Super Set Activity Kits
Our Super Sets have been created through an exciting collaboration between our Occupational Therapist with 30+ years working in the field, and an experienced Primary School Teacher and Social Worker. We have combined our amazing products with our expertise in learning and development to create learning experiences and activity guides for children to explore, play and thrive.
The Super Sets target many different areas of learning and development including opportunities for children to develop their creativity and imagination, vocabulary, emotional literacy and self and regulation, gross motor and fine motor skills, self esteem, reading comprehension, early writing and mathematical skills.
Each Super Set utilises carefully selected books and supporting toys and tools that act as stimuli for exploring different themes and developmental skills in unique ways. We provide all of the equipment, activity guides and simple explanations of the learning principles that underpin each activity to assist parents in extending their children’s learning and play while also understanding the developmental “why” behind the activities suggested.
Each set also comes in its own storage tote that can be used as a part of the play process and to store your materials. The sets provide a great opportunity for expanding and supporting your child’s development outside of educational and therapy environments and provide a great guided support for those currently on therapy waiting lists.
Our Super Sets
The Dinosaur Activity Kit
The Dinosaur Super Set has planned activities and all the equipment necessary to engage with your child in:
- Dinosaur Reading – targeting reading comprehension
- Small World Play – targeting vocabulary expansion, exploring emotions, supporting secure attachment, problem solving skills, extending creativity and imagination.
- Dinosaur Shadow Art – targeting STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics), problem solving skills, critical thinking, creativity, fine motor skills, measurement and mathematics.
- Dinosaur Dice – targeting gross motor skills, emotional regulation and sensory regulation.
- Dinosaur Imagination – targeting fine motor skills, emotional regulation, sensory regulation and creativity.
- Dinosaur Footprints – targeting fine motor skills, creativity, imagination and problem solving skills.
- Dinosaur Poppers – targeting hand strength, hand eye coordination and emotional regulation
- Dinosaur Balloon Ball – targeting emotional regulation, self regulation, sensory regulation, gross motor skills and hand eye coordination.
The Beach Activity Kit
The Beach Super Set has planned activities and all of the equipment necessary to engage with your child in:
- Books and Beaches – targeting reading comprehension
- Small World Play – targeting vocabulary expansion, exploring emotions, supporting secure attachment, problem solving skills, extending creativity and imagination.
- Crafty Creatures – targeting extension of creativity, imagination, problem solving and fine motor skills.
- Shell Patterns – targeting mathematics, problem solving, fine motor skills, and creativity
- Calm Bottles – targeting emotional regulation, self regulation and sensory regulation.
- Let’s Go Fishing – targeting muscle strength & joint stability, visual motor skills, fine motor skills and hand eye coordination.
- Shell Stamps – targeting creativity and artistic expression (you will need to supply your own paint for this activity)
- Tracing Creatures – targeting fine motor skills, emotional regulation and creativity.
- Sea Creature Charades – targeting interpersonal social skills, turn taking, speech & language development and communication.
About the Authors
Cathy is a registered Primary School Teacher and Social worker who loves witnessing children learn about themselves and the world through play and story-telling.
She wants to assist families to strengthen their connection and support their children’s development with rich learning opportunities during play. Through her professional career she has developed a special interest in the social and emotional development of children and the importance of trauma-informed, strength-based practises.
Cathy has personal experience navigating the NDIS and support services within her own family and is passionate about the power of early intervention in helping children and families to thrive.
Kathy has 30 years of full time experience as an Occupational Therapist, having moved between non profit, public sector, educational and private organizations in Australia and the USA.
She has extensive experience with sensory processing, pediatrics, neurology and mental health services and is passionate about the interplay between mind, brain and body – after all our ability to self regulate underpins all of our other abilities. She loves supporting individuals in a trauma informed manner to get all the building blocks in place to allow them to flourish.
Kathy is also passionate about supporting others to do this work – she mentors and consults with organizations and other allied health professionals to help them put the necessary systems, theory and practice together in a trauma informed manner to provide the most supportive environment, teaching and engagement styles to support their staff, students or participants.
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