Category Archives: Bogin Project

Today was our final class for the semester, and we met at Nonotuck with Julie Guazzo to hand over the exercise and activity notebook the students have been working to complete. Each student got a chance to describe a few … Continue reading →

We met at Springfield College today, to receive the presentation from the OT management class (they have been responsible for the new research page on the website).  The presentation was intended to be a “business plan” for the playscape project, … Continue reading →

We met at the Children’s museum today, and got started with the “movement activity book”  project. Each student is choosing five different exercise/ activities; two from the “Growing an In Sync child” book and three of their own ideas. The … Continue reading →

Today’s class began with a presentation on a wonderful research project by Nancy Milch, an Occupational Therapist in the Holyoke Schools, who has also had experience in Nicaragua in recent years. Nancy joined us for our panel discussion back in … Continue reading →

I met after work with the members of the OT management class at Springfield College. They have been working on background research for the Playscape Project,  which will soon begin to emerge on the website. There’s a new page heading … Continue reading →

I met early Wednesday morning with staff from Dean Technical High School,  in Holyoke.  This is Holyoke’s vocational high school, and they have a woodworking program that  could be a wonderful connection for the playscape project. I met Nelson Garcia, … Continue reading →

We were back at the Children’s museum today, where we saw the different designs and decorations used for the ball stomps. I love how each one was totally different,  and the decorations make the ball stomps more inviting with bright … Continue reading →

This was our first real work to put something together that kids will use for play. The ball stomps are a ridiculously simple design; one long board, (we used a good quality 1/2″ baltic birch plywood, 8″ X 28″)  and … Continue reading →

Today we met back at Nonotuck with Julie Guazzo, and presented tentative proposals for  making changes to the “community room”. We are looking to set up both short term and longer term plans.   Julie will share the proposal with … Continue reading →

10/21/11- Holyoke Children’s museum Today was the first opportunity for each student to propose how we could best offer help to the Nonotuck pre-school as they try to modify the large “community room” to encourage more gross motor play.   There … Continue reading →