Motor Skills

🍂🍂🍂Leaves and Pumpkins Fall Activities

Bilateral Coordination, Motor Skills, Occupational Therapy for Sensory Integration and Regulation, Sensory Activities, Touch Discrimination, Touch Processing, Vestibular Processing / By / October 11, 2021 / , , , , , ,

🎃 Mini-Pumpkin Motor Activities Mini pumpkins you can find at your grocery store offer lots of opportunities for kids to practice balance, core strength and force modulation to stack them. Check out a few ideas in this little video. 🍁Fall Leaf Clothespin Activities Got kids that are working on body awareness, washing their bodies thoroughly, …

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baby performing hand grasp

Reflexes: What are they and why do they matter for kids? Blog #4

Hand Grasp Reflex, Motor Skills, Reflexes / By / April 19, 2022 / ,

What are reflexes? You may be aware that there are certain things a newborn baby can do that might seem uncanny. For example, have you noticed how strong an infant’s grip can be? This happens when slight pressure is applied to the palm below their fingers. Another example can be seen when you stroke the …

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