Some easy tips for planning your first play date:
- Talk to your child about calling his friends over, specially about sharing his toys
- Its Ok to hide a few of his favorite toys if he is not comfortable sharing them all with friends
- Plan in advance how long will the date last, activity or theme arrangements
- If the kids will be dropped off or will the parents stay with the kids
- Some kid friendly snacks like popcorn's, cookies, juice etc. also for the moms some snacks like coffee and sandwiches.
- If its your first time hosting a play date keep it simple and make the house rules clear to the kids.
- Its a good idea to have kids of same age group so they can enjoy the play-date together
- If possible inform the parents in advance about the play-date theme or what activities you have planned for the kids.
- Be ready to play with the kids even when sitting and chatting with the moms seems like a good idea. kids love the interaction.
- While babies love to play side by side, toddlers love simple crafts, keep some time aside for singing and going silly.
- Kids will fight or cry, be ready to play referee
- Invite the group to another play-date, or you can rotate houses.
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