom activities | | | | distribute a parent's contact list for each |
| and educational fare, youngsters in Boston | | | | classroom, touch base with your child's teacher |
| daycare programs also develop social skills and | | | | for the information. |
| create bonds with each other. More than a | | | | Planning a Play Date |
| pleasurable benefit of interacting with peers from | | | | ============== |
| daycare in Boston, these friendships are an | | | | Once the play date is scheduled, the next step is |
| important part of a child's development. Parents | | | | to decide what to do. Some of the best play |
| can help strengthen these bonds and nurture | | | | dates aren't overly structured, so remember it's |
| social skills outside their child's Brookline daycare | | | | not necessary to plan every minute. Discuss |
| setting by scheduling play dates. Play dates are a | | | | some options with your child - what type of |
| great way to foster your child's friendships from | | | | activities do they enjoy sharing with their friend? |
| daycare in Brookline and do not require a huge | | | | If you are stumped for ideas, consider activities |
| amount of preparation or expense. | | | | that your child's Boston daycare program includes. |
| Why Schedule a Play Date? | | | | These staples translate well into fun play date |
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| For many of us, scheduling time with friends was | | | | Cooking - Children enjoy making food almost as |
| a rarity during our childhoods. Instead, it was | | | | much as eating it. Have the children prepare a |
| more common for children to go outside to play | | | | healthy snack, offering help only as needed. |
| with kids in the neighborhood. This isn't always | | | | Favorites little fingers can easily prepare include |
| possible or practical given the busy schedules of | | | | fruit salad, yogurt and fruit, homemade pizza or |
| today's families. Scheduled play dates with friends | | | | cheese cubes |
| from their Boston daycare program provides | | | | Scavenger hunts - Hide toys, books or snacks |
| children the opportunity to socialize within the | | | | around your house or outside. Invite the children |
| scope of your family's busy routine. | | | | to work together to solve clues or read a map to |
| Setting Up Play Dates with Friends from Brookline | | | | locate the 'treasures' |
| Daycare | | | | Field trips - Outings can be a fun way to spend |
| == | | | | time with friends from Boston daycare. Some |
| The best way to organize a play date with your | | | | favorites spots include local parks, petting zoos, |
| child's friends is to contact their parents to | | | | berry or apple picking at a farm, story times, and |
| determine a date that works for both families. If | | | | activities at the library. |