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12/11/2025

Ever wondered what we get up to in OT sessions?

Here’s is a sneak peek into what a typical day might look like… and yes, we can go from teaching skills for toileting to making simple meals with the older kiddies 🤣👌🏽

There are so many fantastic tools, resources and equipment that you can utilize to build your little one’s gross motor s...
06/11/2025

There are so many fantastic tools, resources and equipment that you can utilize to build your little one’s gross motor skills!

Here are just a few of my favourites and why…

1. Animal Walks: a great all rounder tool that builds core and whole body strength and coordination 🐸 🦀 🐻

2. Crash Pads: Jump onto them for the ultimate body awareness input that helps to build confidence in movement!

3. Climbing frames : one of the best ways to build strength and whole body coordination skills 🧗

4. Slides: Supports the development of strength, balance and coordination 🛝

5. Stepping stones: A fun and challenging activity to work on balance, motor control and coordination!

6. Trampolines: One of the best tools for providing full body activation, sensory input, jumping skills and building strength !

I’d love to know which one is your favourite ?! Let me know in the poll below ☺️

M O V E M E N TOne of the move important activities a child can engage in.Not only for its gross motor skill development...
30/10/2025

M O V E M E N T

One of the move important activities a child can engage in.

Not only for its gross motor skill development,
But also because it helps to connect the brain and body together.

When this happens we learn so many skills like:
• Creating new neural pathways in the brain
• we learn where our body is in space
• we help ourselves feel regulated throughout the day
• Naturally help progress fine motor development
• Lays the foundation for learning

This is the true power of M O V E M E N T!

There are many ways to engage little ones in gross motor skills, and it’s not just good for their bodies….It’s amazing f...
27/10/2025

There are many ways to engage little ones in gross motor skills, and it’s not just good for their bodies….

It’s amazing for their brain development too!

Here are some ideas to get your little one moving and building those all important gross motor skills:

🏃🏻Floor is lava - a fun, entertaining and great game to activate gross motor skills and critical thinking skills!

🏃🏽‍♀️Hop Scotch - a classic game to help with jumping and hopping.

🏃🏼‍♂️Red light green light - Great way to walk, run, balance and stop in motion quickly!

🏃🏽‍♀️Animal walks - an amazing allrounder gross motor developer game! core strength, stability, upper and lower body activation.

🏃🏻Freeze dance - who doesn’t love a good dance party to get the body moving right?!

🏃🏿‍♂️Balloon kept-uppy- Try not to giggle during this game, it’s too hard not to because it’s so fun. Great way to build coordination, balance and strength!

Which one of these is your favourite? I have to say mine is animal walks!! Let me know in the comments below 😍

Movement is a critical component for the developing brain.Every movement helps to develop brain/body connections which s...
05/10/2025

Movement is a critical component for the developing brain.

Every movement helps to develop brain/body connections which strengthen overtime. These connections are vital for things like reading, writing, learning, sensory integration, gross motor skills, memory amongst other things.

Physical movement also actively fuels the brain with oxygen and helps to stimulate various parts of the brain for improved functioning.

Here are some simple ideas to get your child to move more:

1. Engage in Animal walks within your routine. 🐶🐄🐘🐸

2. Swap walking or running to crawling from time to time.

3. Jump on a trampoline

4. Create obstacle courses within your home. 🤸‍♂️

5. Go swimming or shoot some hoops 🏊🏻‍♀️ 🏀

6. Play ball games, even throwing and catching. 🏉🎾⚽️

7. Pop bubbles 🫧

8. Play keepy uppy with a balloon. 🎈

9. Follow a simple yoga tutorial on YouTube (Cosmic Kids YT is my fave!) 🧘🏻‍♀️

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IT’S QUIZ TIME! Animal edition 🐻 🦩 🐭 🦀 Guess the benefits that each animal walk has - play close attention because there...
15/09/2025

IT’S QUIZ TIME! Animal edition 🐻 🦩 🐭 🦀

Guess the benefits that each animal walk has - play close attention because there could be more than 1 👀
How did you go?!
Let me know in the comments if you want to see a part 2!

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You won’t catch me without animal walks in my therapy bag!They are an absolute staple in my resource toolkit and here’s ...
21/08/2025

You won’t catch me without animal walks in my therapy bag!

They are an absolute staple in my resource toolkit and here’s why ⬇️

1. It builds gross motor development in a fun and playful way whilst activating sensory systems.

2. It supports the stimulation of the cerebellum, which is the part of the brain that controls balance, coordination and much more.

3. It drives neural connections between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, helping it to grow and develop over time.

4. It provides a rich sensory experience through the different animal movements, particularly the tactile, proprioceptive and vestibular systems.

5. It’s one of the best ways to regulate your child’s emotions through active and imaginative play.

Need I say more ?! It’s just a perfect all rounder.

If you’re a lover of animal walks like I and my clients are, stay tuned I have something very exciting releasing soon 👀

It’s all good and well to directly work on fine motor skills to support a child’s development, but did you know there ar...
11/08/2025

It’s all good and well to directly work on fine motor skills to support a child’s development, but did you know there are sooo many more factors that actually influence a child’s fine motor development?

Swipe to find out what other areas of development you could be focusing on to enrich fine motor development ⏭️

Drawing is more than just an art activity - it can be a vital tool for supporting a child’s cognitive, emotional, and mo...
05/08/2025

Drawing is more than just an art activity - it can be a vital tool for supporting a child’s cognitive, emotional, and motor development ✏️

Through drawing, children refine their fine motor skills, express their emotions, build self-confidence and strengthen early learning foundations.

One of the best ways to encourage drawing is to start small and use motivating TV shows, songs, people ect to trace, colour and draw.

Movement is more than just moving the body - it helps build foundational building blocks from the inside out. For exampl...
27/07/2025

Movement is more than just moving the body - it helps build foundational building blocks from the inside out.

For example: You might see a child running, jumping, spinning, hopping ect and think not much of it, but really, what is going on internally and externally is actually incredible. What you don’t see is that those things are forming neural pathways, core strength is developing, and emotional regulation skills are being built.

This is the true power of movement!

Movement isn’t just about burning energy, it’s how children build the foundation for learning, regulation, attention and...
22/07/2025

Movement isn’t just about burning energy, it’s how children build the foundation for learning, regulation, attention and more!

Here’s why movement matters:
✅ It activates the brain for learning
✅ Builds body awareness and control
✅ Releases emotions and stress
✅ Improves focus and attention
✅ Supports sensory integration
✅ Builds core strength

Movement isn’t a break from learning- it IS learning!

Want a fun, playful movement break idea that helps kids regulate and reset?
Something exciting is coming soon.. 👀

My top 3 brain boosting, emotionally regulation, movement based activities! 1. Animal walks🦒 🦁 🐘 Not only are animal wa...
20/07/2025

My top 3 brain boosting, emotionally regulation, movement based activities!

1. Animal walks🦒 🦁 🐘
Not only are animal walks super fun for kiddos, they actually target a whole range of skills including motor planning, core strength, and sensory integration! Not to mention it’s great for building the brain body connection which is vital for emotional regulation skills.

2. Yoga 🧘🏻‍♀️
There’s no better way than to move the body with purpose and intention than yoga! It’s great for building regulation skills in a calm and playful way. My favourite yoga channel for kids is Cosmic Kids on YouTube- highly recommend!

3. Dancing 💃🏻
Dancing is often overlooked but it can really be a fantastic way to release tension in the mind and body in a fun and creative way. Pop on your favourite tunes and just dance!

Which is one your favourite ?! Let me know in the comments below ☺️

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