Willow Tree Occupational Therapy, LLC

06/02/2026

🌲 Fields & Forests Registration is Now Open! 🌲

Where practical skills, confidence, and community grow together.

We are excited to launch the first season of Fields & Forests, a new nature-based enrichment program for youth ages 10–14 at Willow Tree!

This summer’s 6-week program will focus on building practical outdoor skills, confidence, responsibility, and teamwork through hands-on experiences in nature. Participants will develop foundational wilderness readiness and bushcraft skills while learning through real-world challenges, shared work, and meaningful connection.

🌿 Experiences may include:
🪵 Shelter building
🔪 Whittling & tool safety
🔥 Fire building
💧 Water filtering & purification
🌱 Plant identification
🥕 Gardening & land stewardship
🪢 Knots
🧭 Compass Skills & Navigation
📖 Nature journaling
🧭 Outdoor preparedness & problem-solving
🤝 Teamwork, leadership, and community-building experiences

While this summer session focuses on outdoor skills and wilderness readiness, Fields & Forests is part of a broader vision to help youth develop confidence, capability, practical life skills, and meaningful community connection through hands-on experiences rooted in nature and everyday life.

📅 Thursdays, July 16 – August 20
🕰️ 9am-2pm
👧🧒 Ages 10–14

Registration is now open!

Click the registration link in our bio or visit our website to learn more.

05/31/2026

☀️ Registration is now OPEN for our Summer Snapshot session of Chickens, Bees & Apple Trees! 🌿🐓🍎

Join us for six weeks of summer fun, nature-based adventures, friendship, creativity, water play, and outdoor exploration for children ages 3–10.

Choose the day that works best for your family:
🌻 Tuesdays
🌻 Wednesdays

Simply scan the QR code on the graphic to register for your preferred day.

We look forward to welcoming both returning friends and new faces for another wonderful summer at Willow Tree! 💛

05/23/2026

We have had quite a bit of interest in the Rooted and Regulated Play Group so we decided to release sign ups earlier than planned in order to get things started! 🌷☀️

If you are interested in signing up, please fill out the form in our bio and we will reach out to you with more information!

05/20/2026

05/19/2026

☀️📸🌿 Summer Snapshot at Willow Tree 🌿📸☀️

Our Summer Snapshot program is a special six-week session of sunshine, connection, play, and community for children ages 3–10.

Each summer, familiar faces return and new friendships begin as children reconnect with old friends while making new ones along the way. There’s something especially meaningful about watching friendships pick right back up year after year. 💛

Our days are filled with the simple joys of childhood:
💦 Water play & summertime fun
🌱 Gardening & nature exploration
🎨 Open-ended creativity & sensory experiences
🌲Forest fun & outdoor adventures
🧺 Picnic lunches, movement, laughter, and play
🤝 Opportunities to build confidence, social skills, and connection in authentic ways

At Willow Tree, we believe childhood should feel magical, connected, and grounded in community.

Because Summer Snapshot is intentionally small and relationship-based, spaces are limited — helping create a warm, welcoming environment where children can truly belong.

We can’t wait for another summer of muddy boots, wet clothes, happy hearts, and unforgettable memories. ☀️🌿

☀️Join us for fun in the sun - click the link in our bio or head to https://www.willowtreeot.com/nature-connection-programs to sign up for our Tuesday or Wednesday offerings this summer! ☀️

05/08/2026

🌲 Exploring Interest in an Outdoor Skills & Bushcraft Enrichment Group this Summer (Ages 10–14) at WTOT!🌲

We’re exploring interest in a new Thursday summer enrichment group at Willow Tree for ages 10–14!

This fully outdoor experience is designed to help older children build confidence, resilience, independence, teamwork, problem-solving skills, and connection through meaningful hands-on experiences in nature.

🌿 Skills may include:
🪵 Shelter building
🔪 Whittling & safe tool use
🔥 Friction fires
💧 Water filtering
🌱 Plant identification
🥕 Gardening
📖 Nature journaling
🧭 Outdoor navigation & problem solving
…and more!

Through real-world outdoor experiences, participants will have opportunities to strengthen planning, persistence, coordination, creativity, communication, self-confidence, and practical life skills in a screen-free environment rooted in curiosity, responsibility, and adventure.

📅 Tentative Dates:
Thursdays, July 16 – August 20

The group will be led by experienced outdoor skills staff alongside Willow Tree leadership in a supportive, community-centered environment.

We are currently gathering interest to help guide summer planning.

👇 If your child may be interested, please complete the interest form below or find the link in our bio:
https://forms.gle/Yk63RTtkCt25UwTY8

05/06/2026

Today we said goodbye to a child and family who have been part of Willow Tree OT almost from the start.

Their next chapter is taking them far from here—not because it’s easy, but because they are following what their child needs most. While we’re so hopeful for what’s ahead, saying goodbye felt like a real loss—for all of us.

This work is often described in terms of goals and progress, but at its core, it’s about connection. It’s about showing up, again and again, through the hard moments and the meaningful ones. It’s about staying, even when the path isn’t easy—and holding space when it feels like others may have stepped away.

We’ve had the privilege of witnessing so much growth over time—and of being a steady place when it was needed most. But what stands out just as much is how this journey shaped all of us.

As a therapist, as a team, and as a community—we grew, too.
Through reflection, through support, through the moments that asked more of us and reminded us why this work matters.

There were hard days. And there were also moments of real, meaningful progress that we will carry with us.

As the sun sets on this chapter here, we’re holding both gratitude for what was and hope for what lies ahead.

To this family—thank you. For your trust, your persistence, and the love behind the decisions you’re making.

And to the families we serve: please know that you are never just a name on a schedule. You matter deeply to us. The time we spend together stays with us long after sessions end. 💛

05/06/2026

We are so excited to introduce the Rooted and Regulated Play Group for ages 0-4! 🍄🪵🌼
If you are interested in hearing more about this new program, please fill out the link in our comments with your contact information and we will be in contact soon with the details regarding signups and cost!