Well Played: The Ultimate Guide to Awakening Your Family's Playful Spirit

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In our age of digital addiction, many of us have lost our ability to be spontaneous. More parents are complaining that they no longer even remember how to playwith their children, their spouse, and even with their own friends. Dont fret! In Well Played, expert Meredith Sinclair helps families relearn what used to come naturally and shows how to find happiness through play.

For children, playing comes naturallyor at least it used to. But today that kind of easy-going fun is harder to come by, for both kids and their parents. With hectic lifestyles and constant technology overload, families have simply forgotten how to play. The solution Relearn how to integrate fun and creative play into our day-to-day lives.

Well Played will show you how to simplify your overscheduled lives with plenty of original and entertaining ideas, including:

• Why a disco ball is an essential kitchen appliance
• Lip Sync Battle, family edition
• Parent-child slumber partiesdont forget the popcorn!
• Party like its 1949 with old-school table games
• 12 dates that are way better than dinner and a movie
• Stop helicopter parenting yourselffind things that thrill and slightly alarm you all at the same time!
• Grown-up field trips to slap on your schedule

Packed with fun and engaging line drawings, entertaining DIY projects, and hundreds of lists and tips on capturing the game-changing joy of goofing off, Well Played is an indispensable guide for families to incorporate quality fun and playtime into our daily lives.

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"Readers will be delighted with the author's enthusiasm and openness, and they'll take to heart her message that even though childhood goes by all too fast, playfulness can be lifelong." -- -- Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

MEREDITH SINCLAIR, M.Ed., is a former elementary school teacher with a master's in education who turned her expertise to improving people's lives by spreading the gospel of play. She is a blogger, television contributor, and spokesperson for the Genius of Play campaign. Meredith is also a regular family lifestyle contributor to the Today show and Fox & Friends, and is a columnist for Chicago Parent magazine.