Play in Mind

Free printable resource

I created Our Bodies Give Us Clues as a simple visual to help children notice what is happening in their body, recognise changes in their energy, and begin thinking about what might help.

I use visuals like this within my own practice and thought it might be useful for others too.

You’re welcome to download, print and use it in your own work with children. 🌟

Free A4 PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FbKkCoLHGvlRex6A0tv1jxgclEy7CmGY/view?usp=drivesdk

A bridge isn’t just a bridge.

The fascinating part?

What matters isn’t really the object itself. It’s what that object becomes in the child’s world.

As children create miniature worlds, they’re organising ideas, planning, problem-solving, remembering characters and building stories.

And when another person joins the play, there’s another layer:
👂 listening to their ideas,
👥 sharing control,
📖 adapting the story
🙇‍♂️ and managing their feelings

That’s a lot happening in what can look like “just play.”

💭 I wonder what story you see when you look at this scene?

Over the past few weeks I’ve been creating something a little different.

Not a brochure.
Not a list of services.

A guide that shares the heart of Play in Mind and the philosophy that shapes the way I support children and families.

If you’ve ever wondered what Play in Mind is really about, I’d love to invite you to take a look.

Growing Through Play | PDF to Flipbook Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker

Play Therapy gives children a safe, supportive space to express themselves, build confidence, strengthen emotional regulation and make sense of big feelings through play.
At Play in Mind, sessions are child-centred, developmentally informed and tailored to each child’s needs.

Sometimes parents don’t need one more strategy.

They are looking for someone to help make sense of what they are already noticing.

The meltdowns.
The shutdowns.
The clinginess.
The school refusal.
The moments where their child seems to be saying, “I can’t do this,” without having the words.

Most parents know their child deeply.

Support is not about blame.
It is about slowing things down enough to understand what behaviour may be communicating, what the child may be needing, and how the parent-child relationship can feel safer, stronger, and more connected.

Good parents still get overwhelmed.
Good parents still need support.
Good parents still need someone beside them.

Children don’t need perfect parents.
They need supported adults who can keep coming back to connection.

International Day of Play | 11 June

Protect play, protect childhood.

This is the United Nations focus for International Day of Play 2026.

Play is part of childhood.

Under Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, every child has the right to rest, leisure, play, recreation, and participation in cultural and creative life.

When we protect play, we protect children’s time to move, imagine, connect, create, recover, explore, and make sense of their world.