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What Children Can Learn from a Cardboard Box
By Gill Connell and Cheryl McCarthy, coauthors of A Moving Child Is a Learning Child. This post was originally published on the Moving Smart Blog. Like red rubber balls and teddy bears, skipping rope, sticky fingers, boo-boo kisses, bath time … Continue reading
Posted in Early Childhood
Tagged cardboard boxes, early childhood development, Free Spirit author, imagination, movement, play
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