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Feb

Happy New Year! Obviously you never know what is coming around the corner, but we still look forward and make plans. Having a vision of the life you want to live, and a road-map to get you there helps you to focus on the things that are important to you. If life throws you […]

Jan

Fiddly fingers I use crafts, and cross-stitch to relax. Husband and I like to watch an hour of television together each evening before bed, usually a box-set of some description. I personally love this little ritual. With a busy family it would be all too easy to pass like ships in the night, but […]

Dec

Adventures this month Plymouth Christmas market (we won’t bother with this one again!) Mevagissey (twice) Jools Holland concert Getting ready for Christmas How are we doing? Are we feeling playful? In all honesty – not really at the moment! I’m full of cold with a horrible sore throat and a cough which means […]

Aug

Ticking along Everything that I said in my post back in January still applies. I want to go back to the roots of my blogging and make it more personal. So… how am I going? Well, clearly not blogging very often. But how is everything else going? Project GARDEN The garden is looking pretty […]

Mar

Beginning at the Beginning Nearly a whole month into my new job, I think I’m beginning to get my feet under the table. I won’t write too much about the details of the job, as a lot of what I do is confidential, and I also need to be careful not to breach the “acceptable […]

Feb

This looks as though it’s going to be my last half term holiday – and it’s just gone! I’ve just got one and a half more weeks as a teacher (currently teaching Supply at a little school on the Roseland peninsular) and then I start my new job as a Children’s Project Worker with Barnardo’s. […]

Jan

#MySundaySnapshot is an internet link-up from Rachel Swirl. On a Sunday, you post a snapshot that says something about your week – with as few words as possible. I’m going to say a few words with this one. Goodbye to an amazing lady – playful, intelligent, strong, funny, caring and soooo generous with your time […]

Jan

How to be happy Count your blessings Laugh, and… …spend time with people who laugh with you Find ways to build your sense of value and self-esteem Happy Hump Day A few feel-good thoughts to help us through to the end of the working week (if we need it) Wednesday has been known as “hump […]

ABOUT THE PLAYFUL WAY

Have you ever wondered what happened to the fun in life? As a teenager I got the nickname SmilyMel and it has stuck… but I found myself recently wondering what had happened to the fun.

I truly believe that when people are enjoying themselves they are healthier and more productive. You’ve heard the saying that “couples that laugh together, stay together”? I believe it. And in a world where children are being ferried from organised activity to organised activity and then “entertained” by a screen, where they are force-fed facts and made to endlessly practice test-style questions so they do well in statutory tests, I think we are in very grave danger of our children losing the ability to play and create their own joy.

The Playful Way is my journey to rediscover the playfulness in life and to help others rediscover it too. I’m an experienced teacher, tutor, blogger, adult trainer, public speaker and freelance writer. Come and join me on an adventure to find the playfulness in your life.