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!
Crumpling Paper
Here is another idea one of my OT's had. They had already introduced the benefits of tearing paper but now they wanted to show why crumpling paper was beneficial. Besides making really cute craft … [Read more...]
Callirobics – Another Option for Handwriting
image retrieved from: oepf.org I am so excited to share a guest post for PediaStaff written by Sarah Girard OTR/L, an OT at Starfish Therapies. Please take a moment to check out her post on … [Read more...]
Stacking Cups
Stacking cups can be a great activity for many skills including motivation for gross motor skills! Visual motor skills - you can vary the size of the cups, the color of the cups or even the … [Read more...]
Lycra Tunnel
Our newest toy at work is a lycra tunnel. One of our OT's had been talking about wanting one so I finally was able to buy her some lycra and she was able to make one for us. Of course we all needed … [Read more...]
Putting Myself in Someone Else’s Shoes
image retrieved from: ahaleadership.com So, I am going to be having hip surgery in late July. Not really how I wanted to spend my summer but sometimes (or a lot of the time) life doesn't go according … [Read more...]
A request for your vote of support please
I know I have been MIA for a bit with blogging but I will be back shortly I promise! Life has been hectic here with the end of the school year and changes with the company. I have lots of ideas for … [Read more...]
What are 4 things playing Connect Four can help?
image retrieved from: amazon.com Connect Four is a game that I used to love playing as a kid! However, now that I am working with kids I realize how much more it can be than just a game (while your … [Read more...]
Postural Control
I talked a little bit about anticipatory and reactionary balance in one of my last posts. In addition to balance and the ability for a kiddo to stay upright, there is also postural control. Postural … [Read more...]
Anticipatory or Reactionary Balance
For the sake of this post I am going to combine the idea of balance and postural control. They are not exactly the same thing but they are similar in terms of what I am going to talk about. Most … [Read more...]
Limbo Limbo
Last year at some point I found a limbo game on sale at Target and bought it. It kind of sat around for a while but it recently got brought back out and into the rotation and I'm amazed at all the … [Read more...]
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