Its always fun to find new apps to use with kids. They like the variety and its nice to challenge and engage them in different ways. Here are a few that our therapists have found recently! We’d love to hear what apps you have been using! Physical Therapy For Kids (By Preferred Mobile Applications LLC) […]
Guided Access on the iPad
I don’t know how many of you let your kids use your iPad and then find that they have navigated to something completely different than the app you set them up with, well it happens to us at work all the time. In fact, they manage to navigate through the iPad in a way I […]
The Power of Kids to Influence Us!
So, I am always amazed at what good enrollers kids are. They do it naturally. Yes, we have our agenda that we want to get through to them however their agenda always manages to sneak in as well. For instance, I use a lot of different motivation techniques, especially for my 5-7 […]
FitQuest Lite – An App for Reaction Time Practice
Your Therapy Source told me about the Free app FitQuest Lite by JogHop and I downloaded it and then tried to figure out when I would use it. It actually worked great for 2 kiddos that I work with that are completely different in terms of presentation. One of the kiddos has Developmental Coordination Disorder […]
StoryKit – Making My Own Gross Motor Adventure Story
I love books. I often use books in therapy as motivation to have kids reach up to turn a page or do something in order for me to read the next page. I even used a book that one of our OT’s had adapted and made it into a gross motor activity. That being said […]
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 see if I can figure out how to modify them for use in PT. So […]
Motor Smart Toys and Tips
Melissa and Doug Pizza Party Play Food Set from Mercantila.com Food Cutting – There are some great toys out there by Melissa and Doug (and probably others) that let kids have a pizza party or a birthday party with pretend food and practice cutting it as well as putting it back together. It involves velcro […]