Teaching Ball Dribbling
A while ago we did a post on how to progress dribbling a playground size ball starting with two...
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The Starfish Blog
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Posts about Developmental Milestones (8):
Progressing Cruising
Cruising – what is it? This older post of ours will talk about it. We may come out with another...
Using the Ball for Rolling
We recently had posts for practicing rolling from back to stomach and from stomach to back. Check...
Using the Ball for Getting into Sitting
I am a big fan of using the therapy ball for helping little ones learn new techniques. I think it...
Walking with a Hula Hoop
We have a lot of little ones who are working on getting independent with walking (or even just...
Teaching Rolling – Stomach to Back
This is one that I find harder to teach little ones. A lot of time it comes about naturally as...
Teaching Rolling – Back to Stomach
Rolling is one of the first forms of independent mobility your child will learn how to do. This is...
Single Leg Stance with a Ball and a Wall
Was walking through the clinic the other day and saw this great idea for working on single leg...
Encouraging Balance Reactions
One of our therapists was recently working on balance reactions with a child and I thought it was...
Encouraging the Non-Dominant Leg
We will often have kids who have a very strong preference for one leg over the other when they are...
Torticollis – Can I Wait and See
We have discussed torticollis a few times over the last several months.
We highlighted the ...