The Starfish Blog

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...

Toy Selection for Young Kids

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

Ball Throws For Core Strength

One of our therapists recently used a ball activity to work on core strength. To make it even more...

Using a Therapy Ball for Torticollis

We have talked a lot about torticollis recently thanks to the new guidelines that were recently...

Crab Walking

I love when I walk around the clinic and see some of the creative ideas the therapists come up...