Attachment Play

Nonsense play

Using humour and absurdity to strengthen your bond and diffuse tension

Put your socks in the cereal bowl, eat soup with a fork, or wear your child’s underpants on your head during a tantrum - nonsense play invites laughter and light-heartedness into your day. It’s a simple yet powerful way to strengthen attachment bonds and defuse tense situations by creating shared joy. See also, pattern interrupts.

The Play Tools: A reset button for play

Does your child ever get distracted? Is she sometimes too agitated to settle? Are there days when you feel like you’re constantly putting out fires, that it’s all tears and no play?

Right-brain reset

What’s missing?

Train your child's attention with this classic game.

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