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!
My Favorite Cross Disciplinary Toy
My favorite shape sorter by far is the Parents brand animal sound shape sorter. This link currently says out of stock but I have seen it come and go and it tends to be really popular so they usually … [Read more...]
Developing Sitting Balance
As kids begin to sit up they need to figure out how to maintain their balance. As you can see in the video it doesn't just happen, there is lots of 'figuring it out' involved! With the invention of … [Read more...]
Marble Play (with your toes)
I have frequently used picking up marbles with your toes as a tool to strengthen a kiddo's intrinsic foot muscles to help with their arches however, when I was using this activity with … [Read more...]
Balance Beam Ideas
I think balance beams are a lot of fun and really useful. You can use store bought ones (like we have) or you can use ledges and curbs out and about in your neighborhood or community or you can … [Read more...]
Stomp Rocket – Oh the Possibilities!
The stomp rocket is one of my favorite toys to use in therapy. Initially we started using it to encourage standing on one leg, but over the years we have come up with a plethora of ways to create … [Read more...]
DIY Lycra Swing
We have a lycra swing at our clinic and we love it! We are lucky enough to have a structure that we can hang our swing on so we can change the configuration depending on the needs of the … [Read more...]
Bringing Therapy Home
This is a short post to reference another article I had written that I wanted to make sure I shared here as well. PediaStaff recently featured an article that I wrote about implementing PT at home … [Read more...]
Foot in Mouth – Sometimes its a Good Thing!
As babies develop they will often engage in hand and foot play, even bringing their feet to their mouth. This may seem odd to parents but it actually serves a purpose and has several benefits for … [Read more...]
Balloon in the Air
In our group this week we decided to challenge the kids a bit and add in hitting a balloon back and forth to each other. We even felt a little ambitious and had a second balloon ready to go just … [Read more...]
What Does Low Tone Mean?
Muscle tone is the resting state of your muscles. When a child has low muscle tone it means that they need to put a lot more energy into getting their muscles to turn on to do what they want them to … [Read more...]
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