43. Take Time to Play Through a Sensory Emotional Lens - Bonus Challenge

In today’s bonus episode, we invite you to join our Take Time to PLAY campaign and experience the transformative power of play!

At Great Kids Place (and beyond), we’re encouraging families to engage in Sensory Emotional PLAY for just 15 minutes a day. Whether through creative games, hands-on activities, or sensory motor experiences, play has the power to strengthen emotional connections and boost overall well-being.

Why play?

When we observe the play of children, we are invited into their world of experiences. Play provides a place for exploration—with the body and the mind. Play offers a place of safety and connection. Play allows for opportunities to practice regulation of emotion and regulation of action and behavior.

Here’s how you can get involved:

• Log Your Playtime: Track your daily 15-minute sessions of play on a fun chart.

• Print Fun Reminders: Print the Take Time to Play logo and display it to help you remember to play every day!

• Access Play Ideas: Follow our social media for tips, inspiration, and ideas on how to incorporate Sensory Emotional Engagement into your playtime. Plus, explore our Sensory Emotional Center of Learning for more creative activities and resources.

• ​Promote Play: Snap a picture of your sticker, magnet, no phone play zone sign, or your play activity and share it on social media using #TakeTimeToPlay, and tag @GreatKidsPlace and @TheSensoryEmotional_OT!

Discover more about PLAY, tune into episodes: 

• 07. A Sensory Emotional Lens on PLAY

• 08. Sensory Emotional PLAY

• 10. What’s Happening in PLAY (Part 1)

• 11. What’s Happening in PLAY (Part 2)

Download visual reminders:

• Take Time to Play 

• Play is Everywhere!

• No Phone Play Zone Sign

Join our community!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesensoryemotional_ot/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greatkidsplace/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreatKidsPlace/

Visit our Learning Center 

We know that sensory-motor experiences play a significant role in a child’s daily life and emotional well-being. Using playful interactions, The Sensory Emotional Center of Learning is designed to bring our therapeutic model, the Sensory Emotional Engagement Model™, into your home or work. Throughout, you'll discover practical strategies and resources designed to enhance your u