Body Bridges: Core Strength Exercise for Kids!
Explore how to make your body into a “bridge” with this fun core strength exercise for kids. If you like this, you’ll love our Core Strengthening Handbook! With 40 pages and more than 50 fun core strengthening exercises for kids, it’s the perfect resource for helping little ones keep those core muscles strong! One of my favorite things about being a pediatric therapist is when kids come up with their own unique variations on therapy activities. Without even meaning [Continue Reading]
How to Strengthen Core Muscles Through Play at Home
Wondering how you can help kids strengthen their core muscles through fun and playful activities at home? Check out these fun ideas! Core strengthening exercises for kids continues to be among the top search terms people use to find their way to The Inspired Treehouse. And…we are SO glad! We have written about why core strengthening is so important for kids, we’ve featured great toys and games that promote core strength, and we’ve even showed off a quick tip [Continue Reading]
SPRING ACTIVITIES: GROSS MOTOR FUN WITH FLOWERS
The arrival of spring has inspired a flurry of new spring activities here at The Inspired Treehouse! This post contains affiliate links. Read more. For this flower-themed gross motor game, we scoured our bathrooms for empty toilet paper rolls, gathered up pretty tape, found some colorful flowers and got to work! What You’ll Need: -Empty toilet paper rolls –Decorative tape -Colorful fake flowers (you could try it with real flowers too!) –Duct tape or heavier tape that will stay on [Continue Reading]
10 Creative Obstacle Course Ideas for Kids
These fun obstacle course ideas are the perfect way to promote developmental skills while keeping kids engaged and interested! You’re getting ready to set up an obstacle course for your kids at home, in your therapy room, or in the gym. You haul out the cones, slide the balance beam into place, stretch out your tunnel and then one of kids chimes in, “This again? We always do the same obstacle course.” And just like that, all of your hopes [Continue Reading]
Circus Theme: 10 Awesome Activities for Kids
Planning a classroom unit, therapy session, or birthday party with a circus theme? These ideas are the perfect additions! There are so many phenomenal child development skills that can be practiced through playful activities! And at our non-profit organization, The Treehouse, that is exactly what we do. We take fabulous, playful ideas from all over the web and pull them together to create a theme based playgroup that address fine and gross motor skills, sensory integration and even academic skills! [Continue Reading]
The Best Balance Bike is One You Already Own!
What if we told you that the best balance bike is one you already have in your garage? Learn more! The weather is about to break here in the northeastern United States and the first thing my kids want to do when the weather warms up is pull their bikes out of the garage. As soon as summer hits, they will hop on them early in the morning and be out and about in the neighborhood most of the day. [Continue Reading]
Circle Time Ideas for Kids Who Can’t Sit Still
These circle time ideas are the perfect way to provide support for wiggly, fidgety kids who can’t sit still. Circle time. It’s the event that marks the start of the day for preschoolers and kindergarteners. The time when they all congregate to one area of the classroom to sit on the carpet and talk about the weather, the alphabet, and the calendar. It can also be a time of anxiety for a lot of teachers. After all, it isn’t easy [Continue Reading]
Kids Cross Country Ski Activity
This indoor kids cross country ski activity is the perfect way to get kids interested in the winter games! The other day, I was on the phone and as I was talking, I noticed that my 5-year-old was up to something. He was making lots of trips to and from the garage and digging through my bin of yoga mats and exercise stuff. A few minutes later, he was standing on the living room rug, buckled into his cross country [Continue Reading]