Walking is often the skill that it most anticipated by parents. A child’s first steps open a new world of opportunity for exploration and play. But..now that your kiddo is walking on their own – what skills come next?! It’s important that new walkers are provided opportunities to progress their walking skills. Once your child […]
5 Tips for Getting into Sitting
We have been getting a lot of questions about how to help a baby get into sitting. Here are some tips! Most of these are used with babies that are independently sitting already or are pretty close to independently sitting. That doesn’t mean you can’t play around with it sooner but know that it will […]
Top Posts of 2019
Wow, how has a year gone by so fast? I know we started the year off strong and then partway through dropped the ball for a while, but we’ve been back since October and we are excited for more new content in 2020! As always, we want to publish what you all are interested in. […]
Grading Muscle Control
What I am going to talk about can be related to any age, especially for learning new skills. The video I have is with a baby and talks about head control and balance. Muscle grading is when we learn how to turn our muscles on and off at the right time and with the right […]
Let’s Talk About Head Control
Head control is so important for every day life. By increasing head control even just slightly for a child or adult it can mean opened opportunities for communication and mobility. It allows increased choices for communication devices and it can allow for the uses of switches that can control wheelchairs or other mobility options. […]
Teaching Ball Dribbling
A while ago we did a post on how to progress dribbling a playground size ball starting with two hands and working down to one hand while walking. Here is a video also explaining the process also: Another way we have worked on dribbling a ball is for kids that have a hard time understanding […]
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 is great for helping them to get into sitting from their back. Using the combination of the ball rolling, gravity, and my hands, they start to learn what the movement feels like for this transition […]
How to Practice Bike Riding Without a Bike
We have definitely been in a rainy season recently, and we are not complaining about this, especially with all the snow that has been falling in the mountains! That being said, the rain makes it difficult to practice skills like bike riding, that are easier to do outside. So, we decided to get creative. Bike […]
Maintaining Supination for Underhand Activities
I know we recently talked about practicing underhand throwing, and as a result, as we were working on the skill with one of our kids recently, we realized that they knew what they were supposed to do but they weren’t able to maintain their arm in a supinated (palm up) position as they went into […]
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