079: The Science of Play & What Toys Kids Really Need
Maximized Minimalist Podcast
Katy Wells
4.8 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2020
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Tune in as I chat with Caley Kukla, M. Ed, about the importance of play, ways to nurture independent play and our favorite toys that facilitate open-ended, meaningful play!
To sign up for our upcoming webinar: https://www.caleykukla.com/the-truth-about-toys-workshop
To purchase my Toy Clutter Cure System: https://www.katyjoywells.com/toycourse
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| 0:00.0 | What does it mean to live more with less? I'm Katie Wells and welcome to the Maximized Minimalist |
| 0:07.7 | podcast. If you found yourself caught up in the hamster wheel of modern day motherhood and want to |
| 0:14.1 | rewrite the script, congratulations you're in the right place. I'm here to be your guide and help you take |
| 0:20.6 | back your motherhood |
| 0:21.6 | and achieve a simpler, more joy-filled life. Cheers to being a maximized minimalist. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:29.2 | Welcome to another episode of the Kaylee and Katie show. Just kidding, it's the Maximized Minimalist |
| 0:34.2 | show, but maybe we should change the name, right? |
| 0:46.5 | So what's up, everyone? It's me, Katie, the host of the show, and Kaylee is back on show today, |
| 0:53.4 | which is why we were just joking. We should just rename the show. And Kaylee, if you haven't met or listened to her on one of the previous podcasts before is a childhood development experts and one of my favorite people and my best friends in real life. |
| 1:02.3 | We are two peas in a pod, us two girls. |
| 1:05.0 | And today I invited her on the show. |
| 1:06.5 | She's going to be answering some questions for us about boys and play. |
| 1:12.5 | And if you haven't already, |
| 1:17.8 | make sure do click the link in my show notes to grab our free toy guide. This is brand new. |
| 1:23.0 | It's something we just released. And it shares our favorite toys that keep your kids busy, |
| 1:29.5 | last a lifetime. And one of the most important things to me, as a dec expert you don't create toy clutter so what's really cool is kaley and i designed this and we broke it down by age groups so we |
| 1:35.2 | have ages zero to one two to three three to five and five to seven just to make it easier for you |
| 1:41.4 | to pick through and find some really great open-ended toys to, again, |
| 1:45.3 | keep your kids busy, maybe create a wish list for Grandma and Grandpa for the upcoming holiday |
| 1:50.0 | seasons. And we're just so excited to get this in your hand. So when Kaylee and I were talking recently, |
| 1:56.2 | we were really discussing how our two expertise is mesh so well when it comes to creating a really great place for your child, you know, in their, in your home, a place for them to thrive in. |
| 2:09.5 | And so that's inspired a lot of our current conversations in this podcast today. |
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