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Activities

Six Ways to Play with Vacuums

October 2, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Six Ways to Play with Vacuums

At my lecture last Friday, during the Q&A session, somebody asked me if I had any ideas for connecting meaningfully and playfully in therapy with a child whose special interest was vacuums, and who spent […]

Activities

More Giant Keyboarding

September 27, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on More Giant Keyboarding

A game one of my kids and I made up with my keyboard mat (a gymnastics mat with masking tape on it in the shape of a QWERTY keyboard)… Pick up plastic letters and run, […]

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Big Kids Play Too

September 25, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Big Kids Play Too

This is another one of my “big kid” room setups as I lean heavily this year into trying to continue to practice child-led play-based therapy, even with older children (9-15ish). It’s easier for me to […]

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Monkey Bars

September 25, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Monkey Bars

We went to a new playground recently. Monkey bars are rarer here in the UK (at least in my rural area) than they were at playgrounds in the states. As far as I can tell, […]

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bestdayever

September 20, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on bestdayever

My old typewriter has been an option in the room for a few weeks now, but writing feels like a threat to him. Even typing feels adult-dictated. Even typing on something fun. It always just […]

Activities

Keyboarding Play

September 15, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Keyboarding Play

I have an old typewriter in my room. I also have a large gym mat with a QWERTY keyboard created on it in tape. Both of these are for the same purpose: to provide play-based, […]

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Mailbox Project: First Notes

September 1, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Mailbox Project: First Notes

So last week I wrote about my mailbox project with four classes at the schools I work in — 4th grade, 3rd grade, 3rd grade, and 1st grade (or approximately age 9-10, 8-9, and 6-7). […]

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Introduction: Mailbox Project 23-24

August 29, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Introduction: Mailbox Project 23-24

Yesterday I finally finished writing 84 cards to all the children in four classes at one of the schools where I work. I’m expanding my mailbox program this year to give it a try. I […]

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Child-Led Scissors Play

August 15, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Child-Led Scissors Play

Yesterday, my kids (age 5 and 4) found a stack of papers that my son had brought home from school. The speech therapist sent home a bunch of picture cards that he could use at […]

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Playing With Scissors

August 8, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Playing With Scissors

Yesterday, my kids (age 5 and 4) found a stack of papers that my son had brought home from school. The speech therapist sent home a bunch of picture cards that he could use at […]

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