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12/12/2025

🎄🎅 Warmest wishes from our family to yours! 🌟

Merry Christmas to the families who make our work so rewarding! 🎁 We’re grateful for the opportunity to support your little ones’ growth and development.

Wishing you a season filled with love, laughter, and joyful moments with your loved ones. May the magic of the holiday bring wonder and happiness to your family! 🎄❤️

Thank you for a blessed 2025 and thank you to .tt for making our celebration so special !
Love the Theraplay family ❤️

11/12/2025

Heavy work activities for proprioception

Your child needs more heavy work…

to build their proprioceptive system to help them self-regulate and attend better.

Many kids who have an immature proprioceptive system have trouble with the following:

🫣Paying attention
🫣Completing tasks
🫣Remembering details
🫣Following directions
🫣Understanding personal boundaries

Building the proprioceptive system with heavy work activities helps the body regulate and focus better.

To find out all the benefits of heavy work and to get all the activities, do the following:

1. 🔗Click the link in the profile or grab it here: https://ilslearningcorner.com/2016-05-heavy-work-activites-heavy-work-prevents-proprioceptive-dysfunction-and-fosters-proprioceptive-success/

2. 📖Read the article on the importance of heavy work.

3. 💬Send us a DM or email us at info@ilslearning.com with one activity you’d like to try with your child using heavy work and we’ll send you a free packet.

09/12/2025

Great idea for both home and school

A Calm Down Corner gives students a safe space to pause, reset, and return to learning with confidence. By helping children identify their feelings, choose calming tools, and practice strategies that support regulation, we build independence and emotional resilience. This space is not a punishment; it is a pathway to growth and success.

06/12/2025

We DID it !!!! Another successful adapting year for Adapt - a Toy !!! Adapt A ToyTHANK YOU sooo much to all of our amazing elves !!! We could not have done it without you 💪🥰 thank you to the amazing team at your hamper donations and support always carry us through ! Looking forward to our continued collaboration 🙏 thank you to all our sweet kiddos who helped us pack ☺️Thank you to the unstoppable team from your sensory box help and sensory bag donations were wonderful ! Biggest thank you to the adapt-a-toy team - we can’t do it without you❤️ .george .ot and last but not least thank you to every person who has donated a gift, made a contribution and sponsored a child in some way - every child has right to play ! 🧸

05/12/2025

Stages of pencil grip

DO YOU KNOW THE STAGES OF PENCIL GRASP?

Each child develops differently, however, this is a great guide to know if your child is falling behind or need additional work on pencil grasp. It gives some great suggestions on your child's development.

https://www.nclexquiz.com/pencil-grasp-reference-cheat-sheet/

03/12/2025

Embracing diversity, promoting inclusion, and celebrating abilities! This year's theme is truly fitting to what we do daily as Occupational Therapists, but also as an NGO impacting change and advancing social progress 💪🌎

Today and every day, let's recognize the value and contributions of individuals with disabilities.

A special moment to thank our supporters! Every year, we're able to hit our targets thanks to your kindness and generosity 🫶 Please reach out if you would like to support!

03/12/2025

A profound message

Today as we celebrate International Day of persons with Disabilties indulge me as I bring into view a group among those with disabilities that I refer to as the Invisible.
These are the silent few whose challenges are so severe they may never acquire the skills to hold a job, or have a family. These are the individuals who have and will always need someone else to interpret their requests and supply their basic needs. The individuals for whom the thought of leaving them behind in this world is a constant dread of parents and families.
Our schools do not accommodate them. Policy makers do not consider them in their planning. Architects and event planners do not design for their needs. One only need to look at the web page for today's celebration. They are invisible.
At LIFE Centre we have the great fortune of seeing some of the Invisible Disabled. Every day we see heroic acts of valour and fortitude as these indinviduals dare to overcome a world filled with internal and external barriers. We are forced to recognize their humanity. The UN Charter on Human Rights apply to them too. We are forced to acknowledge that the right to a life of dignity and purpose are as much theirs as anyone else.
So today as we join the world in celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities let us take a moment to see the Invisible.

03/12/2025

These fun STEM ideas can bring some snow into your home 😂

30/11/2025

What are consequences?

When we talk about consequences, many people still picture punishment — something uncomfortable to “teach a lesson”. But that’s not what brain-based parenting is about.

This post explores what consequences are not, and why moving away from punitive approaches helps a young person stay regulated enough to actually learn.

If you caught yesterday’s post on natural and logical consequences, this builds on that understanding and shows why mismatched, fear-based, or shame-based responses simply don’t work.

Our Managing Big Feelings Toolkit is linked in the comments below ⬇️ or via Linktree Shop in Bio.

28/11/2025

Foundational skills needed for handwriting

Let's look at some of the foundational skills needed for handwriting mechanics that will set your child or student up for success with writing skills.

https://www.growinghandsonkids.com/the-foundational-skills-needed-for-handwriting-mechanics.html?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

28/11/2025

🏗️ Dexterity Builders: Fine Motor Groups for ages 5-7!

🛠️Led by a paediatric occupational therapist, this small-group program (1 therapist : 3 children) is designed to help kids improve hand strength, endurance, dexterity visual motor integration, motor planning, and encourage social participation - all in a fun, play-based, safe, and engaging environment.

🧰Perfect for children who want to be more master hands on skills like cutting with scissors, using utensils, opening containers, fastening buttons/zippers, and building with small pieces.

📍 Limited spots available - call Theraplay office at
221-3866 to reserve your child’s spot today!

‼️ Children must meet specific criteria to be included in this group
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26/11/2025

We did plan to match - the universe just knew the clinic needed this level of professionalism and chaos 💓