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!
Using a Mobility Harness
When we were at our conference recently we purchased a small harness from Wingman Multi-Sport that looked like it had a lot of potential for use at work. Well its only been two weeks and so far our … [Read more...]
Walking – Starting at the Beginning
So I mentioned in an earlier post that we sat in on a talk on gait deviations by the Hospital for Special Surgery at our physical therapy conference this past January. There was a lot of interesting … [Read more...]
‘Peter Pan’ Scavenger Hunt
Okay, so the title may be confusing but this is what our therapist and her kiddo called it. I loved the idea. They took these awesome carpet squares that we had found at ScrapSF and spread them out … [Read more...]
Marbles and Water
I was perusing Facebook the other day and I saw my friend post that she put some marbles in her son's bath and it resulted in hours (ok maybe an exaggeration but probably lots) of fun. I loved it as … [Read more...]
Functional Carryover
I know I've been missing in action recently and I have no excuse other than life and work got a little hectic. I'm hoping it settles down a bit because of course when I have no time to write I have … [Read more...]
Book Review – Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
image retrieved from https://sharondraper.blogspot.com/2010/02/out-of-my-mind-my-newest-novel-great.html Ok, I know I just did my first book review but this is another one I felt compelled to chat … [Read more...]
Transitions
Transitions can be hard for everyone involved. However, its also a good skill to practice so that it can slowly become easier. We have been trying over the last several months to try to reschedule … [Read more...]
What does High Tone mean?
I wrote a post a while back describing low tone so I thought I would try to do the same with high tone. Tone is the resting state of your muscles. When someone has high tone it means that their … [Read more...]
Play This, Not That
I am so excited to have Dana from Embrace Your Chaos guest posting here today! She is a mom and an occupational therapist and has some amazing ideas and great things to share so make sure you check … [Read more...]
More Please – Repetition for Skill Mastery
When kids begin to learn new skills repetition is key. This is how they learn what works and what doesn't work and what they need to fine tune until they have mastered the key. For some kids … [Read more...]
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