Simply Senseable

13/02/2026

Thank you Brenda Cleaver Schmid and your super-team for everything you do for the children, walking so many extra miles with so much love. May this be a very successful and productive year of growth for everyone at Whispers Speech and Hearing Centre . Thank you that we may share a piece of your story.

29/01/2026

With the new school year kicking off with such a bang, remember to still build in quiet moments to regulate in between. So many new things to deal with. All the best to the parents as well for this term.

15/11/2025

Thank you Eleanor Lucas for the privilege to be part of your annual gr R graduation ceremony at Montessori Eersterust . It is always a highlight to see how much the children have grown, and are now ready to spread their wings. You give them such a solid foundation for their future. It is always great to see you as well Zandre Van Zyl . It was special to share the morning with you all.

13/11/2025

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Separation of the sides of the hand is an essential fine motor skill for practically all functional tasks. This graphic has activity ideas to support each side of the hand.

🟣The purple side is the precision side, or dexterity side. Refined use of the fingers and joints on this side of the hand supports motor control needed for tasks like manipulating small objects with the thumb and finger, pinching a pencil, etc.

🔴The red side of the graphic is the power side of the support side of the hand. This is the strength and stability side which is needed to create the arch of the palm when completing precision tasks.

Here is an article for a better explanation and more ways to support separation of the sides of the hand: https://www.theottoolbox.com/separation-of-sides-of-hand-activity/

30/07/2025

Drawing of a person "Minecraft Style". Never a dull moment😁

29/07/2025

Sometimes pirates also need ear phones

22/07/2025

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From This Special Life

22/07/2025

Have a crackling great new term!

03/07/2025

What I love the most about child-directed therapy, is the brilliant ideas the children come up with!

23/04/2025

Little girl "still 5 years old", exclaimed, "YES! I've got my game ON!"

10/04/2025

Love this. The sensory system is the birthplace of the emotional system. Worth a read: https://www.facebook.com/share/167kKbLy6u/

“The sensory system is the birthplace of the emotional system.”

This beautiful and resonant quote—recently shared by Dr. Mona Delahooke and echoing the insights of neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett—rings deeply true in both neuroscience and occupational therapy.

But as we read it, we couldn’t help but think of another woman whose originalwork laid the foundation for this understanding decades ago: Dr. A. Jean Ayres, occupational therapist and neuroscientist.

Ayres was the first to map out the profound connections between sensory input, emotional regulation, and participation in daily life — long before brain scans could prove her theories right. At times her work so original and without modern imaging rejected by many.
Her pioneering work in sensory integration gave us the language, tools, and frameworks to support people who “feel too much” or “not enough.”

So when a person is overwhelmed by sound, avoids touch, or can’t sit still… we feel with them—and we refer to specialists trained to decode this sensory-emotional dance. Most often, that’s an occupational therapist using Ayres’ legacy to help families make sense of it all.

We stand on her shoulders. Let’s keep her name in the conversation.