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Early Opportunities: Protecting the Power of Play

March 27, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist 0

  I had the opportunity to speak about protecting the power of play to childcare providers at the daycare and youth program centers near where I work for my day job. This lecture covers play […]

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“Touched-Out” Roughhousing

March 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on “Touched-Out” Roughhousing

Here’s an unconventional tip for parents who are sensory-sensitive or get “touched out”. First of all — there’s nothing wrong with you if your preferred level of touching, snuggling, hugging, wrestling etc in a day […]

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Ultra-Washable Paint

March 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Ultra-Washable Paint

Ultra-washable paint: 50% washable tempera paint 50% dish soap or bubble bath or old shampoo that you have left over after switching brands That’s it. Mix those two together. It will create an extremely washable […]

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Painting with Brushes

March 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Painting with Brushes

When I introduced watercolors to my children for the first time (back when they were 3 and 2), I thought that the concept of dipping the paintbrush in the paint, wetting the paint, cleaning the […]

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A Successful Meltdown

March 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on A Successful Meltdown

(At the time of my writing this, my son was 3 years old.) Yesterday evening was the best meltdown we’ve had in a long time. How’s that for a starter sentence? This is an incredibly […]

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Two Stories of Power and Powerlessness

March 6, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Two Stories of Power and Powerlessness

Two stories about power and powerlessness. A child and an adult were entering a classroom, together, one on one. The child skipped ahead of the adult through the open door of the classroom, zigzagged to […]

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Giving Kids Power

March 6, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Giving Kids Power

Okay, after my last post, you might be asking, how do we give kids power and autonomy? Honestly, a different way to ask this same question might be, how do we protect their right to […]

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Survive.

February 21, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Survive.

One of the most asked questions that I ever get—both in comment form, and in email form. I finally took the time to really write out a very long post answering it. Q: How can […]

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Reframes

February 14, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Reframes

On my Facebook page, I asked adults to share something that their child had been doing that was frustrating or upsetting to them. I then invited people in the comments (myself included) to respond, from […]

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Letter Reversals

February 7, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Letter Reversals

It is extremely common and normal for children to reverse or invert letters when they are learning to write, or confuse those letters when they are learning to read. It makes perfect sense when you […]

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