Built To Be Occupational Therapy

21/07/2025

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14/05/2025

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ATTENTION PARENTS!!!

A teacher was grading her students’ homework assignments.
Meanwhile, her husband was wandering around the house, glued to his smartphone, immersed in his favorite game.
When she got to the last assignment, the teacher quietly began to cry.

Her husband noticed and asked:
— What’s wrong?

She replied:
— Yesterday, I gave my students a written assignment titled: “MY WISH.”

Her husband said:
— Okay, but why are you crying?

Holding back her tears, the teacher answered:
— I couldn’t help but cry when I read the last one.

Curious, the husband asked:
— What was written that was so emotional?

The wife began to read:

My wish is to become a smartphone.
My parents love their smartphones very much.
They care for their phones so well that sometimes they forget to care for me.
When my dad comes home tired from work, he has time for his phone, but not for me.
When my parents are doing something important and the phone rings, they answer it right away —
but they don’t do the same even when I cry.
They play games on their phones, but not with me.
When they talk to someone on the phone, they don’t listen, even when I have something important to say.
So, my wish is to become a smartphone.

After hearing these words, the husband was deeply shaken and asked:
— Who wrote this essay?

With tears in her eyes, the wife answered:
— OUR SON.

PARENTS, take note:
Electronic devices are useful, but they are designed to make our lives easier — not to replace the love we give to our family and the people we care about.
Children see and feel everything happening around them.
Their experiences shape their minds and leave marks that last a lifetime.
Let’s care for them so they grow up with the right values and not with false needs.

05/09/2024

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Check out this fascinating news about electric toothbrushes and their incredible impact on speech and language development.
https://ilslearningcorner.com/2016-01-electric-toothbrush-my-mouth-wont-work-awakening-sensory-receptors-for-speech-and-language/

21/08/2024

Be sure to join this webinar!

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21/08/2024

Super helpful!

07/08/2024

08/06/2024

Something to think about 🤔

The effects of screen time on a child's body image drawings is remarkable... !During screen time, children are not actively using their muscles or practicing and refining skills but rather lying/ sitting sedentary and looking at a screen instead of playing/ climbing/ running/jumping - all of which helps them learn more about their bodies in space.

03/06/2024

Marian Steyn dankie vir wat jy in Built To Be gesaai en gekultiveer het - ons kleine klien’tjies gaan eendag sappige vrugte pluk van jou werk 🍉

Dankie dat jy ten volle jou hart insit in enige iets wat jy aanpak - ons sien uit om te sien wat jy gaan bereik in hierdie nuwe seisoen🤍

Wat ‘n voorreg dat “totsiens” só moeilik moes wees 🫶🏽

Ons seën jou in jou nuwe seisoen - dit was ‘n fees om saam jou te werk en jou menswees te kon ervaar 🍇

Ons lief jou baie🤍

29/03/2024

Emotional regulation is key!