What do you do next?

💭 Pull your child away from the curtain (again and again)...

💭 Distract them with one of the 5 toys you got suckered into buying from this year's "best toys to buy for kids under 5!"...

💡 Join your child at the curtain after recalling the idea about using long fabrics on the Learn With Less® Connect Learn Play prompt yesterday

➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Play peekaboo / talk about the color, texture, what you see outside the window / sing a song about hiding and seeking / follow your little one around as they move behind the curtain

You get to decide!

Connect Learn Play Cards are a classic resource from Learn With Less®: designed to prompt you to start thinking about ways to connect the dots

✅  Between what a child is showing interest in

✅  Between the relationship between caregiver and child

✅  Between the literal neurons in a young child's brain that enable them to grow, learn, and thrive

... Without being prescriptive, overly structured, or requiring of any specific toy.

These cards help parents/caregivers make the connection between a child's interests & the strategies used to support development (whether that child is experiencing a delay, is right on target, or is ready for more!)

If you're a parent, caregiver, or provider of developmental services, then Connect Learn Play is for YOU!

Digital / Printable infant, toddler, and pre-school aged ideas to provide simple, enriching ways to support early development through play, language, music, and movement - using everyday items - helping you Learn With Less®!

As with all the resources we create here at Learn With Less®...

We use the 4-pillar framework of the Learn With Less® Curriculum (play, talk, sing, and move)

To address 4 major areas of infant development (cognitive, communicative, motor, & social/emotional)

So, What Exactly Do I Get with Connect Learn Play Cards?

WHAT THEY ARE:

• Access to over 100 ideas for play with 25 “everyday items” 
• A simple, digital download!
• Easy to print - you'll be provided with both postcard sized and full page handouts, in case you want to print a physical copy for easy use or easy sharing with families
• Families: easily save to a folder on your phone, print it out and place one on your fridge!
• Providers / Practitioners: text or send an idea to a family with whom you work. Cards can be utilized during sessions, or provided as supplemental material after!

HOW YOU GET & USE THEM:

• You’ll receive a link to a digital download with all 25 cards in English (Spanish and Arabic directly forthcoming)
• As a parent/caregiver or a provider, you can save these to a folder on your device, or print them out for quick reference
• Just as you’d refer to a cookbook for a recipe, check out what you might do with the “ingredients” you have on hand!
• Once you’re using these ingredients regularly, you’ll start to see the power of everyday items
• Connect Learn Play Cards can go alongside materials you might use as a clinician (mental health or developmental therapist), early childhood educator, home visitor, and/or licensed Learn With Less® class provider

WHO IT’S FOR: 

• Families with / expecting infants, toddlers, preschoolers
• Individual providers serving families in a home based, clinic based, school based, and/or medical setting
• Organizations serving families

❌ No more scrolling Pinterest trying to find the perfect activity to set up for your child.

❌ No more digging through your therapy bag to find the perfect toy to invite playfulness into a session.

There is a simpler, more equitable way to support tiny humans - without needing the fancy toy subscriptions

The perfect, simple resource that allows you to offer a perfect blend of child-led and structured play for tiny humans to thrive.

🎉🎉🎉 Early Bird Pricing! 🎉🎉🎉

• Single license - for families $25 $20
• Single license - for providers $40 $30
• Group license - for organizations (up to 10 providers) $125 $100

Currently available for pre-order: your Connect Learn Play Cards will be delivered to you digitally during the first week of November, 2024!

Connect Learn Play is a Collaboration Between:

Ayelet Marinovich, M.A., CCC-SLP

I'm a pediatric speech-language pathologist and parent educator, and I've been running "caregiver & me" classes using the Learn With Less® infant & toddler curriculum since 2014.

I've served thousands of families all over the world, both virtually & in person, helping new families feel confident they can support and connect with their babies & toddlers, without having to buy a single toy.

Since early 2020, I've helped dozens of educators & therapists do the same by creating lasting impact leading, marketing, and filling "caregiver & child" classes to supplement their income, and to provide education & support families in their communities.

Miranda Zoumbaris

I’m an early interventionist, parent coach, play studio owner, and licensed Learn With Less® facilitator. I've served families through early intervention parent coaching & parent child interaction groups since 2008. I became known for creatively using what families already had in their homes, infusing strategies into daily routines, long before “bagless” therapy became best practice.

In 2021 I became a Learn With Less® facilitator after finding Ayelet’s wonderful framework & feeling immediately connected to her mission of helping facilitators and families find joy and connection through everyday materials. Ayelet’s mentorship through Learn With Less® became the  bridge to help me shift from working full time for organizations to building my own business.

Now I run a community based play studio in Michigan called The Emerging Parent, we infuse the principles of early intervention, early childhood education, and infant mental health into everything we do.

A few people who can vouch for Learn With Less®:

"Thank you so much! I think I honestly have focused so much that he has been bored with his toys and thinking about all new ones when the reality is there is so much we can do with what we already have...just in new ways. And focus more on going off of what he plays with and follow his lead. It was very helpful and insightful!" - (Parent of an infant)

"I had a tendency to plan each activity for my babies, and I understand now how important it is to let them wander and pick things by themselves." (Parent of an infant)

"I learned that I can be creative when interacting with my son. I don’t have to get books for him to look at pictures and words. A bag of chip or cereal box are great alternatives. I will look at stuff at home differently because now they will have multiple purposes!" (Parent of a toddler)

"I needed the reminder that it doesn't have to be Pinterest-worthy or earth-shattering to be an engaging learning opportunity. I feel more empowered to sing and talk along with what my kids are interested in, and feel more engaged and enjoy my time with them more." (Parent of multiple young children)

"It helped me remind that children have huge creativity and they find playing and learning opportunities in simple objects. Now, I will create more ways to play and be creative with my daughter. I know that as she plays she learns." (Parent of a toddler)