Play 2 Learn

09/12/2025

Hello wonderful families, our KIDS groups are starting soon, and we are in search of some great KID mentor volunteers! Boys and girls ages 6 - 9 years old. Mentors should have good verbal language skills, have good play and sportsmanship skills, follow directions from adults, and be open and empathic to others! Benefits of volunteering for kids is that it builds their own self-confidence, builds their leadership skills, teaches them about giving back, and they learn about diversity awareness and how to be strength-affirming with peers. Email Monica for an application at: monica@play2learnfamilycenters.com
Classes start this Saturday in Torrance! Thank you! xoxo

09/03/2025

Today is the day, when Play 2 Learn's owner, Monica Fyfe, has published her latest children’s book! "It has dropped today!”😎

This book is entitled, “Lizzy’s New School of Fish” and is the 3rd in my therapeutic children’s series called “Welcome to Petsville!”

This beautiful story not only helps build social confidence and navigation skills for a first day of school, but offers modeling and practical tips for any child on how to make a new friend in any situation, water or land! 😃🐟

This book is very special to Monica Fyfe, MFT, BCBA, RPT-S and our entire clinical team of Play therapists and Behavior therapists, as it is inspired by the PEERS social skills program from the UCLA PEERS Clinic. And it is sincerely dedicated to one of Monica's favorite professional mentors, Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson! 🥰

Go to amazon.com to be one of the first to get a copy! It is both available in PRINT or an e-book Kindle edition!

And if you could, please take a kind moment to leave an honest review on Amazon, it would be greatly appreciated! this way, more children, families, and providers in need can swing by and catch this book, a bit to see of awesome children’s literature and bibliotherapy! 😃😃👍🐟🐟🐠

https://bit.ly/lizzysnewschooloffish

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08/26/2025

It was an honor to teach the graduate class “Play Therapy and Trauma” at Antioch University, Los Angeles. The next generation of clinicians and child advocates are amazing, what a fantastic cohort of talented students! 💕😃

08/20/2025

Are your kiddos going to a new school this Fall? Or are they in need of some tips on “How to make new friends on their own?” Lizzy the Pet Fish can help! Back-to-School will be Cool & Fun with my newest children’s book, “Lizzy’s New School of Fish!” Coming soon on sale at Amazon.com xoxox

08/15/2025

Calling all Preschooler's and Parents! We have an awesome PEERS for Preschoolers Social Skills Group starting this September for kids ages 4-6, held on weekdays! We have both IN-Person options at our office in Torrance, AND our ONLINE, Virtual format for families that reside anywhere in the state of California! Play 2 Learn is excited to partner with Novi Minds, including certified providers from UCLA who are BCBA's, LEP's, MFT's, and Registered Play Therapists! Most of all, we love what we do, we are here for your family and our youngest friends and social navigators!

Use our Interest Form to sign up for more info at: https://forms.gle/JjBmEE5eXXTNZsAdA and feel free to email Monica to sign up for our Screening at: monica@play2learnfamilycenters.com

07/22/2025

Our last round of Kid 2 Kid groups were so much fun! 🌸

We are screening soon for our fall groups that start in September in Torrance! 
Please reach out to Monica Fyfe at: monica@play2learnfamilycenters.com for an application! 😍

06/26/2025

Join us this SUMMER for our "Kid 2 Kid" Play & Social Skills Group in late July, 2025! We are screening now, and space is limited! We are also vendored with Harbor Regional Center, and accept SDP or Private Pay options! Please email Monica Fyfe today for an application at: monica@play2learnfamilycenters.com

Happy Summer and Happy Connecting!

06/11/2025

Join Monica Fyfe and UC San Diego extension, for their Group Play Therapy webinar on Saturday, July 19th from 9am - 2:30pm, PST. This dear program is ending soon, be a part of a great Southern CA Play therapy training tradition.

UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies is open to the public and harnesses the power of education to transform lives. Our unique educational formats support lifelong learning and meet the evolving needs of our students, businesses and the larger community.

05/11/2025

Happy Mother’s Day to all the super moms, aunties, and grandma’s out there! Play 2 Learn celebrated by having our wonderful kids group members select their favorite flower 🌺 🌸 to initiate and hand to their mom with loving communication! 💕
Fostering attachment and connection on this special time of year for mommas and kids! 👍❤️

05/06/2025

Great Resource Alert for Child and Teen Therapists:
Join OUR VILLAGE for our upcoming, important training on "Legal and Ethical Issues in Play Therapy with Children and Adolescents" on Friday May 9th, from 9:00am - 12:15pm, PST.
We are honored to have our wonderful presenter, Sueann Kenney-Noziska, MSW, LCSW, RPT-S. This live ZOOM Meeting is brought to you by Our Village!
Sueann is an international presenter, and has over 20 years of clinical experience, specializing in her clinical practice with abused & traumatized children. She is a contributing author to several peer-reviewed publications and has testified as an expert witness at the state and federal levels. Sueann has trained thousands of professionals, worldwide.
Sign up here at: https://ourvillage.ce-go.com/legal-and-ethical-issues-in-play-therapy-with-children-and-adolescents for your 3 CE's towards your Registered Play Therapist certifications and renewals and/or child therapist clinical training. Our Village is an APT Provider, #20-614. The cost is $60.00 and there will be a recorded play-back for your review.

And if you can't make it to this LIVE webinar event on May 9th, never fear, you can sign up about 2 weeks after for our NON-CONTACT, Asychronous recording of this event to "go at your own pace!" Check out Sueann's great training recorded for Non-Contact learning, and/OR browse all our other great NON-CONTACT, Asynchronous learning options for child therapists that Our Village has to offer, such as "Sandtray with Neurodiverse youth" with Marshall Lyles, RPT-S, and more! And check back soon as we update our catalog of important topics, all the time! https://ourvillage.ce-go.com/courses/all

04/27/2025

Our Spring “Kid 2 Kid” GIRLS social & emotional skills group is off to a fantastic start! 🌸 Thanks to Aimee & Marisa for leading a wonderful Friendship Soup activity, primed with a video & visuals, based on exploring Valuing for friendships, and paired with playful cooking imagination with fun object substitutions and more! These kids are so creative and amazing! 💕🥰

03/24/2025

Our “Kid 2 Kid” play and social skills groups always start with an Ice-Breaker! Some of our favorite welcoming activities include: Group Carpet Puzzles, Group Large Coloring & Group Sand/Bean sensory boxes! There are choices and variety to engage all our players and their interests, while helping them to naturally share the play space physically with their peers! And they can organically take small steps of sharing and commenting, towards cooperative play! 😍