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Transcript – “Early Opportunities: Protecting the Power of Play”

March 27, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist 0

This post is a transcript for this one, which has the video. I want to start by asking you to think about learning. What comes to your mind when you hear the word learning? Maybe […]

Philosophy

Hurting Doesn’t Help

January 12, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Hurting Doesn’t Help

I still catch myself in these ways of thinking. I still catch myself thinking old thoughts with my kids. “If I get playful right now, he’s going to learn to be ‘difficult’ whenever he wants […]

At School

“Make” Them Write

January 8, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on “Make” Them Write

I said this a few days ago as part of a larger post, and I liked it so much I decided it needed its own post. 😉 Some kids are interested in “writing” when they’re […]

At Home

The Dividing Line

December 28, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on The Dividing Line

When you start to understand how thin — or nonexistent! — the dividing line is between “playing” and “learning/growing”, suddenly so much more of what children do makes sense. And suddenly so much more of […]

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