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!
Questions about Oral Motor Input and their Answers
Here is an article written by one of our OT's that I thought would be great to share! Why is my child always putting things in his or her mouth? When a child puts something in his mouth, he or she … [Read more...]
The Way Your Feet Hit the Ground…
Here is an article one of our PT's wrote that I wanted to pass on. The way a child's feet contact the ground can affect how they stand, walk, and play. Many questions arise when a new walker … [Read more...]
Tactile Letters
One of our recent projects at work was to make tactile letters. Our therapists used various tactile surfaces such as duct tape, felt, cardboard, bumpy paper, glitter paper, denim and any … [Read more...]
Riding a Scooter
Besides being a fun way to be active and outside, riding a scooter is a great way for kids to work on a variety of other skills as well. Sometimes its just to help the child become more … [Read more...]
Using the Ball vs the Platform Swing for Balance Reactions
As a therapist, we use the therapy ball a lot with our kids. It helps them to work on balance reactions and postural control as well as provides vestibular input in a variety of directions. The … [Read more...]
Using the Penguin Shuffle to Teach Turn Taking
So, Penguin Shuffle is a board game by Milton Bradley from 1995 that is no longer in production. Our therapist loved it so much she bought it off of ebay and wants to start a campaign to get Milton … [Read more...]
Organizing Crafts for Use in OT
So I just wanted to take a moment to brag and show off the project our most recent OT student did. She created a binder of crafts that can be used in OT sessions with instructions and a … [Read more...]
Red Rover the Toy!
One of our therapists has this toy which is great. I had never seen it before but its a Red Rover Game. He comes with a back pack full of plastic bones that are decorated with a number, color, … [Read more...]
Should We Wrap Kids in Bubble Wrap?
I recently read an article on Huffington Post about a new statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) stating that kids should not jump on trampoline's because its not safe. Now I am sure … [Read more...]
Taking the visual out of handwriting practice
I love having students in our practice. Not only do they challenge us as therapists to be deliberate and think about why we do what we do, but they also bring an influx of ideas in and add to our … [Read more...]
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