WEBVTT - Second Cup: You need a busy basket

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that you need a busy basket. Toddlers aren't

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<v Speaker 1>the only ones who can benefit from an entertainment kit.

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<v Speaker 1>Put one together and you will never find yourself at

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<v Speaker 1>a loss for what to do. Today's tip comes from

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<v Speaker 1>Before Breakfast listener Ferriita Alkoff. She has a nineteen month

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<v Speaker 1>old daughter and notes that she has prepared a busy

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<v Speaker 1>basket full of activities such as blocks and stickers to

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<v Speaker 1>keep the little girl independently occupied. Anyway, while editing her

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<v Speaker 1>home office, Friita came across books she had been meaning

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<v Speaker 1>to finish new books she hadn't touched crochet and crossed

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<v Speaker 1>the projects, art material and so forth. She says, it

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<v Speaker 1>occurred to me that grown ups need a busy basket too,

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<v Speaker 1>So she found herself an unused basket and threw in

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<v Speaker 1>it a few half read books, her half done crochet project,

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of new adult coloring books and pencils, a

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<v Speaker 1>journal and a nice pen.

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<v Speaker 2>She says, I've been meaning to cut down on my

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<v Speaker 2>screen time, so this came at a perfect time. It

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<v Speaker 2>now sits in my home office, so if I have

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<v Speaker 2>a spare minute or after hours, I can use it

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<v Speaker 2>to read or create. It's already working. I spent a

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<v Speaker 2>good fifteen minutes coloring at the end of the day

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<v Speaker 2>instead of scrolling on my phone. I love this idea.

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<v Speaker 2>We have explored the concept on Before Breakfast before of

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<v Speaker 2>creating kits, that is, keeping things together as a way

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<v Speaker 2>to encourage fun or progress on projects. A busy basket

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<v Speaker 2>is another way to think of this. You are creating

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<v Speaker 2>a kit for screen free fun, one you can pull

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<v Speaker 2>from when you need it, or even take with you

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<v Speaker 2>if you are going somewhere boring, like I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>the dentist's office. What you put in your busy basket

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<v Speaker 2>is up to you, but the point is to make

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<v Speaker 2>it look enticing. With toddlers, you definitely want the kid thinking, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd like to play with that. So what would do

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<v Speaker 2>that for you? I would probably like some nice note

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<v Speaker 2>books and pens. Maybe it's some really cool new markers

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<v Speaker 2>and a coloring book. I would probably like some design magazines,

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe a book of photos of gardens, or maybe

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<v Speaker 2>a book of funny essays or poems. Think about what

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<v Speaker 2>would make you excited, then put together a basket full

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<v Speaker 2>of the goodies. Then, like Farita, whenever you are looking

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<v Speaker 2>to fill a little time, you can grab the basket. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>it might not be quite as obvious as grabbing your

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<v Speaker 2>phone and scrolling around on Instagram. I guess your phone

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<v Speaker 2>is also a busy basket of sorts, but with a

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<v Speaker 2>little preparation it could be equally cool looking. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you are trying to spend less time on screens, that

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<v Speaker 2>is a big benefit. Indeed, in the meantime, this is Laura.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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<v Speaker 2>our time.

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