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!
Using Apps in PT
Okay, I'll admit, I have app envy for the OT's and SLP's that have these great apps that they can use for their therapy sessions. I keep checking out all the apps that I see recommended to … [Read more...]
More Great Songs for Therapy
After my last post on fun songs to use in therapy my coworkers suddenly started remembering songs that they frequently use in therapy so I thought I'd share some more ideas. If You're Happy and You … [Read more...]
Autism and Gross Motor Skills
In the most recent issue of Pediatric Physical Therapy there are three articles regarding autism/autism spectrum disorder and gross motor skills. I was actually really excited to see this because I … [Read more...]
Marble Painting – More Than Just a Cool Piece of Art
Ever since I discovered Pinterest I have been bombarding my OT's at work with ideas that look really fun and purposeful. The idea I was the most excited about was the marble painting from Play Based … [Read more...]
Kids Games: More New Twists on Old Favorites
After the completion of our first group class I shared some of our ideas in 'Kids Games: New Twists on Old Favorites'. Well, we've now started another group class with a focus on sports, ball play, … [Read more...]
Rainy Day PT
With the rainy season beginning to hit us I was inspired to pull out my kid persona and go play in the rain (or the puddles)! You'd be amazed at how motivated kids get to go in a puddle. As long as … [Read more...]
Animal Book: Borrowing from OT and Converting to PT!
One of our OT's adapted this animal book into an OT activity for her kids. She took the book and photocopied and laminated each page and then added velcro to them so they would match up. Just … [Read more...]
Relay Race Fun
Relay races or even just relays are really fun ideas that can work on gross and fine motor skills as well as teamwork, cooperation and social skills. All this while the kids are active and playing! … [Read more...]
Core = More Than Just Abs
I tend to be guilty of thinking of abs and core as being synonymous. So I often have to remind myself that there is a lot more to the core than just those abdominal muscles that I'm personally awful … [Read more...]
Motor Tips for Parents – Part 2
This is a continuation of Motor Tips for Parents - Part 1 where I try to summarize the answers to questions and pointers I've given to my friends who have become parents in recent years. Less … [Read more...]
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