It’s no secret that we love to play with water around here. Our water table has been in use this summer and fall…so has the dog dish. This past week we added a little fun to our water play. I recently picked up a bunch of Halloween themed spiders, flies, and bugs in the dollar aisle. […]
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I finally had some time to breathe last weekend! The beginning of the school year has been crazy for me. I decided to tackle the task of freezing apples for the year. Honestly, I never even considered freezing apples until last year. My mom mentioned that she had done it and it was easy. So, I
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I’m always looking for ways to motivate my students that I work with in school. There are many different ways to try to encourage kids to walk, but for some of them I needed to be a bit more creative. The kids are working hard and motivation is key! I came across a post about Jingle
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I remember entering the world of school-based physical therapy and looking at books at Barnes and Noble to help prepare me. I also remember ordering equipment magazines to be sent to my house to familiarize myself with different equipment options. That was 8 years ago. Things have changed so much in those 8 years. There
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Who doesn’t love a day on the farm? I know that my son goes crazy over anything related to the farm. Tractors, animals, and the country! In my quest to come up with fun ways to incorporate the farm into motor and sensory play I came across some really great ideas. I can’t wait to
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One thing you can count on with almost any baby is the fact that they put everything in their mouth. Due to this fact, I was on the hunt for fun slimes and paints that would be safe if entering the mouth!
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I’m officially back at work! Prior to going back, I did a little prepping to get back in the swing of things. One thing I wanted to do was freshen up on all of my milestones that occur in the first 5 years of life. I recently wrote a post on gross motor milestones, however I
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As a physical therapist that works in the school systems I always try my best to make my therapy sessions educational. I love the idea of combining movement with learning. What I do, obviously depends on each individual student and their specific needs and goals in the educational setting. In the classroom, I work with
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I was on a mission this year to make my documentation easier. Special Education requires a lot of documentation, so efficient is what I was looking for. I had paper documentation, plus online documentation, plus working folders, and many many copies all the time. If I forgot one of my copies for a meeting I
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