preschoolers

Vacation time is here, and it’s a great time to win big with mini travel games. We have all heard the phrase that “good things come in small packages.”  It can be overused, but it rings true when you are limited with space or budget.  As a therapist, I am always looking around for new games to use in treatment...

Last week, Part 1 of Is Your Child Ready to Write? provided a brief description of six essentials skills needed for this important childhood milestone. These included posture and balance, arm control, shoulder stability, bilateral coordination, pencil grasp, and visual motor coordination. This week, Part 2 provides a breakdown of the sequence of formations created using visual motor coordination skills...

Learning how to tie shoelaces is a major milestone of childhood. Typically this skill is learned in preschool and can be mastered by 4-year-olds. Nowadays many children are experiencing a delay in this skill due to the decrease of laced shoes as well as the increase of children with weak hand muscle strength and coordination. Use Words For years, I have been...