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The Therapy Edit

One Thing with Claire Russell on taking the boredom out of play

The Therapy Edit

Anna Mathur

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9915 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of "One Thing' Anna chats with early years expert and founder of playHOORAY, Claire Russell. Claire shares her tips and tricks for how we can find inspiration for new and easy ways to play with our children and how we can make it less of a chore and more fun.

Claire Russell is a Mum, author and founder of playHOORAY. playHOORAY! is all about equipping you with the tools to entertain your young children. You do not need a houseful of expensive toys to get the kids playing. It’s amazing what you can create with the items you already have around the house and eagle eye for ‘play potential’.

You can find out more about playHOORAY and shop Claire's resources here https://playhooray.co.uk

And you can follow Claire on Instagram at @play.hooray

Transcript

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0:00.0

Blanket, check. Cool bag, check.

0:02.0

Map, compass, check.

0:04.0

Wokeetockeys.

0:05.0

Check. Right, let's hit that park.

0:08.0

Take summer seriously.

0:10.0

At Asda, so do we.

0:11.0

With picnic and deli bites, three for just seven pounds. Mix a match across pizza parcels,

0:15.7

Mediterranean inspired deli platter and Gaelic and herb olives.

0:19.4

Umbrella, check.

0:21.5

Asder, that's more like it. Selected stores and lines subject to a Check. Hello and Hello and welcome to the therapy edit with me psych therapists mom of three and author Anna Martha

0:37.0

every Friday I invite one guest to tell me the one thing they would most like to share with mums everywhere.

0:46.3

So join with me as we hear this dose of wisdom.

0:50.3

I hope you enjoy it.

0:52.1

Hello there. I hope you enjoy it.

1:02.0

Hello there, so today is a guest episode of the therapy edit and I have with me, well not with me, on the screen. I wish it was was I wish I was with you Claire the lovely

1:04.2

Claire Russell of Play Horay you are an early year specialist and you are passionate

1:09.9

about equipping parents with the tools just to help us play and interact with our children,

1:14.7

not in a way that kind of is asking us to kind of buy a house full of expensive toys, but actually

1:21.0

just encouraging us to use what we already have. You've got activity cards and play

1:25.9

prompts when we need those kind of just a bit of inspiration and you've got your book, the Play Hurray

1:31.5

handbook. So thank you for everything that you do, Claire,

1:34.1

and how are you today?

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