Starfish Therapies

A pediatric therapy company operating in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. We provide physical, occupational, speech and aquatic therapy services in the most beneficial and convenient setting for you and your child, including our clinic, currently located in Burlingame, your home, school or daycare.

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Holiday and Winter Games

November 30, 2020 by Stacy Menz

The holiday season is upon us! This is a time of year to enjoy time spent with with loved ones. We know that this year in particular may bring more time spent at home and less time spent out and about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Holiday Theme Tagged With: balance, coordination, core, exercise, fine motor development, games, gross motor development, holiday, kids, motivation, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, occupational therapy, outside, peer play, physical therapy, play, playing, sitting, Starfish Therapies, strengthening, visual motor

Early Kicking Skills

August 29, 2020 by Stacy Menz

How do you work on kicking the ball with your little one? Well just like with throwing and catching, it's often just about turn taking early on. Or, having a ball on the ground that they just walk … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: balance, ball skills, coordination, developmental delay, education, games, gross motor development, kids, moms, motivation, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, peer play, physical therapy, play, playing, Starfish Therapies, visual motor, walking

Advanced Spots (for balance and precision)

January 9, 2019 by Stacy Menz

As I wrote the last blog post, we also turned it into an insta-story (check out our instagram account) and while doing that I had ideas for ways to progress the activities we were talking about. Here … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: balance, coordination, exercise, games, gross motor development, kids, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, Starfish Therapies, strengthening, visual motor

Using Spots for Balance (and so much more…)

January 7, 2019 by Stacy Menz

We recently had a child come in who needed a lot of work on balance (static and dynamic). In addition to the balance deficits, the following areas were also challenging: body awareness, weight … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: balance, coordination, exercise, gross motor development, kids, motor planning, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, Starfish Therapies, visual motor

Halloween Spider Web

October 21, 2018 by Stacy Menz

In the spirit of Halloween we decided to revisit one of our previous activities that we have written about before. We laid down a tape spider web using floor tape and we are leaving it out all month! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Developmental Milestones Tagged With: balance, coordination, exercise, games, gross motor development, imagination, kids, Motor Smart Kids, physical therapy, play, Starfish Therapies, visual motor

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I could see the progress being made in my son’s communication...
I could see the progress being made in my son’s communication and overall disposition. Not only were the classes fun, but he also became a lot less frustrated when trying to communicate with others.”

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Locations

  BURLINGAME / MAIN CLINIC
  1541 Old Bayshore Highway
  Burlingame, CA 94010


  SAN FRANCISCO
  (located in KidSpace)
  3401 Mission St.
  San Francisco, CA 94110


  PALO ALTO
  (located in Agile Physical Therapy)
  3825 El Camino Real
  Palo Alto, CA 94306


HALF MOON BAY
  (located at Sensitive Solutions)
  30 Avenue Portola, Suite 200 C & D
  Half Moon Bay, CA 94018

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