Elementary, The Occuplaytional Therapist, Page 10

Everything is Paintbrushes

July 27, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

This camp invitation* was so simple and so engaging — all I did was collect a bunch of things that weren’t paintbrushes and set them out with a big piece of paper and some paint! […]

Nature Soup

July 24, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

I set up an invitation at camp* to make “nature soup”. If we had had the access, I would’ve loved for the kids to be able to pick whatever flowers and leaves and weeds and […]

Scavenger Hunt/Writing Game

July 21, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

I knew that among the play invitations that I had available at camp*, that I would want to have one more structured, writing-based invitation every day. I wanted this for a variety of reasons: there […]

Make Your Own Potions

July 19, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

The single play invitation that I was most excited for in all of Camp Creativity* was set for Thursday: the “make your own potion” station. This could totally have been anywhere from really simple to […]

Camp Creativity – From Vision to Invitation

July 18, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

The space that I had available for camp was the open outdoor area between the building I work in and the next building over. It has parking lots on either side, so I knew we […]

Camp Creativity Whiteboards

July 18, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

I’m going to start out today by just showing you guys the list of literally everything that I had planned for camp on each day, because I think that’ll give me a touchpoint to go […]

Camp Creativity Introduction & Photo Teaser

July 18, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

I am SOOOOO excited to tell you guys all about “Camp Creativity”, the sensory-rich, arts-and-crafts, child-led play day camp for 30 kids and their parents that I have been planning for a couple of months […]

Sitting

July 17, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

Sitting is not morally better than standing. Sitting is not morally better than pacing. Sitting is not morally better than wandering. Sitting is easier for some adults to handle than standing, pacing, or wandering. Why […]

Drawing Music

June 22, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

Throwback to one of the activities I did in the past… I brought this giant keyboard mat, set it on different instrumental settings and we drew all over it with dry erase markers while it […]

Consequences

June 19, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

This post has an audio and video recorded version for those who prefer to learn by hearing rather than by reading. Scroll to the bottom for the video of me reading it. I think we […]