Category Archives: Bogin Project

3/9/12- lecture at Springfield College

I spoke to the pediatrics class in the OT program this morning, which has become an annual ritual, and an opportunity to get a class of 35 OT students to think and  play like they are 4 years old!! I … Continue reading

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3/6/12- Children’s House

We are a small group this week; several students are working on their own, so today there was just myself, Kristin and Barbara at Children’s House. It’s harder to keep a sense of the group when we are not meeting … Continue reading

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2/28/12- Holyoke Preschool

We met today at the Holyoke preschool and talked about what everyone is working on this semester. The class is more split up, and we don’t have the full group in one place for each class. This makes it more challenging to … Continue reading

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2/21/12- Children’s House

Today we met at Children’s House and spent time discussing how each student was getting started and working on different aspects of the project. I realize that it’s time for the students to have more of an active role on … Continue reading

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2/14/12- back in Holyoke

We split the morning again between Children’s House and the Holyoke preschool. This is an opportunity for students to observe some of the pre-schoolers several weeks in a row; my hope is that we can start to see how some … Continue reading

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2/7/12- first visit to the Holyoke Preschool

Today we met at Children’s House and tried to have a short class meeting, then went right into small groups with the pre-schoolers. I’m hoping that students will get to know some of the kids here, and be able to … Continue reading

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1/31/12- second semester begins

We met this morning at Children’s House in Holyoke; the class has added a new student, so now there are a total of six “collaborators” (from Smith and Springfield College) as we move forward. My goal for this semester is … Continue reading

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January 21st- a gift to the project

I want to announce that a gift of $410.has been presented to the project. This gift represents the last accounting of the estate of my late brother Mac Murphy, (1950-2009). Mac was a generous soul, and rich in many ways … Continue reading

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January 20th- staff meeting at Nonotuck

I spoke at the monthly Nonotuck staff meeting today, and was looking for feedback on how the ball stomps are doing, and for a response to the exercise books we left last month. I also wanted to spend some time … Continue reading

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12/31- kids at play with ball stomps

Finally we can share video of kids playing with a ball stomp. http://youtu.be/vsOGpFmegIo http://youtu.be/RQgvB98vYGU http://youtu.be/sQnud6ZJJW8 http://youtu.be/7wV4bCfzElM

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