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PlayDrMom’s favorite children’s books about Creativity
on: by Laura Hutchison
An important aspect of therapy … be it with adults or children … is helping people think creatively. This doesn’t mean making them do arts & crafts (although sometimes that helps), it means helping clients not getting hung up in one
PlayDrMom’s Favorite Number Books: Great for Early Learning Math Fun
on: by Laura Hutchison
Well, I already posted about our favorite ABC books … I couldn’t very well leave out our favorite 123’s!!! Here’s PlayDrMom’s Favorite Number Books … BASIC COUNTING Ten Apples Up on Top!, by Dr. Seuss (a counting classic!) Five
PlayDrMom’s Favorite Alphabet Books
on: by Laura Hutchison
If you haven’t gathered by now, I’m a HUGE fan of children’s books … and there are a lot of wonderful children’s books about the alphabet and learning the ABCs. I wanted to share a few of our favorites … Dr.
Princess Honor’s Favorite Princess Books
on: by Laura Hutchison
My daughter LOVES princesses. Anything and everything to do with princesses. She is well-known (on this blog and in real life) for regularly wearing a princess dress … or at least clothes with princesses on them. With that being her passion
Upcycled DIY Dandelion Vase
on: by Laura Hutchison
… and a lot of these? You make an … Like most kids my sweeties are always picking wildflowers and giving me bunches of them. I saw this cute idea from the Red Chair blog on Pinterest and just had to
Make Stretch Putty … having fun with ALEX Toys
on: by Laura Hutchison
Last week I shared the fun the kids and I had Creating Tape Town from a super cool kit that ALEX Toys sent us to review. This week I have another great kit to share “Make Stretch Putty” … Everything you
Utilizing the Books of David Shannon in Play Therapy and as Parenting Resources
on: by Laura Hutchison
David Shannon is one of my favorite children’s author and illustrator. I love is simple, child-focused pictures and story contact that is fun, yet usually has a great message for kids. For this reason his books are also wonderful to use
Creating Tape Town … having fun with ALEX toys
on: by Laura Hutchison
A few weeks ago I received some complimentary products from ALEX toys so that I could review them here on my blog. WOOT! The kids and I had a terrific time with them! The first toy we would like to share
Using Water Beads in Play Therapy
on: by Laura Hutchison
When I entered into the blogging world in the summer of 2011 I was first introduced to the world of water beads. An amazing substance of gel-like beads that grow or shrink depending how much water they are with … wonderful
Easter in a Jar
on: by Laura Hutchison
I’ve been pretty busy this month … so I didn’t get my Easter shopping done until today. But even so I was able to quickly put together this cute Easter gift. I got this super cute and simple idea from Dixie
DIY Conversation Heart Valentine Frame
on: by Laura Hutchison
I saw different versions of this project popping up on Pinterest, so I thought I’d give it a try. It was super easy and took about 30 minutes on a Sunday afternoon. I used a wooden frame that I had purchased
Exploring Snowflakes
on: by Laura Hutchison
I found some great books the other day while at the library that really inspired us to learn a lot more about snowflakes. These are the books … Amazon.com Widgets Snowflake Bentley, by Jacqueline Briggs Martin … tells the story of