Pools are a great place to not only play, but also work on exercise and conditioning. There are several great pool exercises for kids that you can do that seem like all fun and play! The summer months are prime pool season, but indoor pools provide opportunity for these water exercises for kids when the …
The year 2020 and 2021 have proved to be interesting to say the least. It’s required many of us to adapt in our personal and work lives. If you work with kids, there is a good chance that you may have been doing that from a distance at some point over the last year. You …
The Coronavirus pandemic has presented us with many challenges. One of these challenges is finding new and different ways to work with kids outside of the traditional in person routines we were used too. The good news is there are lots of resources out there to help. Sometimes it seems that many of these resources …
What kid doesn’t love an amusement park? The games, the rides, and the food! Nothing beats the day at an amusement park. Turning this into a theme for gross motor and fine motor is easy too. Adding this theme to your classroom, therapy session or home based learning can be done using the ideas below. …
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During these unprecedented times, we’ve all had to learn to adapt to something different. One thing that hasn’t changed is that we still want the best for our kids. Whether you are a therapist working on motor skills or a teacher that knows how important movement is for his/her kids, these ideas are for you! …
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I love hearing from readers and will often get different requests. One of these requests is in regards to my yoga printables. The yoga printable cards are created as 2 per page. Some people are wanting to get them smaller, something similar to four per page. I totally get it! The good news is that …
The past week turned out to be a bust with sickness at our house. It’s the first time that sickness has really limited our activities so I count us lucky. Since we finally have snow and the weather was decently warm last weekend (I’m talking 20’s) we could have gone outside to enjoy it. Unfortunately, that …
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Stearns Puddle Jumpers® for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. I love summer. Nothing is better than long days, bonfires, picnics and time on the water. In Minnesota, our summer season is rather short, so we cherish every minute of it. We spend the …
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Spring is finally in the air around here, well, most days. We can see grass again and our getting outside as much as possible. Now is the time that we can get some of the toys back out on the driveway to play. It’s almost like we reconnect with our neighborhood now that the weather …