PRE ORDER Connection Cards

Occupational therapist-designed connection activities that help children and their important grown-ups build trust, safety and meaningful relationships through playful, calming and engaging experiences.

Designed for parents, educators, therapists, support workers and carers, Connection Cards make it easy to create moments of connection that fit naturally into everyday life.

Because connection isn't just a feel-good extra.

It's the foundation for learning, regulation, confidence, resilience and wellbeing.

When children feel safe, connected and understood, they are more able to learn, explore, communicate and participate in everyday life. Connection Cards were created to help you intentionally build those moments of connection, one card at a time.

Why Connection Matters

At Regulated and Ready, one of our core beliefs is simple:

Children need to feel connected and safe in their relationships to learn, grow and flourish.

Whether you're a parent, teacher, therapist, educator or support worker, every meaningful interaction has the potential to strengthen trust, build emotional safety and support a child's development.

Connection Cards help create those opportunities through shared experiences that are playful, calming, creative and engaging.

What Makes Connection Cards Different?

Connection Cards are more than activity prompts.

Each card has been intentionally designed using a range of therapeutic approaches to support different developmental stages, interests, communication styles and abilities.

On the front of each card is a simple connection activity that you complete together.

On the back you'll find:

✓ Why It Helps – helping you understand the developmental skills and therapeutic benefits the activity may support.

✓ Try This – alternative ways to adapt, extend or modify the activity to suit the child you're supporting.

The result is a flexible resource that grows with children and can be used across a wide range of ages, abilities and settings.

What's Included?

✓ 33 Connection Activity Cards

✓ Adult Regulation Checklist

✓ Child Regulation Checklist

✓ Companion Guide

Designed for Real Life

Connection Cards are designed to fit naturally into the moments that already exist in your day.

Use them:

• During one-on-one time with a child

• At home after school

• In classrooms and early learning settings

• During therapy sessions

• As part of support work visits

• Before bed

• During transitions

• When reconnecting after a tricky moment

• Anytime you want to strengthen your relationship with a child

Most activities take only a few minutes and require little to no preparation.

Because it's not about finding more time.

It's about making the time you already have more meaningful.

Created for the People Who Support Kids

Whether you're a parent, educator, therapist, support worker, grandparent or caregiver, Connection Cards help you create moments where children feel:

✓ Seen

✓ Heard

✓ Valued

✓ Understood

✓ Connected

And when children feel connected, they're better positioned to learn, grow and flourish.

Because connection isn't the reward for a regulated child. Connection is often what helps children get there.