All right, we are on to part 3 of our therapist recommended toys for this holiday season! For those of you that miss Part 1 and Part 2 I have linked them! So here we go for a few more of our faves and why we like them! Toy Microwave and Food – This is […]
Development of Refined Movement
I recently saw a video a friend posted of her son learning to commando crawl. I immediately asked if I could use the video because I thought it was so great. Luckily she said yes and you can see the video in this post! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxRRkI292vY&w=560&h=315] What I loved about it is that with almost […]
Rubber Bouncy Balls
This idea is so simple I wouldn’t have thought of it except my nephew initiated it and we had a blast. Basically my parents keep a glass jar of rubber bouncy balls for him to play with (note if you have little kids make sure they don’t put them in their mouth). He brought the […]
Core Strengthening with a Tunnel
We love tunnels and our kids love tunnels so we often find ways to incorporate them into therapy. We have standard tunnels with a ‘solid’ form and we have lycra tunnels that provide resistance that the kids have to work against. I thought I would take a moment and share one of the activities that […]
Ideas for Helping Kids Develop Better Posture
Posture is always an interesting topic. As adults we are often trying to improve our posture because we have started discovering that poor posture can cause other problems like pain. These are things we don’t think of when we are younger and don’t always think about for our kids. Posture is something that can and […]
Learning to Commando Crawl
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-bPXyodTOQ&w=560&h=315] In this video I show some ways to help your child learn how to crawl on their belly. I’ve talked about some pre-crawling items in other posts and this would still be considered pre-crawling but now its about pulling it all together. When kids are on their bellies, they need to know that […]
Pre-Crawling: Problem Solving and the Desire to Move
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER5x4Irc3Dw&w=560&h=315] This post probably should have come before last weeks post about pivoting and reversing but they are still all part of the same idea for kiddos who are learning how to figure out a new movement such as commando crawling. You can see in the video that he sees a toy or toys […]
Pre-Crawling: Pivoting and Reversing
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odepcD8i8R4&w=560&h=315] Before kids can learn to crawl they need to work on the components of crawling. In addition to those components many of the kids learn how to commando (or belly) crawl first and in order to learn this they have to work on the same components. Two of the pre crawling activities that […]
Ideas for Weight Bearing – Arms
I usually spend a lot of time thinking about legs and weight bearing and weight shifting because I’m often working with kids on walking or balance or other skills that require them to use their legs. Well sometimes we need to work on weight bearing through their arms as well. This could be to work […]