Elmer the safety elephant is an excellent website to explore a variety of safety activities including but not limited to: bike safety, water safety, stranger danger, internet safety, school bus safety and fire safety. This website includes many different printable...
This week's App of the Week comes from our Physical Therapy team and is a great pairing with the most recent Physical Therapy Blog Post: Physical Therapy: Appropriate Gross Motor Skills. Super Baby is a video center for infant development to reach gross motor skills...
Most parents can’t wait to hear their child’s first words. It is so exciting to finally get a peek into what they are thinking, isn’t it? For parents of late talkers, anxiety can start to build when the words don’t seem to be coming when they should. Creating verbal...
This week's app of the week comes from http://www.kidsyogaverse.com/. This group was the winner of the U.S. SURGEON GENERAL'S HEALTHY APPS CHALLENGE FOR KIDS FITNESS! I have used the apps for my own kids who enjoy learning yoga. Using your iPad or iPhone this app...
One type of skill that is important for both social interaction on the playground and performance in physical education is ball-handling skills. These skills typically include throwing, catching, and kicking. Many physical educators consider ball-handling skills to be...
This week's app of the week is recommended from our Speech Therapy Team - The app is called: My PlayHome. My PlayHome is an interactive dollhouse where your child can 'use' everything in the PlayHome. They are able to interactively 'pour' the cereal and milk, 'blow'...
This week’s app is recommended from our Physical Therapy Team — The app is called: “Pre-K Tot Yoga HD" by Holt Smith LTD Yoga HD is a fabulous tool to help teach kids self-regulation through yoga poses and breathing techniques. The poses are sweetly demonstrated using...
W-sitting seems harmless but this position does more harm than good for children. For many children, this position gives them a feeling of being planted or stable while playing with toys in front of them. However, the position keeps the child from rotating their trunk...
Need some ideas on how to spice up articulation practice at home? Articulation practice at home is very important, but many parents tell us they struggle with getting their child to practice the words that they are working on in speech therapy. One of the things we...
I often have parents and caregivers ask me about recommendations for games that they can purchase and play at home in order to help facilitate speech and language skills, piggybacking on speech therapy goals. Below are just a few examples of games that are able to be...