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		<title>Making Play (and fun) Accessible to Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom O'Leary</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[making play accessible]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe that making play (and fun) easily accessible to my three daughters is one of my most important roles as their father. We have dozens and dozens of board games in a hall closet upstairs. We all know where they are, and we do play them quite often throughout the year. But, we never [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gamesweplayed.com&amp;blog=8340413&amp;post=584&amp;subd=gamesweplayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Potter Spell Duel Game (or Expelleriamus, Stupefy, Diffindo)</title>
		<link>http://gamesweplayed.com/2011/08/19/harry-potter-spell-duel-game-or-expelleriamus-stupefy-diffindo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom O'Leary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter Spell Duel Game]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Difendio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diffindo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expelliarmus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harry potter games for kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter spell duel game]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wizard games for children]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter took part in a Harry Potter camp with some friends this week. The Harry Potter Spell Duel game was one of her favorite activities. These days, Harry Potter themed games are seemingly popular with children 8-10 years old, especially to those with an interest in Harry Potter, of course! Basically, it is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gamesweplayed.com&amp;blog=8340413&amp;post=551&amp;subd=gamesweplayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The consequences of sacrificing childhood boredom for hyper-activity</title>
		<link>http://gamesweplayed.com/2011/08/13/the-consequences-of-sacrificing-childhood-boredom-for-hyper-activity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom O'Leary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Childhood play]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boredome and creatitity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood activities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[consequences of overbooked children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a NY Times article today, Alina Tugend cautions about the possible consequences of the over-scheduled and overly-orchestrated lives of young children today. &#8220;&#8230;Music lessons, gymnastics, horseback riding, tutoring, summer-long residential camps, sports teams — the list goes on and on. Often, so do the costs. And even if the money is not there, some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gamesweplayed.com&amp;blog=8340413&amp;post=543&amp;subd=gamesweplayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Lost in Sandcastles</title>
		<link>http://gamesweplayed.com/2011/08/06/getting-lost-in-sandcastles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 07:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom O'Leary</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Childhood memories]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[take play seriously]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My family spent some time camping on the Pacific coast of southern Washington last month &#8212; in Cape Disappointment, where Lewis and Clark first saw the Pacific Ocean, and in Ocean Shores, a couple of hours further north. One day during our trip while my daughters and I were playing in the sand at Ocean [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gamesweplayed.com&amp;blog=8340413&amp;post=526&amp;subd=gamesweplayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Age of Fear: Classic Childhood Games Considered &#8220;Risky&#8221; in New York</title>
		<link>http://gamesweplayed.com/2011/04/19/the-age-of-fear-classic-childhood-games-considered-risky-in-new-york/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom O'Leary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Backyard games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Childhood play]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classic childhood games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kickball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steal the bacon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wiffle ball]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://gamesweplayed.com/?p=503</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At first, I thought that I was reading a satirical piece from The Onion. But there is nothing funny about it. The New York State Health Department has published a list of risky activities to be used as a guide to determine if organized playgroups in the State should be regulated or not. Apparently, if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gamesweplayed.com&amp;blog=8340413&amp;post=503&amp;subd=gamesweplayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who needs to go to school when you can Get Smart at home?</title>
		<link>http://gamesweplayed.com/2011/04/11/who-needs-to-go-to-school-when-you-can-get-smart-at-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom O'Leary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Childhood memories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Searching for treasure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sick games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television theme songs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[staying home sick from school]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was something very precious about that moment when you realized you would be staying home from school; either because of a snow storm or because you were sick. Sometimes, when we were home sick from school, we were allowed to watch television. One television show that consistently transported me to a magical, imaginary place [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gamesweplayed.com&amp;blog=8340413&amp;post=499&amp;subd=gamesweplayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Break Activities for Children</title>
		<link>http://gamesweplayed.com/2011/04/06/spring-break-activities-for-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom O'Leary</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Backyard games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Childhood dreams]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[classic childhood games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treasure hunt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you looking for a fun and creative activity for your children to do over Spring Break? Something to motivate them and lure them away from the seductive glow of those pesky video game, computer and television screens? If so, I found a good one over at activekidsclub.com. Treasure hunts are fun. They fill us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gamesweplayed.com&amp;blog=8340413&amp;post=495&amp;subd=gamesweplayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An ode to Charlsie, and to friendship</title>
		<link>http://gamesweplayed.com/2011/04/02/an-ode-to-charlsie-and-to-friendship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 22:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom O'Leary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a poem for Charlsie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlsie is a good friend and neighbor who, in her active 75 years has been a vocal proponent of peace, an activist for women and children and a stalwart progressive before it was popular to be one. Charlsie with her good friend and companion, Sugar I met Charlsie when we moved into Bellingham Cohousing in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gamesweplayed.com&amp;blog=8340413&amp;post=492&amp;subd=gamesweplayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Tao of Cream Cheese and Jelly (and other childhood indulgences)</title>
		<link>http://gamesweplayed.com/2011/04/01/the-tao-of-cream-cheese-and-jelly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom O'Leary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Childhood memories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cream cheese and jelly sandwiches and other childhood indulgences]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I enjoyed a trip down memory lane. I had a cream cheese and jelly sandwich, on white bread (of course.) &#160; What were your staple childhood foods? Did you ever dunk buttered rolls into hot chocolate? Yum! Filed under: Childhood memories<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gamesweplayed.com&amp;blog=8340413&amp;post=479&amp;subd=gamesweplayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Street Light</title>
		<link>http://gamesweplayed.com/2011/03/31/rage-rage-against-the-dying-of-the-street-light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 05:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom O'Leary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a little adaptation of one of my favorite poems from Dylan Thomas; who I am sure, as a boy, raged against the dying of the street light along with his friends. This is an ode to childhood, and to the grieving of playtime&#8217;s passing at the end of the day &#8212; and even more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gamesweplayed.com&amp;blog=8340413&amp;post=472&amp;subd=gamesweplayed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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