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I attended the first M.eaningful & V.aluable P.arenting Exchange in KidsAhoy! today. The speaker Ms. Lou Molina of Loot Fairy discussed the topic “Open-ended Plays in Eco-friendly Ways” focusing mainly on the importance of open-ended play to our kids.

So what really is “Open-ended Play“? According to Scholastic.com, Open-ended play is actually free-flow play which helps your child build knowledge, skills, and creativity at his own pace.

I learned a lot during the parenting exchange. It opened my eyes to the reality that not all expensive toys like LeapFrog, Fisher Price are good for my child. It is still important to engage her in free-play using the scraps that we can find at home like toilet paper tubes, cereal boxes, bottle caps, mineral water bottles – things that I normally put away after it has served its purpose.

Open-ended play encourages the child to imagine, to invent and discover. It works because during free play there’s less pressure, no errors and there’s freedom because you are not bounded by rules.

By simply creating something out of the scraps, my child practices a bunch of skills that will help her excel academically and later in life.

To participate in the next MVP-Ex Topic: Redefining Stage Parenting, please click here.

Kids Ahoy! Creative Play Shop
#56 Lantana cor New York Sts.
Cubao, Quezon City
(front of Immaculate Conception Church)

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