It’s slime time! Making and playing with slime is a great way to work on fine motor skills and incorporate sensory into your child’s day! Slime works on tactile sensory skills such as being able to tolerate stickiness on the hands. It also works on a variety of fine motor skills such as, hand strength, […]
The majority of us learned many of our skills through imitation. Someone modeled the skill for us, showing us exactly how to do it, and we imitated and learned the skill. Many children are imitative, and some children need to be explicitly taught to imitate. But, one thing that goes for all children, is that […]
Happy 2019 everyone! We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! I’m posting today on behalf of speech therapy. Over the holidays, I got a lot of questions from family and friends on how they can help their young child communicate, especially when they aren’t quite old enough to use full words and sentences. […]
Everyone knows how hectic it can get during the holiday season. This year let’s make the holidays fun and functional! Here are a few ways your child can work on their fine motor skills while getting ready for the holidays. Baking cookies Have your child write out the recipe to work on their handwriting. Mixing, […]
Do you ever catch yourself saying the same things over and over again to your kids or students and feel like a broken record? . Here’s how it might go: – “Please turn off the TV, it’s time to go.” *2 minutes later* “Put your shoes on, it’s time to go.” *1 minute later, because […]
Adding flexibility, efficiency and transparency to pediatric therapy Life is a roller coaster. And the past several years at Project Play Therapy, both starting from scratch and now watching it grow, have certainly been a wild ride. It’s been the ultimate educational experience, as we tweak, prioritize, and of course, re-prioritize our processes internally, and […]
***This blog has been one of our favorites so we wanted to submit it again. We wish everyone a happy, healthy Thanksgiving and remember…eat your vegetables! Is meal time consistently the most challenging part of your daily parenting routine? We all face our own version of the inevitable dinner spent debating, often pleading, and occasionally […]
Does your child engage in challenging behavior regularly? Wait, that’s most children. Let’s put it another way: Are you ready to dig a hole and crawl in it after a nightmarish Target trip with your screaming child? Do you ever just throw your hands up and think, “You’ve won, kid. I give up.” Do you […]
We certainly live in the golden age of societal advancement. Think about the phone you were using ten years ago, the evolution of communication with friends or even your general outlook on society in comparison to your grandparents. These so-called advancements are far reaching and certainly include areas such as parenting and child development; however, […]
What sounds do kids typically make between 2-3 years old? With most children, you will hear them make the p, b, m, n, h and w sounds by 2 years old, the k, g, t, d, ng sounds by 2.5, and the f and v sounds by 3. Usually, kids start saying sounds in consonant […]