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Nature-based Occupational Therapy
Forest Play Programs
Traditional Crafting Classes

Located in beautiful Hunterdon County, NJ & Bucks County, PA

Holding time and space for imagination & creativity...
Focusing on natural strengths...
Creating transformative play and maker experiences!

Craefting:
Confidence, cReativity, Connection

The Business

PLAY IS A CHILD'S WORK...
...CRAEFT IS A CHILD'S CALLING

Children are Makers, Naturally

A stick and a string become a fishing pole

A pile of rocks in a creek bed becomes a sculpture

Image by Kind and Curious

Natural Strengths

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The Great Outdoors

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The "Just Right Challenge"

Improving Sensory & Motor Skills

Building Confidence

Encouraging Creativity

Getting More Connected

WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND NATURE 

doing, being, becoming, belonging...

...Make the Doing MAtter!

-Wilcock, A. A. (1998)

In EVERY SESSION:

Wood Bridge Walking
child doing a craft
tea party

Making Moves

Nature Exploration & Hikes

Nature offers endless opportunities for sensory experiences & movement challenges.

A great way to meet those sensory needs:

  • Reaching for that branch to use in a weaving project 

  • Scanning the wood-scape for that perfect color to make natural inks and dyes

  • Climbing up that hill to pick the flower for eco-printing (and then rolling down that hill...of course!

Making craefts

Traditional Skills &
Heritage Crafts
for 
21st Century Skills  

What are Traditional Skills  & Heritage Crafts?

Meaningful & Real-Life activities

  • Natural materials

  • Open-ended, creative

  • Flexible process

 

Why Traditional Skills &

Heritage Crafts?

  • Hand-eye coordination,  postural skills, motor planning

  • Problem-solving, planningorganizing, competence-building, flexible thinking,  & creativity

  • The Maker Mindset 

Making Tea

Tea Time

A traditional social experience & natural opportunity for:

  • Social skills, emotional regulation & executive skills needed for school and home

  • Sharing, turn-taking, pacing, and cooperation, & effective communication

  • Explore the timeless tradition of tea rituals present across cultures

 

The teas offered are herbal,

caffeine-free, and organic

Spring water is always offered

as an alternative

OUR  SPECIALIZED  APPROACH  IS  INSPIRED  BY:

"the hand is

the instrument

of intelligence"

Traditional Occupational Therapy Perspectives
Current Evidence-Based Practice
Sloyd and The Froebel Kindergarten
Charlotte Mason, Montessori, Waldorf
The Arts & Crafts Movement
The Maker Movement

...Maria Montessori

"when making crafts,

people progress through

a cycle of emotions from

uncertainty to satisfaction,

pride, and a sense of efficacy

by the end."

...Emma Harris, BHScOT (Hons)

"Play gives children the chance to practice what they are learning"

...Mr. Rogers

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So...why Nature?  
  • limitless sensory experiences
  • ​encourages curiosity
  • stimulates social interaction 
  • ​offers the "just right challenge"
  • ​builds resilience
  • supports critical thinking
The great outdoors is the ultimate co-facilitator for creativity, play, and development.
Balancing

Occupational Therapy

Nature-based OT services are designed to address sensory, motor, & attention differences

We offer OT services for  children ages 5-14 years old. 

Individual OT services

​Weekly Small Group OT

​WildcraeftWorks

Virtual Makerspace

​...Coming Soon

Consultation Services

Learn how to bring Therapeutic Craefting

to your therapy or school program

Image by Alexandr Podvalny

Forest Play Programs

Our outdoor Forest Play programs consider child-directed Play as an essential and meaningful experience of childhood.

 

We offer Forest Play programs for  children ages 3-12 years old.

 

TimberNook

WildcraeftWorks is a certified provider offering:

  • Week-long summer camps

  • Weekly TimberNook Days

  • "School's Out" Mini Camps

Mud Kitchen

Natural Dye Kitchen & Craeftery

Alpacas, Angoras, and Agri-fun ...Coming Soon

Weaving Kit

Traditional Craeft Classes

Classes are suitable for all ages & skill levels, and are held in the beautiful outdoors 

All materials are provided,

including tea (if desired)

Wet Felting & Needle Felting

Visible Mending, Sashiko, Speedweve

T-shirt Yarn Crochet

Denim Yarn Rag Rugs

Upcycling Wool Sweaters

And, etc....

Image by Robert Collins

Want  to  Learn  more?

Schedule  a  free  Discovery  call

15 min free

“Man, through the use of his hands,

as they are energized by mind and will,

can influence the state of his own health.”

ABOUT

Registered Occupational Therapist

Certified TimberNook Provider

Founder of WildcraeftWorks

Kathleen DeNault-Ridge, OTR/L, Occupational Therapist

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