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Wow! This community is amazing and we have crossed a milestone. Let me extend a warm welcome to @Paulette Ng who has the honor of being member 100. In her own words, Paula is, “I'm currently building NovaStarry, a children’s educational brand with a simple mission: to help children learn through fun, engaging activity books, colouring books, and supporting YouTube videos.” I think you will enjoy it here. Let me introduce you to a few other community owners focused on families, @Jen Staniforth our sleep coach, @Celia Kibler author and parenting expert, @Brenda Chilstrom pediatric OT and Raising Curious Eaters, @Anna Murrietta with Grandparents Corner and @Devin Trent , @Tim Tindle and @Janell Bitton also support parents. If I missed you, my apologies, pop in and say hi. Paula I suggest visiting the Start Here classroom to get a feel for our community #Welcome to Connected Through Play and please introduce yourself.

Earlier, I asked if you had ever played 20 Questions. Today’s activity builds on that idea. What I love about this game is you can play it anywhere. For the full version, be sure to visit The Play Lab #Day 3: The Mystery Object Challenge. The Play Lab unlocks at Level 2. Here’s the short version for you: The Mystery Object Challenge Good problem solvers do not just guess. They ask better questions. In this mission, one person secretly chooses a mystery object while everyone else tries to identify it by asking questions, gathering clues, and narrowing down the possibilities. Gather Your Gear 5–10 small household objects A bag, box, towel, or pillowcase Paper Pencil Optional: timer Object ideas: spoon key coin toy car sock button hairbrush marker block small cup puzzle piece clothespin Steps 1. Choose one person to be the “case keeper.” 2.The case keeper secretly selects one mystery object and hides it in a bag, box, towel, or pillowcase. 3. Everyone else asks yes-or-no questions to figure out what the object is. Examples: Is it hard? Is it something we use in the kitchen? Is it smaller than my hand? Is it made of metal? Can you wear it? Does it make noise? After each answer, pause and think about what the clue tells you. Keep asking questions until someone is ready to make a guess. Reveal the object and talk about which questions helped the most.

Hello, most of you don't know me as I'm not on here all that often, mostly because I'm either running a math learning center or building various things to help overwhelmed parents. I've done a wide variety of things throughout my life, but always tend to come back to teaching (2 legs, 4 legs, it doesn't matter, LOL). I've noticed people (kids included) tend to always have a good reason for their behavior. They might not always understand the reason, but it's there. Recently, I started a blog (PlayEdVenture.com) and well, one thing led to another (involving a child who was hard to reach at the math center, a couple of conversations with her father and a late night talk with ChatGPT) and I figured out I can finally create the tool I've been wanting to create for years. I'd already shared the 'lite' version here (my GPT) but I'm also working on a more robust free-standing tool - the Resistance Reset Coach™ App. No need for an account with any AI tool needed and while the premise is the same as the GPT, it also allows parents to do things like save conversations, print them off and, probably most importantly, continue the conversation.... how did the advice work? Based on that feedback, the tool refines suggestions. At this time, anything saved, is saved only to your device so no one else has access to it but you can go back to it later and sometimes, if relevant, saved conversations might be referenced by the tool. Books are great, courses are great, but time is often at a premium and the reason I have developed this tool is to give parents a way to get advice in the moment. I've done quite a bit of testing on my own, but my son is nearly 30 and what I need is some real life testing... real parents (or grandparents) with real kids. Do the suggestions work? Do they make sense? If you try out the tool, it is yours to keep using (if you like it) as my way of thanking you for helping me move this project forward. :) Thanks for considering!

Thank you for believing in my vision. Let’s extend a warm welcome to our newest members @Charlotte Bick @Cam Parkes @Wendy Venema @Paula Artis and @Sandy Chong Charlotte is my real life assistant and she’s helping me organize the classrooms. She also has years of homeschool experience and I’m glad she agreed to help me here. Cam is new and runs an RPG community. I’ve asked him to schedule a game play session so so let us know if you’re interested. Thinking of you @Gus Gray @Daniel Cavaretta @Evelene Sterling @Michelle Fuentes as you were interested in our last live game night. Wendy has a mom’s group that some of you might be interested in and Paula is offering an AI camp for kids in June. Sandy and I know each other from Crust and Crumb Academy. A few days ago, she shared her dough was looking at her and I used that idea and her picture to create this welcome video. Enjoy and take a minute to introduce yourself. Then pop over to #Welcome to Connected Through Play to see how the community works.