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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 kids (10):
Teaching Ball Dribbling
A while ago we did a post on how to progress dribbling a playground size ball starting with two...
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 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...
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...
Ball Throws For Core Strength
One of our therapists recently used a ball activity to work on core strength. To make it even more...
Crab Walking
I love when I walk around the clinic and see some of the creative ideas the therapists come up...
Progressing to Independent Walking
We seem to have a bunch of little ones right now that are working on taking independent steps....