We create it.
Set it up.
Guide the play.
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THERAPY CENTER VISITS (ABA, OT, SPEECH)
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Play Labs offers hands-on "messy" or "sensory" play with a focus on ages from 4 months- 5 years.
Child and young adult options for for those with extra support needs including autism.
We bring all of the fun, set up play, provide play teacher supervision and support during play, clean it up and take it away when it’s over. Indoor and outdoor options.
Play that is thoughtfully created, irresistibly fun, naturally engaging and full of Play Labs' unique messy materials. Each play session is designed to naturally support each developmental level and ability using the skills a child already has and promoting new ones in a relaxed environment. Colorful spills turn into curiosity inspiring experiments.
Messes are a child’s practice tries, their learning by doing and their curiosity about the world.
Offerings: Currently we offer weekly classes in 6-8 week sessions locally in MA
Community Play Days
Birthday Parties 1-5 years
Holiday and seasonal celebrations Messy Oat Farms for fall
Recurring in-school enrichment programs and in-school one time classroom fun visits.
Therapeutic Options: We provide in-center visits for centers providing support for children and young adults with autism and extra needs. We’ve recently teamed up with the ABA Centers of America, providing a summer full of visits and programs for individual locations.
Sensory kits for use by therapists or RBT’s for home visits available as well as hand-colored bulk sensory table fillers.
*New* Create a Class: Private Group Play for parents or family groups that would like a class or a session of classes in their town. r
Private Group Events: An event just for your group with easy booking options like one time direct event payment or individual registration and payment per family through our website.
More about play:
Infant Ages: Messy materials for infants are all edible, mouthing safe and baby friendly, created fresh and not reused. We love our Mashed Potato Finger Painting and Piggy Rescue in Yogurt Mud.
Toddler & Pre-K- K: Ages 2-5 years explore both edible and non-toxic materials. We love our Scented Confetti Soap Foam & Fizzy Potions, simple science experiments and multi-step activities we add to, change and grow.
Benefits of Messy Play: Messy play is important play, but parents don't have to do it at home. Sensory play helps children grow in so many ways, especially in the first few years- promoting language acquisition, motor skills, problem-solving, improved mealtimes and helps a child build resilience & confidence in their own abilities- even ones they are still practicing (with messy results.)
Brain Boost: A little one's brain is so active during sensory play, research described it as lighting up like fireworks. It's not just how active the brain is, it's also that the parts activated are the ones responsible for language, emotion, thought and movement. When stimulated at the same time, connections are formed between them allowing them to move onto more complex tasks. Messy sensory play is a boost to this brain building process by providing extra opportunities to form new connections.
Skill building, brain boosting and irresistibly fun messy play with unique Play Labs messy materias brought right to your location and customized for your space and needs.
Beyond average exploration.
This is our specialty and we ensure play is irresistibly fun, memorable and packed with colorful, exciting messy materials we make- created specifically for you.
Sensory Lab Play Stations are set-up in your space with curiosity inspiring themes, unique sensory tools, bins, toys, animals and more.
Guided play.
An experienced Play Leaded is there to facilitate the fun and expand the exploration throughout.
Maximum fun. Maximum impact.
Each activity and play session is designed to be developmentally meaningful, with input from educators. Each includes core elements from research-backed insight into what makes sensory play most effective.
Cleanup.
We handle all the cleanup—on-site and off.
Our splat mats protect your floors, grass & tables and we wipe down anything that misses. We pack up everything we brought and used during play and clean it thoroughly off-site, leaving your space mess-free and stress-free.
Safety.
Play for infant-toddler ages feature edible, baby friendly materials as well as mouthing safe tactile toys.
All other materials used in play are non-toxic.
Messy play activities are genuine brain building experiences.
In the first few years, your child’s brain is busy making connections that come together to create its wiring.” These are “first”connections and they need a lot of them. New sensory experiences are what “sparks” and creates these brain building connections. Sensory play “messy play” provides a giant boost of sensory stimulation to support this process! Learn more about the benefits.
It’s not just about the fun mess making. It’s big fun with a big impact on growth and development.
Sensory play and brain development go hand in hand. In the first years of a baby’s life, the brain is busy building it’s wiring system. The early years are the “prime time” for a young developing brain. This intense period of brain growth and network building capacity happens only once in a lifetime. As caregivers and parents, we have this brief, but unique opportunity to help encourage the formation of brain circuitry in our infants. ”
— BrainWonders. Erikson Institute, and Boston University School of Medicine. Adapted from www.zerotothree.org.