When was the last time you did something just for you? Do you even remember the last time you went to the bathroom by yourself? You are worthy of that boundary (and the toilet paper, too)!
Asking for help is the ultimate act of courage. Letting go of what’s not working opens you up to what can. You can break old patterns. You can create new beginnings. You can step back. You can step up. I can help coach you through it.
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“I sure am glad I made that investment!” said the Monopoly master. Learning through play helped transform explosive behavior and school work refusal into executive functioning and math skills!
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How can we support distance learning? Build connection and scaffold learning through play! I’ve been supporting my nieces’ and nephew’s distance learning long distance, and we are deepening our connection and learning so much through play!
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Kindness counts. We can teach kindness by being clear about our values and modeling kindness in action with our children, students, and clients. Kindness is the heart of Learn Play Grow. Empowering children and families to feel connected to each other and learn through play is kindness. Empowering teachers to understand and build on their strengths so their students and teaching teams succeed is kindness. Empowering therapists to impact clients’ lives beyond the clinic through collaboration is kindness. Kindness is the heart of my family, too. My nieces, nephews, and I like to learn, play, and grow in the community on “auntie adventures!”
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Meaningful learning and growth come from building on strengths. My strengths support connection within families, communication between teachers, and collaboration among families, therapists, and schools. Love of learning, honesty, perspective, and gratitude are my top character strengths. These strength, together with a passion for the power of play and the importance of inclusion, drive Learn Play Grow's innovation and my clients' success.
I help families think outside the box and achieve new understanding of education and advocacy. Having been a been a classroom teacher for 10 years, I relate to educators with empathy and empowerment. I bring together teams of families, therapists, and schools to build on each other’s strengths and help children of all abilities succeed.
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Little ones are watching us struggle, as they should, because we are human. Little ones are listening to the words we use around challenges and learning how they should respond. Our instinct may be to shield our children from struggle, but if we focus on shepherding then through it, we will teach them by example how to be fully human.
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Opportunities for learning together are all around us, and everything we do can have therapeutic value. Now more than ever we need to celebrate this potential to reimagine education, intervention, and family engagement. Learn Play Grow supports education, intervention, and family engagement at home, at school, and in the community to help children of all abilities reach their greatest potential.
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Learn Play Grow brings goals and strategies from school and therapy to life at home through developmentally-appropriate play that includes siblings and engages parents. Learning doesn’t just happen at school, and therapy is not something to do once a week. Opportunities for learning and using strategies and skills from therapy are all around!
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Research shows play can improve children's abilities to plan, organize, get along with others, and regulate emotions. In addition, play helps with language, math and social skills, and even helps children cope with stress. Giving [children] plenty of opportunities to play is one of the best ways to help them grow into curious, creative, healthy, and happy adults equipped with the skills they need.”
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Play is how children learn. Play is also how children learn how to learn. Play is that powerful!For some families, literacy learning is fraught with anxiety. In one of my families, the parents were anxious for their son to learn his sight words, and their son was anxious about being drilled with flashcards. Creativity and flexibility alleviated everyone’s anxiety and sparked learning through play!
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Welcome to Learn Play Grow! Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Rebecca, and I am passionate about the power of play and the importance of inclusion. I grew up with 13 Cabbage Patch dolls, each of whom I brought to life through stories. My Sebastian had a learning disability, and my Madeline had explosive behavior. I was a born educator!
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Welcome to Learn Play Grow! My name is Rebecca, and I created Learn Play Grow to help you foster connection within families, communication between colleagues, and collaboration among teams. If you are a parent wanting to connect with your child, a teacher wanting your students to listen, a therapist looking to maximize intervention, or a school striving for best practices, Learn Play Grow is for YOU.
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