What’s more perfect in the summer months than jumping into a perfectly cool pool on a hot day?! Swimming is not only a fun and refreshing activity, but it also
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Summer is the perfect time to take a family road trip with the kids! Car trips are a really fun and exciting experience for the whole family, but long hours
As parents, we know that there are some skills that are foundational and so important to our child’s overall growth and development. Gross motor skills are definitely on those skill
When our kids are learning to write, they are practicing a complex set of skills that are all coming together for one purpose. As children learn how to properly write
The Ultimate Play-With-A-Purpose Activity! When it comes to working on motor skills, both fine motor and gross motor, there are so many activities that get some big work done while
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Have you ever gotten to the end of a summer with your kids and family and think – “Where did the summer go?!” “I wish we had done _____!” Between
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Who doesn’t love a good spring cleaning!? As the weather warms and windows open, it’s the best time to clear out the winter dust and grim. It’s also easy to
What could be more of a simple and kid-approved activity than stacking blocks?! This simple kind of play does awesome things for a child’s motor development! From a young age,
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As our babies grow and develop in their early months, it’s easy to wonder about big milestones – rolling over, sitting up unassisted, crawling, etc – and with that wondering
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Something that our occupational therapists work on a lot with our little kiddos is proper pencil grasp – the way they hold and manipulate a pencil, crayon or maker as