Our blogs are inspired by our passion for enhancing childhood development and pediatric physical therapy. We write for both parents and professionals and work to provide a mix of education, activity/treatment ideas, and our favorite toys. Because we write for you, we would love to know what topics you are interested in or what questions you have that we can answer!
4 Ball Exercises for Core Strength
We love using the exercise ball! It is so versatile and you can make activities easier or harder by how you move the ball. Below are four exercises you can do to help strengthen the core! Trunk … [Read more...]
Signs of Core Weakness – School Age
We talked before about how you can know if your little one has a weak core. But what if your child is a little older? Maybe pre-school to school age? We are going to list some signs, however it is … [Read more...]
Core Strengthening Activities: 0-12 months
Core strength is so important because it is the building block off of which other function develops. Check out our Core Strength Round-Up to learn all about the core and find some fun activities you … [Read more...]
Signs of Core Weakness (0-18 months)
How do you know if your little one has a weak core? Sometimes it's really obvious but other times it isn't as easy to tell. Not only that but there are multiple components to core strength. Your core … [Read more...]
All About the Core – Round Up
Core strength is so important for little ones all the way to grown ups. Our core is what creates the foundation for all other movement. This is a round-up of all our blog posts related to the core! … [Read more...]
Tips for Kicking
Once your little one understands what kicking is you may want to work on having them kick further and more accurately. Also to be able to pass the ball back and forth. Here are some of the areas to … [Read more...]
Early Kicking Skills
How do you work on kicking the ball with your little one? Well just like with throwing and catching, it's often just about turn taking early on. Or, having a ball on the ground that they just walk … [Read more...]
Teletherapy – A Few Basic Tips
For the therapist's benefit: -Plan out ahead - write down a plan -Have notepad with you during session to be able to track things that you've done/how much time was spent on each task (has really … [Read more...]
More Tips for Ball Skills
Ball play can be hard to get a little one to focus on. Even if they love balls, they may only want to do it on their own time and in their own way. This might even include just putting it in their … [Read more...]
Gross Motor Skills and Sleep
We wanted to take some time to talk about how your little one's sleep may be impacted as they hit their gross motor milestones. I mean let's face it, we don't want anything to impact their sleep, … [Read more...]
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