Today I spent the day outside with kids I love doing what I love — PLAYING! It’s a treat to see 5th graders get to step out of the classroom and testing zone and enjoy their fleeting days of childhood. My daughter’s school simply rocks field day. Headed by her PE teacher, Mrs. April Cecil, […]
Milestones and Miracles Note- from Nicole: While we typically aren’t a company that dives into anything political publicly, we are parents and therapists that believe in supporting other parents. And when we know about something or learn about something that might help another parent, we will share at all costs. That’s why we created this […]
Friends. We are calling in the village. We need your help. If you haven’t heard the national news, our beloved state of West Virginia was tragically affected by what they are calling a 1 in 1,000 year flood on June 23rd, 2016. 8-10 inches of rain fell on parts of our state in the matter […]
When working in the homes of families as an EI therapist I notice many things about a family. The longer I’ve done this work in the family’s natural environment, I’ve become more accurate in picking up small cues about the family…things like, What they value. What time of day they like best. What they want […]
When experts recommend reading to your toddler, “reading” should be loosely defined as any interaction with a book that involves both you and the child. That might look like just flipping the pages while you frantically try to label a couple of pictures OR just opening and closing the book and teaching them to hold […]
As a pediatric physical therapist working in an early intervention setting, I spend a good amount of time on the stairs. Steep stairs, wide stairs, narrow stairs, wooden stairs, carpeted stairs, baby gate, no gate, one flight of steps, steps broken into two segments, rail on left, rail on right, no rail at all, no […]
Therapists & Early Childhood Professionals – purchase a copy of 1-2-3 Just Play With Me anytime on Thanksgiving Day through midnight on BLACK FRIDAY and you will receive a FREE set of useful handouts to use with parents and teachers/staff. We’ve created detailed handouts like the one below on our TOP 10 TOPICS (aka the […]
We are packing our bags and headed to DENVER! This year’s National ASHA Conference is the biggest conference we have attended and we are thrilled and honored to be among 12,000 Speech Therapists as speakers and as vendors! We hope if you are attending, you will come see us at BOOTH #358 where we will […]
You ever have those moments as a parent, where a realization about your children, your parenting, or your family existence is just IN YOUR FACE? And no matter how busy you are or what situation or setting you are in – it just seems to keep resurfacing? I’m not sure why this happens, but for […]
“Educating yourself does not mean you were stupid in the first place; it means you were intelligent enough to known there is plenty left to learn.” -Melanie Joy This weekend I spent about 18 hours on the floor in yoga clothes, on yoga mats, holding and twisting baby dolls with black electrical tape on […]