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    How to Reflect Feelings to Your Child
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Feb 13, 2021
    • 3 min

    How to Reflect Feelings to Your Child

    by, Kim Feeney, LISW, RPT-S One of the easiest ways to help children learn about their feelings is “Reflection.” Reflection helps the...
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    Children and their Love Languages
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Oct 30, 2020
    • 3 min

    Children and their Love Languages

    by, Lori Marie Huertas I first became aware of the “The Five Love Languages” book by Gary Chapman when I was teaching at a private...
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    Never Enough Time in Nature
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Sep 5, 2020
    • 6 min

    Never Enough Time in Nature

    by, Jennifer Taylor, LCSW, RPT-S As the temperatures start to cool off in many places, this is an excellent opportunity to take advantage...
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    Tiny Hands and Tiny Hearts: The Importance of Outdoor Play with Toddlers
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Jan 16, 2019
    • 4 min

    Tiny Hands and Tiny Hearts: The Importance of Outdoor Play with Toddlers

    By Ashley Lingerfelt In the age of technology, there has been a significant decrease in the amount of time infants and toddlers are...
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    Go Outside and Play!
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Jan 11, 2019
    • 4 min

    Go Outside and Play!

    by Jamie Lynn Langley, LCSW, RPT-S Hearing those words as a child meant a world of opportunity to explore, to chase, to enjoy and to...
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    Sand and Water Play for Young Children
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Jan 7, 2019
    • 3 min

    Sand and Water Play for Young Children

    By Rosalind Heiko Sand and water play is intrinsic to working in play therapy. In my office, I have three main trays of sand and rock...
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    Helping Kids Communicate through Art and Nature
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Jan 5, 2019
    • 4 min

    Helping Kids Communicate through Art and Nature

    By Kim Martinez, M.S., ITDS Art and creativity can help toddlers and young children express themselves in ways they are not yet capable...
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    Contact with Nature can Counter the Effects of Nature Deficit and Cyber Overload
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Jan 5, 2019
    • 3 min

    Contact with Nature can Counter the Effects of Nature Deficit and Cyber Overload

    By Janet A. Courtney, PhD When you were a child, what was your outdoor play like? This is the question I ask my seminar participants in...
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    Water Play is a Wonderful Way to Bond!
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Jan 4, 2019
    • 4 min

    Water Play is a Wonderful Way to Bond!

    by Lynn Louise Wonders At birth, babies are comprised of nearly 80% water! Humans have a very special relationship to water. Did you know...
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    Benefits For Connecting Kids to Nature and 25 Fun Nature Activities
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Jan 1, 2019
    • 4 min

    Benefits For Connecting Kids to Nature and 25 Fun Nature Activities

    by Rose LaPiere, LPC, RPT-S, ACS Play is natural for children. Playing outside allows children to explore, have adventures and learn...
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    A Parent's Plan for Less Stress During the Holidays
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Nov 26, 2018
    • 4 min

    A Parent's Plan for Less Stress During the Holidays

    By Lynn Louise Wonders, LPC, RPT-S, CPCS The holiday season is a time and opportunity for bonding as a family and creating very special...
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    Joyful First-Play Activities Drive Parent-Child Bonds and Boosts Brain Potential
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Nov 25, 2018
    • 4 min

    Joyful First-Play Activities Drive Parent-Child Bonds and Boosts Brain Potential

    By Janet A. Courtney, PhD We often hear about the importance of creating healthy bonds and attachments between parents and children. But...
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    Let’s Talk About Children's Feelings
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Nov 21, 2018
    • 3 min

    Let’s Talk About Children's Feelings

    By Hanna Lampi, Occupational Therapist, What is a feeling? Or an emotion? Just pause for a second and imagine a four-year-old is asking...
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Helping Young Children Cope With Difficult Emotions During The Holidays
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Nov 20, 2018
    • 4 min

    Helping Young Children Cope With Difficult Emotions During The Holidays

    By Dr. Harleen Hutchinson, Executive Director of The Journey Institute, Inc. The holiday is an exciting time of the year when families...
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    How to Preserve Your Child’s Sleep For the Holidays
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Sep 28, 2018
    • 4 min

    How to Preserve Your Child’s Sleep For the Holidays

    By Nicole Cannon, Certified Sleep Consultant It’s the most wonderful time of the year…or is it? As a parent, the holidays can be a very...
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    Creating Musical Family Traditions
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Sep 28, 2018
    • 3 min

    Creating Musical Family Traditions

    By Chelsea Johnson, Music Therapist As a music therapist, I have helped people of all ages to communicate, express, move, and heal...
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    Mindfulness for Parents
    FirstPlayCafé
    • Sep 28, 2018
    • 2 min

    Mindfulness for Parents

    By Kacey Burakowski, Speech and Language Pathologist, When parents take time for themselves it allows them to give more conscious...
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