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!
Maximizing How Kids Learn Movement
While at the AOTA conference I sat in on a great talk on CIMT (constraint induced movement therapy). While the talk was great, what I loved is that they talked about it in terms of motor … [Read more...]
Suction Cup Balls
Suction cup balls are one of our favorite toys to play with. We can usually find them in the party favor section at Target but they also sell them on Amazon. We use them to work on many skills such … [Read more...]
The Effects of Environment on Movement
Environment can play a large role in movement. If you want kids to move in a certain way, one of the things you can do is set up the environment so that movement is encouraged. Here are some … [Read more...]
Bilibo Chair – Developing Head Control
(didn't have photo rights on the kiddo so a doll will have to do) I must say I have to give credit to this idea to a parent. I was working on head control with a kiddo and in order to isolate … [Read more...]
Transitioning into Sitting from the Belly
When kids are learning to sit up one of the ways they do it is to go from their belly into sitting. Just like other new movements, sometimes they need to be shown how to do the movement. Once the … [Read more...]
Bubble Fun
Bubbles are a ton of fun and can be very beneficial for development. Some of the ways that playing with bubbles can be beneficial are: Hand-Eye Coordination: When a kiddo tries to pop a bubble … [Read more...]
‘Melting’ Drawing/Letters
(this activity was melt the monster) Here's something that is really simple that the kids get a kick out of and can spice up drawing, handwriting, coloring, etc. We have them 'melt' their letters … [Read more...]
What I Love About Our Movement Group!
We are in the middle of our 3rd 6 week session for the movement group we have been doing called Motor Smart Kids! Groups are not something we do a lot of in our practice but we started it mainly … [Read more...]
FitQuest Lite – An App for Reaction Time Practice
Your Therapy Source told me about the Free app FitQuest Lite by JogHop and I downloaded it and then tried to figure out when I would use it. It actually worked great for 2 kiddos that I work with … [Read more...]
Pre-Crawling: Problem Solving and the Desire to Move
This post probably should have come before last weeks post about pivoting and reversing but they are still all part of the same idea for kiddos who are learning how to figure out a new movement such … [Read more...]
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