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Day 2 starting line. How's everyone feeling? If you tried something yesterday and it went sideways, remember that's not a loss, that's a Beautiful Failure bonus waiting to be claimed. Document the wreckage and post it. If you haven't started yet, no stress. Today is a great day to knock out something quick. The Floor is Lava and The Kid Has Left the Building are both fast, low-lift, and ridiculously fun for the under-8 crowd. Feeling ambitious today? Trash to Treasure and the Free Little Library are bigger builds that pair well with a free afternoon. Two days down, two to go. Let's see what Day 2 brings. Drop your progress below, even a half-finished tower counts as momentum.
Good morning, Unpluggers!
Happy International Yoga Day!!
It's 3 celebrations in one today with the summer solstice, international yoga day and father's day! I was so grateful to be able to share a yoga practice with the community - We played a game of grumpy neighbour, practiced our tree pose and had a lot of fun connecting through play 🥰 You can find the recording here ( https://www.skool.com/connectthruplay/yoga-with-natasha?p=87171214 ). One thing I have inside The Family Yoga Club is our Yoga Games Library which has games like we played in the live class, but incase you can't catch the recording but would still like a fun yoga game to play, I thought I'd share it in text here. Mr McGregor's Garden (or Grumpy Neighbour) This game takes having some space, the length of a room, or get outside if possible (getting outside will have added benefits that will help in calming hyper children!). It can even be played in the kitchen before dinner. This is a favourite in both my classes and at home. How to play You stand at one end of the room (or a chosen point outside) and your child or children stand at the other end, leaving a decent amount of space between you. The idea here is that you are Mr McGregor and you do not want bunnies in your garden! When you are not watching they must hop like bunnies to get to the other side and tap you on the shoulder (or get to the wall). When you are looking , they must stand still in tree pose. This will help with balance and focus. You can then switch around so they can be Mr McGregor. I like to make this game super dramatic. Be as grumpy as you can, tune into that character who really does not want bunnies in his garden! I usually say "I only want to see trees in my garden." I take a walk around inspecting the trees too, this encourages children to hold the pose a little longer. Encourage them to change sides (change the standing leg). Decide with the children what the rules should be if they get caught moving. Do they have to go back to the start, go back a few steps or stay still from that moment? We want to keep this fun and if there is confusion about the rules, especially when playing with multiple children, it can take-away from the fun!
The Hunt Begins Tomorrow
Tomorrow. I genuinely cannot wait to see what this community does with 20 weird, wonderful, screen-free challenges. If you haven't told your family yet — tonight's the night. Give them the heads up. Let the kids know something is happening tomorrow. Build a little suspense. The full document drops tomorrow morning. Twenty items. Four days. Zero algorithms. Get some sleep. You're going to need the energy.
The Hunt Begins Tomorrow
Acts of Service
Four of the twenty challenges in our upcoming adventure hunt are acts of community service. Not pledge-it-for-later service. Real-time, go-do-it-now service. Things like leaving five anonymous handwritten notes of encouragement around your neighborhood. Picking up litter and turning some of it into art. Building a small free library or give box and stocking it with things your family no longer needs. Finding someone in your community who is often overlooked: a crossing guard, a postal worker, a neighbor who quietly helps and showing up with a giant handmade thank-you. We believe play and kindness aren't separate things. The best version of play spills outward. It notices people. It leaves things a little better than it found them. That's what The Grand Unplugged was built to reflect. The hunt runs June 19-22. Looking forward to seeing your creations!
Acts of Service
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I've been getting questions. Let me answer the most common ones. Do I need a team? Nope. Solo players are fully welcome and actually get bonus points for going it alone. Does my kid have to participate? Not unless they want to. But several items were specifically designed so kids 8 and under can take the lead and those tend to produce the best content. Do I need to buy anything? Almost everything is designed around stuff you already have at home. A few items involve going outside. None require a budget. Do I have to do all 20 items? No. You need to attempt at least 5 to be eligible for awards. Beyond that, do as many as you want. What are the awards? Community-voted categories like Most Creative, Most Heartwarming, Best Kid Moment, Most Likely to Confuse the Neighbors, and The Purple Dragon Award (which is exactly what it sounds like). What if I try something and it completely falls apart? You get bonus points. We call it the Beautiful Failure bonus. Document everything. Launch is Friday, June 19. The full rules doc drops that morning. Let me know if you will join the fun in the comments below!!
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