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Understanding Executive Functioning Skills and How To Enhance Skill Development at Home
How can parents enhance their childrenβs executive functioning skills at home?
This blog will focus on:
Defining and differentiating among various executive functioning skills.
The significance of executive functioning skill development to enhance occupational participation.
A variety of ways to incorporate executive functioning skills at home.
Sensory Adventures at Home: Enhancing Your Child's Learning and Development Through Sensory Play
How can parents enhance their childrenβs sensory play at home to support learning and development?
This blog will focus on:
The importance of sensory development and how it impacts their childβs learning and exploration of the world.
How parents can utilize common household items to engage in sensory play activities with their children.
A variety of sensory play ideas.
The Skills Before Speaking: Supporting Your Child's Language Journey
What are the foundational learning skills and how do they pave the way for language development in children?
This blog will focus on:
What insights can a clinician and first-time mom provide on the development of language skills?
What are the five foundational learning skills crucial for early language development?
How can parents effectively support their child's foundational learning and language skills?
Who can provide professional guidance and assistance for children facing challenges in foundational learning and language development?
Books to Promote Language Development for Pre-School Aged Children!
Books to Promote Language Development for Pre-School Aged Children!
This blog will focus on:
Ways to encourage and model language during a book activity
Strategies for caregivers to use when reading at home with children
Play schemas that correlate to the book to help facilitate language use
Build Handwriting Skills for Pre-K Kids While Having Fun!
Emergent Handwriting Tips for Pre-K Kids from an OT Who Does this Daily!
This blog will focus on:
Holding a pencil the right way
Building directional strokes before the letters
Forming letters
Helpful resources for parents
Myofunctional Therapy to address Articulation and Feeding Concerns
What is Myofunctional Therapy and does my child need it?
This blog will focus on:
What are Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders and Myofunctional Therapy?
Why is Myofunctional Therapy useful?
Who can provide Myofunctional Therapy?
Helpful resources for parents
The Best Toys to Have in the Eyes of a Speech and Language Pathologist
What kind of toys should we give our kiddos who are building their language through play?
This blog will focus on:
7 different kinds of toys and how you can use them at home
Toys that help build your childβs language through play
How Sensory and Self-Regulation Strategies Can Help Improve Sleep for Your Child & the Whole Family
Have you ever wondered if your child is getting enough sleep? Or, do you know that your child is NOT getting enough sleep and it is negatively impacting your entire household?
This blog will focus on:
How much sleep does your child needs
The implications of poor or lack of sleep
How can you improve your childβs sleep hygiene
Surviving The Holidays With A Picky Eater
Interested in learning some tips to help your picky eater this holiday season?
This blog will focus on:
How to prepare ahead of time for unfamiliar faces and foods
Balancing nutrition with fun foods
Traveling tips
Managing a routine
5 Focus Areas to Support Your Kiddo for Kindergarten!
Interested in learning about some areas you can help with at home to prepare your kindergartner for school?
This blog will focus on:
Teaching your child how to advocate for themself
How to practice peer play and grow social skills
Building Executive functioning skills with their backpack!
Regulation and learning how to breathe
5 of Our Best Parenting Tips for Under 5!
Learn how to:
Get your child comfortable with boundaries and the word βnoβ
Create early literacy habits to promote reading and early language skills
Lean on nature to regulate emotions
Support your childβs first words
10 Ways to Build Crucial Development Skills with Nature-Based Play!
10 Ways to Build Crucial Development Skills with Nature-Based Play!