Okay, this toy is new to us. One of our therapists had it for her kids and she brought it in for us to use. I’ll admit, it sat in the corner for a while, partially because it needed new batteries. It came out when we were looking for something, besides the various activity tables […]
Bingo Yoga
We love yoga! We talked a little about some of the ways we do yoga with our kids in this post. Warning – it may look different than any yoga practice you’ve done! In addition the benefits for the mind, we love the way yoga impacts the body. We utilize it to help kids work […]
Park Time Fun!
Now that the weather is starting to warm up a bit and rainy days are few and far between, this is a great time to head to your neighborhood park and get some fresh air. Parks provide endless opportunities to work on gross motor skills and strengthening! Here are some of our favorites: Monkey bars […]
Is Toe Walking Typical?
When your young child is just learning to stand or walk, you may see them occasionally go up on their tip-toes for a brief moment, then relax back down. This is typical, and is often used to allow for stability with newly acquired skills. The overall use of this; however, should progressively decrease over time. […]
5 Ways to Make Tummy Time Successful
Sometimes I feel like Tummy Time has become the 4 letter word of parenting (similar to how I feel about w-sitting). Not only that, I feel like my friends who are new mom’s think I am the tummy time police! As soon as I see them they let me know how often they have been […]
All or Nothing
One of my favorite things to do is watch babies and kids explore movement. Often when a child is first learning a new skill, or they are building up their strength and endurance you might see them using what I describe as an ‘all or nothing response.’ For example, when a child is working on […]
Favorite Toys: Bean Bags (to work on dorsiflexion/foot clearance)
Bean bags are great. We use them in all sorts of ways. I’ll quickly list a few below and then I’ll talk about what is happening in these pictures above. (Clearly we might need to have a few posts on bean bags!) A few of the things we have used bean bags to work on: […]
What is Core Strength?
Why are pediatric PTs always talking about core strength and what does that term that is thrown around so frequently even mean? And is core strength the same as trunk strength and is that the same as core stability? Hopefully, this brief overview will help to clear the air! Core: When we think of the […]
Weight Shifting and Trunk Elongation
We have been working on walking with some kids that are working on improving their weight shifting and all the mechanics that go with that. Many of them have hip weakness which we are addressing but we are also looking at other areas to address as well. With the hip weakness you can often see […]