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The Play Tools

The Play Tools

Simple strategies to get back to play when things fall apart

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.

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

A 'Calm Down' kit

A 'Calm Down' kit

You don't always have to be the one to help your child calm down. Keep a box of sensory materials to hand and your child will reach for them in times of trouble.