Focus and Concentration Come With Building Indoor Forts for Kids
Posted November 29, 2016 by Fort Magic
How many times did it ring in your ears as a child? “Sit still!” It holds true through the generations. Wiggles and giggles accompany childhood. Seemingly bitten by the energy bug and filled with natural curiosity, kids bounce from one thought to another and one activity to the next. The whirlwind has the potential to …
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STEM Learning With Magical Dream and Blanket Forts
Posted November 26, 2016 by Fort Magic
Dreams rest in the hearts and minds of children waiting to burst forth. In these formative years, nothing seems impossible and options lay wide open. Many of these dreams are birthed and grown in the no-limits, safe space of the blanket fort. Cool blanket forts offer a world where kids explore interests and personalities while …
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How to Build a STEM Fort with Newspapers
Posted November 21, 2016 by Fort Magic
Despite video and online sources becoming a primary outlet for the news, parents can still encourage their kids to learn the value of a newspaper. Even the youngest child loves to mimic Dad as he eats breakfast while reading the paper. With encouragement, this behavior extends beyond a physical copying to an intellectual one. In …
Inspire A Love of Learning In Kids With Forts
Posted November 15, 2016 by Fort Magic
From the moment of birth, kids demonstrate their wiring to explore the world and learn. Responses to voice and sound teach them to communicate. Tactile experiences of feeding and play develop their senses, components of speech and understanding of the natural world. Watching the interactions and natural occurrences around them draw their interest and engage …
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Self Expression and Confidence Building Games for Kids Include Fort Building
Posted November 7, 2016 by Fort Magic
As parents, we would wrap our kids in bubble wrap and clad them in armor if we could protect them from the pain that the world can bring. In fact, we might just let them live out their days in the safety of that backyard or living room fort. Under our watchful eye, certainly, they …
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Building a Playhouse Fort Can Teach STEM Skills to Kids
Posted October 27, 2016 by Fort Magic
A playhouse marks nearly every childhood. Whether extravagant and Dad-built, created with blankets or hidden among the trees and foliage of the woods, this staple of back when memories delights. But, at five or eight or ten years old, who knew all that building and imagining was anything more than fun? Using a Fort Magic …
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Discover How Building Forts Can Get Kids Moving
Posted October 19, 2016 by Fort Magic
Growing up, there are certain things all children need to have a successful start in life. The basic needs of personal hygiene, sleep, and nutritional foods help children grow big and strong as they go through the various stages of development during those first few years. Physical activity is an equally important aspect of childhood. …
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Teaching Love And Kindness With Indoor Forts for Kids
Posted October 5, 2016 by Fort Magic
Love and kindness. From the moment we hold our children in our arms we pour as much love as we can into them. As they grow, we teach them to love and be kind to others. It is a parent’s hope that these lessons would permanently sink into the hearts and souls of our children, …
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Building a Kids Fort and Having Good Manners for a Lifetime
Posted September 24, 2016 by Fort Magic
It has been said that our basic interpersonal skills are learned in kindergarten. But, what if fort building teaches kids these lessons before they walk through the school doors in their coordinated first-day outfit? Good manners, including listening and respecting others, prove to be lessons we use and perfect throughout life. And, catching them early …
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Building Creativity With Fort Building Kits For Kids
Posted September 21, 2016 by Fort Magic
Stand back, away from the scene in your living room or backyard, and watch as kids build forts. What do you see? A castle? Rocket? An artist’s studio, secret hideaway or a starry observatory? Look closer. What else do you see? Laughter? Busy hands? Imaginative play? Relationship building? Mental wheels turning? Quiet solitude? The experience …
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Imaginative Play for Children With Fort Building Kits
Posted September 8, 2016 by Fort Magic
Often we think of imagination and creativity as it ties to art, music, and dance. But, the truth reveals that there is more to the imagination than this definition entails. In fact, imagination and creativity benefit everyone. Without the power of imagination, our problem-solving skills and innovative thinking suffer. And, this fact holds true whether we …
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Girls And Boys Love Creative Fort Building Together
Posted August 28, 2016 by Fort Magic
No pink or blue here. Ever notice the lack of concern young boys and girls have with the gender of a friend? The friendship tends to start with the seed of shared interest, sprouts with the care of time, and blooms as the two comrades engage in adventure and play together. Typically, any thought to …
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Fun and Learning With Fort Building Kits
Posted August 7, 2016 by Fort Magic
Fort building kits are the perfect toy for developing a love of exploration and learning early in life. The love of learning cultivated at a young age prepares us for a lifetime of growth, development, and success. Surprisingly for many, this love stems from fun. Dr. William Glasser, a psychiatrist, claims that “fun is the genetic …
Girl Power Increases with Fort Building
Posted July 31, 2016 by Fort Magic
Girls have been asserting their power with fort building since the posting of the first scribbled “No Boys Allowed” sign. This marking of their territory as all things girl with (no boy nonsense permitted) gave girls the opportunity to build of their own accord, run freely and dream boldly. In essence, girls were able to …
Building Forts Builds Intellect
Posted July 28, 2016 by Fort Magic
Building forts builds intellect? Absolutely! The value of play-based learning for the healthy intellectual development of young children has become a hard-founded axiom of early education. And fort building certainly constitutes play-based learning at its best. Looking at academic and intellectual skill development, researchers agree that physical play toys provide kids with unique opportunities to …
