It's Monday again and today's Motivating Monday post is about the power of play.
Typically developing children and especially children with disabilities learn a great deal through play. Play is a highly motivating thing!
We all seem to have busy lives and schedules, but it is SO important to make time to sit down and play with our children. They reap so much from play experiences with mom, dad, siblings,grandparents & other caretakers each day. To mention a few developmental areas, play builds self-esteem, self-help skills, fine and gross motor skills, reinforces academics (colors, numbers, shapes, prepositions, etc.), hand-eye contact, spatial relationships, plus a great amount of social skills are gained through the 1:1 interaction during the play (i.e. building relationships, eye contact, answering questions, taking turns, initiating play, etc.)
Below is a short list of some of the websites that carry toys for children and adolescents with disabilities. Feel free to comment and add more to the list!
www.ableplay.org
www.lekotek.org
www.toysrus.com
http://sensoryuniversity.com
www.flaghouse.com
www.fisher-price.com/us/special_needs/
www.fatbraintoys.com/special_needs/index.cfm
www.westmusic.com
https://musiciselementary.com/
www.onestepahead.com
Never thought of instruments in the tub before!
ReplyDeleteGood, liitle and easy steps. But they have a great impacy in the long run to make us happy. Keep up the spirit.
ReplyDelete