Baobab Therapy for Kids

Baobab Therapy for Kids Baobab Therapy for Kids is a Paediatric Therapy practice with branches in Box Hill & Castlemaine.

02/12/2025

It's that time of year again!

One of my favourite fine motor activities for christmas time is potato stamps, because:

🌲 Beautiful
🌲 Useful
🌲 Creative
🌲 Motivating
🌲 Uses both hands (bilateral co-ordination)
🌲 Builds our skill of grading force (using the right amount of pressure to stamp)
🌲 Cutting with a knife builds practical skills for using utensils and cutlery, cooking & meal prep

And the result makes great cards and wrapping paper!

01/12/2025

I love it when you tell me to "just breathe". Said no one. Ever. Yep, including kids!

BUT, hand them one of these blow toys though... and.. voila! They have to take deep breaths to make it work! Anxiety, stress, fight/flight response reduces in a really short time.

And the best thing about this one is that it's silent!! So it can be a good fit for a classroom. And one person's regulation tool is less likely to dyregulate another person. (Compared to a whistle or party blower for example). Yay. 😆

26/11/2025

What does a tree hollow have to do with social skills?

Theory of mind!

In our DIR Floortime therapy approach we follow the children's interests (eg. Wow check out that cool tree hollow!) and find moments within fun, play-based activities to offer coaching and 'teachable moments' to scaffold social skills.


14/11/2025

Team work, making a group plan, deciding on roles or 'jobs', communicating, negotiating, lots of fantastic social skills woven into this fun group activity!

And the end result of roast apples and damper is so yum!

11/11/2025

A fun way to practice beath control and down-regulation!

Blowing a pom pom with a straw through 'croquet' hoops made of Jenga!

10/11/2025

The hot favourite tactile sensory tool comes in packing boxes for free.

SO satisfying. 😆

07/11/2025

New gear to try for the movement seekers... wobble stools!

These ones are fun, a little wobbly, not too distracting and soooo comfy with that padded bit at the top. We grabbed them from sensorytools.net.

05/11/2025

We discussed our ideas, we made a group plan, we agreed on jobs or roles, and now we are "doing the group plan" together - working as a team!

Collaborative social skills in action, working on a child-led, highly motivating bushcraft project. So fun.

It's magic. ☺️

04/11/2025

Remember this game, 90s kids? Its still a hit!

30/10/2025

A lot of us have got all these regulation tools in our heads but when we really need them we forget what they are! Introducing... regulation toolbox!

It can be super fun for kids to make their own "toolboxes" and feel pride and ownership over it. They can then make their own cards with regulation ideas to put in, and pull out in moments where we need to change our state (up-regulate or down-regulate).

A parent can also pull out a card and offer a suggestion non-verbally as a low demand way of supporting regulation.

Brainworks cards can also be great as a pre-made option from sensationalbrain.com

The boxes we used were from weighted balls, which are also great!

Some kids just hate fine motor skills.. getting them to sit down, inside, at a table, and do writing or drawing directes...
25/10/2025

Some kids just hate fine motor skills.. getting them to sit down, inside, at a table, and do writing or drawing directes by an adult is just so BORING and HARD.
They cant sit still, they cant focus, they lose interest...

But get them outside in nature, moving their bodies and then making art that with materials inspired by and chosen by them? NOW they're keen.
🌳🌻🪺🪾

Sometimes the environment (nature) is one of our greatest 'therapy tools'. 😍

16/10/2025

Letter fun!

Address

31 Trawool Street
Box Hill, VIC
3129

Opening Hours

Monday 2pm - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+61402455046

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