News from The RADish Ranch

December 7, 2022

89th Edition

Hello Karen,


We all know how hard Christmastime is for our kids and families, so we've put together a Connection Advent Calendar to help you continue bonding with your child during the stressful holiday season.


We've started the count down on December 12th to give you time to prepare - we know how busy life is being a therapeutic parent!


Merry Christmas and enjoy!

Karen Poitras
President & Founder of The RADish Ranch
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Each of these short activities use techniques based on Theraplay to help you connect with your child using fun and silliness, positive touch, and sensory activities.


Each activity should be about 5 - 15 minutes in length, allowing time to make a connection with your child and fit into your busy holiday schedule.

Connection Advent Calendar

12th

Snowball Fight


Bundle up and get outside or play indoors with cotton balls or newspaper balls.

19th

Christmas Jokes


Tell each other the best Christmas jokes you have ever heard.

13th

Reindeer Practice


Practice your reindeer galloping around the room, put Rudolph noses on first using lotion (noses will glow in reaction to the cold lotion!)

20th

Positive Touch


Build a family hand stack Christmas tree – how high can you go?

14th

Christmas Wrapping


Wrap your child up like a Christmas present (with a blanket or sheet) and have fun unwrapping them.

21st

Santa's Sleigh


Be Santa and his sleigh – someone is Rudolph and is on their hands and knees, someone is Santa, takes the back legs of Rudolph and wheelbarrow around the room.

15th

Simon Says


Do a Christmas themed Simon Says activity, using "Mom says" or "Dad says".

22nd

Santa Beards


Create a Santa’s beard on each other using washing up liquid foam or foamy soap.

16th

Carols


Sing “We wish you a Merry Christmas” to each other sitting face-to-face and using positive touch.

23rd

Spot the Difference


Do a Christmas themed ‘spot the difference’ i.e. both look away, add some Christmas decoration to yourself when you turn back to each other spot what has changed.

17th

Christmas Art


Make a set of family reindeer prints by drawing round a foot for the reindeer face and around the hands for the antlers.

24th

Carols


Sing Jingle Bells to each other sitting face-to-face and using positive touch.

18th

Positive Touch


Give each other a hand massage with lotion.

25th

Christmas Snuggle Time


Wrap up in a cozy Christmas blanket and use Christmas treats or cookies as your snuggle time treat.

Respite Care for Christmas? YES!

If you have someone offer to give you respite care for Christmas, have them check out our Video Respite Training Course so they can provide therapeutic, beneficial care for your family!

P.S. Need some more ideas to survive Christmas this year? Check out some of our previous Christmas newsletters:


Sign up for our next parenting course to help deal with the holiday fall out and back-to-school chaos!

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