Tips to Promote Independent Sitting
These tips can be used for babies who are learning a new skill, or for older children who maybe...
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The Starfish Blog
Tips and ideas to help children develop physically and occupationally, making movement enjoyable for parents, caregivers, educators and kids of all ages!
Posts about Developmental Milestones (7):
7 Ways to Carry or Hold Your Baby
Carrying and holding a baby is going to vary based on how their strength is. Check out the video...
Playing in Sidelying
We get a lot of questions about how to help little ones get into and play in sidelying. Hopefully...
Prone Propping and Pushing Up
As your little one starts tolerating tummy time more and more they will use their arms to prop on...
Top Posts of 2019
Wow, how has a year gone by so fast? I know we started the year off strong and then partway...
Righting Reactions
Righting reactions are an important part of balance and postural control and they begin developing...
Grading Muscle Control
What I am going to talk about can be related to any age, especially for learning new skills. The...
Let’s Get Moving – Exercise Ideas and Tips to Get Your Little Moving!
We are so excited to have a guest post from Emily Heisey of @Kinesio_Kids! She is a Pediatric...
What is Muscle Tone?
The term “tone” is widely used and commonly thrown around in the world of PT. Parents are often...
Positional Preferences and Movement Asymmetries
Wow, that is a mouthful of a title… I tried to come up with something a little more fun but my...
10 Tips to Help with Tummy Time
Tummy time. Pediatric PT’s love to talk about this and most new parents have a love hate...