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Contingency play

Contingency play

Helping your child feel empowered by creating predictable and responsive interactions As a child, I remember my mother and I playing a game where she puffed out her cheeks for me to ‘pop’ with my finger. The rule was simple: she couldn’t pop until I pressed. I loved the
Alexis Ralphs Feb 3, 2025
Symbolic play

Symbolic play

Helping your child make sense of difficult experiences through pretend play Do you ever have one of those days when everything just seems perfect? Blue skies and sunshine, a long, lazy afternoon stretching out before you? I was having one of those days. Just standing in the park, just being.
Alexis Ralphs Feb 3, 2025
Non-directive play

Non-directive play

Helping your child feel valued and in control through open-ended play I'm sitting on the floor. My son is next to me, deeply engrossed in play. His wooden railway stretches out across the room, the incomplete track taking a wrong turn, the two ends destined never to be
Alexis Ralphs Feb 3, 2025

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