Check out these awesome scarf activities for kids that promote all kinds of motor skills! I love scarf activities for so many reasons! You’ll find tons of fun ways to play with scarves in my book, ABC’s of Active Learning: Multisensory Literacy Activities. Scarf activities are excellent, non-threatening ways to introduce catching skills to children. The scarf moves more slowly than a ball and provides children frequent and easy opportunities to catch it as it falls. Successful manipulation of scarves [Continue Reading]
The ABC’s of Active Learning©
Want to know how you can teach writing without ever having a child pick up a pencil? Want to target kindergarten readiness skills without those dull worksheets? Check this out! We’re so excited to have Laurie Gombash here today to share her awesome new book, The ABC’s of Active Learning©, with all of you! Laurie is an experienced and talented physical therapist and the brains behind The ABC’s of Movement, Pushing into the Classroom: Practical Strategies for Pediatric Therapists, [Continue Reading]
Barnyard Buzzers
*This post contains affiliate links. Read more. Let us introduce you to Barnyard Buzzers. If you don’t already have a set of these fun little push-button buzzers, do yourself a favor and grab them today. You won’t be disappointed! We’re always looking for awesome new toys to throw into our therapy bag. And the toys that get the most use are the ones that can be used in tons of different ways to target different developmental skills, appeal to different [Continue Reading]
The Lucky Ducks Game: 7 Ways to Play
Have you ever played the Lucky Ducks Game? Laurie Gombash is here today to share her favorite ways to use this game with kids! This post contains affiliate links. Read more. Last week, we shared 25 Occupational and Physical Therapy supplies to start the year right – our favorite toys and games to facilitate gross motor, fine motor, and sensory motor play with kids. While this list was geared toward therapists, anyone can grab an item off of this list and [Continue Reading]
Creative Core Exercises and DIY Therapy Materials
We’re so happy to welcome our friend and colleague, Laurie Gombash as a guest today at The Inspired Treehouse to share some of her favorite DIY therapy materials and creative core exercises for kids! Laurie, a pediatric physical therapist from Northwest Ohio, has created a line of educational products that focus on the connection between movement and learning, including The ABC’s of Movement® activity cards and Pilates for PE™. And now, we’re excited to announce that Laurie has created an awesome webinar [Continue Reading]