This jumping activity for kids offers the opportunity to practice motor planning, body control, and more! Once kids figure out how to jump, they are hard to stop! This important developmental milestone is not only fun, it is important. Here are some of the benefits of jumping: Strengthening Coordination Motor planning Cardiovascular Learning How to Jump Kids typically learn to jump around the age of two with this skill progressing from being able to jump up a few inches to forward, down and over. Check out our blog post about Creative Ideas for Learning How to ... Read More about Hearts Jumping Activity for Kids
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Developmental Skills: Learning How to Skip
Learning how to skip can be a challenging skill for many kids. These tips can help! Skipping is a skill that you will often see a 5 year old beginning to master as they gain body awareness and bilateral coordination. It’s a locomotor skill that is seen during games of tag in the backyard - and an indicator of pure joy on the playground! But, this skill is SO HARD for some kids and, as a pediatric physical therapist, it is one of the hardest skills to teach. Skipping is a target skill on some of our standardized testing and is a benchmark ability in physical education class. Here ... Read More about Developmental Skills: Learning How to Skip
The Pandemic and Child Development: The Lingering Effects
If you live or work with kids, you may have noticed the link between the pandemic and child development and you have probably seen some of these lingering effects. The pandemic is over, but as child development professionals, we know that the effects of prolonged periods without consistent school, therapies, and childcare will linger indefinitely when it comes to developmental skills. Those of us on the front lines (teachers, therapists and caregivers) are seeing these lasting effects every single day. From fine motor concerns to self-regulation issues to gross motor delays - we know ... Read More about The Pandemic and Child Development: The Lingering Effects
How to Use a Kickboard: 10 Fun Ideas for Kids
Check out our best ideas for how to use a kickboard with kids to build strength and motor skills in the pool! Kids seem naturally drawn to water and, my kids especially, could spend hours and hours in a pool on a daily basis during the hot months of summer. My oldest has been a water lover since the age of two. Now, at 18 years old and headed to college, she has traded in her fins, paddles, snorkel and kickboard to coach the littlest swimmers on our local team. I asked her for some of her best tips and tricks for using a kickboard to help kids get stronger while having tons of fun. Here ... Read More about How to Use a Kickboard: 10 Fun Ideas for Kids
Physical Therapy Supplies: Your PT To-Go Kit
Use these basic physical therapy supplies to create your own Physical Therapy To-Go Kit! This post contains affiliate links. Read more. Have you ever thought about what the staple pieces of physical therapy equipment in your therapist tool-kit really are? I have spent years with a trunk full of physical therapy products and gear and have only recently started scaling it back to a few key items that I seem to use all the time. As I transitioned into virtual therapy, I realized that if my students had just a few simple items at home with them, we could address a ton of developmental ... Read More about Physical Therapy Supplies: Your PT To-Go Kit
Easy Balloon Games for Kids
These easy balloon games for kids are the perfect way to get kids active and moving while practicing important developmental skills! We are always looking for fun ways to enhance developmental skills using minimal supplies that are easily available for anyone - Click here for our easy activities for kids (no fancy supplies needed)! Paper bags, bed sheets, bubbles and play dough are just a few of the simple items that you can find in pretty much any therapy space, school or home that can boost fine, gross and even sensory motor skills through play. Today, we thought of another one! ... Read More about Easy Balloon Games for Kids
Developmental Skills: Preventing the Summer Slide
Looking for fun and creative ideas to prevent the summer slide and keep kids active, learning and engaged to prepare for school? We've got you covered! Every year in our school based therapy practice, we create and send home summer packets for our students to help prevent the summer slide. We believe that practice makes perfect (or at least progress!) when it comes to school readiness! Check out these ideas for preventing the summer slide by practicing the foundation skills kids need most for school! Fun ways to prevent the summer slide! No one wants to think about school over the ... Read More about Developmental Skills: Preventing the Summer Slide
Snowy Day Movement Story for Kids
This Snowy Day Movement Story is great for working on motor planning, balance, coordination, problem solving, concentration, self-regulation, core strength and body awareness while having tons of fun! Creative movement ideas have become a specialty of ours not only at The Inspired Treehouse but also at our non-profit location, The Treehouse. As a team, we can turn just about any theme into a movement-packed, developmental skill building activity! Last winter, we came up with this cute Snowy Day Movement Story to engage our preschoolers and encourage them to use their imaginations. ... Read More about Snowy Day Movement Story for Kids
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