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Environment Matters
Environment Matters
There is scientific evidence indicating positive learning outcomes when children are taught skills in their natural environment. Children learn and succeed in natural settings, such as learning colors or numbers when they are playing with their favorite toys. OTs are skilled in recognizing the appropriate physical and social environment and even modifying it, to teach children play and performance skills in a place where they feel safe, supported, and will succeed best.
Time by Movement
Mimic, Mimic, Mimic!
Modifying in the Moment
"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than a year of conversation." - Plato Play is the primary occupation of a child! Children use play to build skills needed for every aspect of their development. When a child is limited in the underlying skills needed to play, not only does their functional ability to build with blocks, color, pretend, imagine, and create suffer, but all of the skills they potentially acquire may be limited as well. Here are just some ways that play is beneficial to development: Strength Balance Visual Motor Integration Visual Processing Sensory Integration Self Regulation Self-Confidence Fine Motor Skills Gross Motor Skills Social Emotional Development Stress Relief Behavior Imagination Creativity Self Control Read more about the benefits of play at https://lnkd.in/g-jpn78y and @theottoolbox InGym's therapeutic developmental gym is a great place for children to learn new skills through play. Through our 1:1 and group therapy sessions, and opportunities provided through our camps, kids not only learn and work towards their goals, but have fun in the process by participating in activities that they enjoy!
Environment Matters
Time by Movement
Mimic, Mimic, Mimic!
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