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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeart Radio. Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is that you need a busy basket. Toddlers aren't the only ones who can benefit from an entertainment kit. Put one together and you will never find yourself at a loss for what to do. Today's tip comes from Before Breakfast listener Farida Alkaff.
She has a 19-month-old daughter and notes that she has prepared a busy basket full of activities, such as blocks and stickers, to keep the little girl independently occupied. Anyway, while editing her home office, Farida came across books she had been meaning to finish, new books she hadn't touched, crochet and cross-stitching projects. art material, and so forth.
She says, it occurred to me that grownups need a busy basket too. So she found herself an unused basket and threw in it a few half-read books, her half-done crochet project, a couple of new adult coloring books and pencils, a journal, and a nice pen. She says, I've been meaning to cut down on my screen time, so this came at a perfect time.
It now sits in my home office, so if I have a spare minute or after hours, I can use it to read or create. It's already working. I spent a good 15 minutes coloring at the end of the day instead of scrolling on my phone. I love this idea. We have explored the concept on Before Breakfast Before of creating kits, that is, keeping things together, as a way to encourage fun or progress on projects.
A busy basket is another way to think of this. You are creating a kit for screen-free fun, one you can pull from when you need it or even take with you if you are going somewhere boring like, I don't know, the dentist's office. What you put in your busy basket is up to you. But the point is to make it look enticing.
With toddlers, you definitely want the kid thinking, hey, I'd like to play with that. So what would do that for you? I would probably like some nice notebooks and pens. Maybe it's some really cool new markers and a coloring book. I would probably like some design magazines and maybe a book of photos of gardens or maybe a book of funny essays or poems.
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Chapter 2: What is the concept of a busy basket?
Think about what would make you excited. Then put together a basket full of the goodies. Then, like Farida, whenever you are looking to fill a little time, you can grab the basket. Now, it might not be quite as obvious as grabbing your phone and scrolling around on Instagram. I guess your phone is also a busy basket of sorts. But with a little preparation, it could be equally cool looking.
And if you are trying to spend less time on screens, that is a big benefit indeed. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening. And here's to making the most
Chapter 3: How can adults benefit from a busy basket?
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