by Sarah Wolfel | May 14, 2019 | Attention, Core Strength, Fine Motor Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Hand Skills, Handwriting, Marte Meo, Occupational Therapy, Parenting, Posture, Sensory, toileting
As a parent we often worry about whether our children are meeting milestones and developing appropriately in a wide range of areas. Sometimes it can be clear when a child is having difficulty and for others it can be hard to determine if being slightly slow to reach a...
by Johanna de Kort | Apr 27, 2017 | Allied Health, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Skills, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy
A fascinating fact about your hands…about a quarter of the part of our brain which controls all movement in our body is devoted to the muscles of the hands. This means when you exercise your hands in different ways it helps develop your brain which in turn helps...
by Johanna de Kort | Apr 20, 2017 | Allied Health, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Skills, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy
Did you know there are 2 main sets of muscles in the hand? Flexor muscles bend the fingers and extensors straighten them out again! Hands do amazing things because of the way our fingers and thumbs work...
by Johanna de Kort | Apr 15, 2017 | Allied Health, Core Strength, Hand Skills, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy
Did you know there are 27 bones in each hand? What better way to put little hands to good use than with PLAYDOUGH!! The more kids manipulate it, the more it can help build up strength their little hands! When you provide your child with the opportunity to grab,...
by Brett Williams | Apr 14, 2017 | Allied Health, Core Strength, Gross Motor Skills, Hand Skills, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy, Posture
Fun in the yard helps hand skills. Climbing, crawling, swinging are a fun ways to work out little arms. Lifting, pushing and pulling helps strengthen their little tummies, arms and hands! When you provide your child with the opportunity to climb up ladders, on...
by Johanna de Kort | Apr 10, 2017 | Allied Health, Hand Skills, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy
Apart from being lots of fun, when you provide your child with the opportunity to tear and scrunch paper it prepares their hands to be able learn to cut with scissors. Tearing and scrunching paper can be a playful way for young children develop their ability to use...