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Child Development

Repetition, Repetition, Repetition

January 5, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Repetition, Repetition, Repetition

Young children repeat the same thing over and over and over (like the same joke, the same observation, reading the same book, playing the same game…) because they are strengthening the connections in their brain […]

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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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Five Rules

October 19, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Five Rules

This is what goes through my head when I decide if I need to say “no” to something. (…on a good day, on a regulated day, when I’m parenting consciously…not just responding out of habit) […]

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Sort Something

October 19, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sort Something

This is a very short prompt/invitation to play today! Short and easy – that’s the best type of prompt, right? Find something in your house that you have a bunch of. It could be anything. […]

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