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!
Cutting Straws
This post was written by Sarah Girard OTR/L Cutting can be a frustrating task for some of our kids. It requires motor planning, fine motor strength, bilateral hand use, and visual motor skills. I've … [Read more...]
Weight Shifting for Kids with Coordination Challenges
We love using the Wii with our kids. Its a novel way for them to work on specific skills such as weight shifting. While using it we have noticed that several of our kids who have developmental … [Read more...]
Recipe for Playing Outside
I had the fun the other day of spending the day with a friend from high school and her children. We spent the day outside and the kids played the entire time without prompting from us and didn't want … [Read more...]
Gingerbread for Fine Motor Development
Since its the holiday season, and my nephew was over visiting again, we decided to make gingerbread men. Luckily the dough was already made (downside is we didn't get to work on the skills/benefits … [Read more...]
Lego Fun and Pretend Play
(This was not the original set-up I wasn't proactive enough to photo that so I had to pull out some of the toys and arrange them on the carpet) I was reading this blog post by 'Dirt and Boogers' and … [Read more...]
A Day of Thanks
(I know my post is about being thankful but I think hope is part of that and I really liked this picture!) For Thanksgiving I wanted to take a moment and acknowledge everything I am thankful … [Read more...]
Cookie Dough
It's the holiday time and cookie exchanges are upon us so consider this for an activity when looking for something fun to do with your kiddo in the next few weeks! Making cookies is not only fun but … [Read more...]
The many uses for a T-ball T
We are lucky enough to have an adjustable T-ball T. It has one of those bendy stands so you can actually configure it any which way you want to. While we do use it for T-ball we also have … [Read more...]
More Gift Ideas for the Holidays
Here are some other toys I have written about in the past that may be great gifts for the holidays. We try to give you lots of options for using each toy so that you can have ideas on how to maximize … [Read more...]
Scaterpillar Scramble
I just discovered a new game, thanks to one of our OT's. It's Scaterpillar Scramble by Hasbro. Of course looking at it with a PT mindset, I love it because it has lots of marbles that a kiddo … [Read more...]
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